The all-electric MG4 is now also produced in Thailand. The first locally manufactured unit of the electric car recently rolled off the production line at the car factory of SAIC-CP – a joint venture between SAIC Motor and the Charoen Pokphand Group. Read more…
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Ballard takes follow-on orders for fuel cell units for locomotives and buses
Ballard Power Systems has received further follow-up orders for its fuel cell modules for locomotives in North America from the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), and from Solaris for fuel cell buses in Europe. Read more…
Lucid also switches to NACS for North American models
Lucid Motors is the next electric car manufacturer to rely on Tesla’s fast-charging system. Current and future vehicles will be able to access Tesla’s Superchargers from 2025 – via an adapter or directly. Read more…
Ford Otosan ramps up modernised van plant in Yeniköy
The Ford Otosan joint venture has inaugurated its extensively modernised Yeniköy plant in Turkey. The latest generation of the Ford Transit Custom and Tourneo Custom is rolling off the production line there. The electric versions will launch next year. Read more…
GM invests in electric conversion of further plants
Following recent strikes at the plants of General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis last month, more and more details about the concessions the US union UAW has managed to secure from the “Big Three” are emerging. For example, more GM plants will soon be building electric cars – and an iconic model could also go electric. Read more…
Lion Electric takes orders for 50 electric school buses for Alberta
In Alberta Canada, EV manufacturer Lion Electric has received a conditional purchase order for 50 all-electric LionC school buses from Highland Electric Fleets. Read more…
Lucid cuts the price of the Air again – at least temporarily
The US electric car manufacturer is trying to counter declining sales figures for its Air electric saloon with further significant price cuts. According to the company, these are valid for a limited time until 30 November. Read more…
Albert Heijn expands all-electric deliveries in the Netherlands
The Dutch retail chain Albert Heijn has introduced its electric deliveries in two more cities. Customers and stores in Amsterdam and Utrecht will be supplied locally with fully electric vehicles. Read more…
Munro Vehicles completes first pre-production model
The so-called Series-M Utility has come off the production line just ten months after the Glasgow-based vehicle manufacturer unveiled the prototype. The goal is to ramp up annual production to 2,500 units by 2027. Read more…
Gogoro plans battery swapping with HPCL in India
In India, the gas and oil giant HPCL and Taiwan’s two-wheeler and battery-swapping pioneer Gogoro aim to develop a broad battery-swapping infrastructure across the country. Read more…
Tesla commissions first V4 Superchargers in Germany
Tesla has now activated the first fourth-generation Superchargers in Germany. However, it is still unclear whether the V4 Superchargers fulfil the requirements of German calibration law or not. Read more…
Stellantis builds another battery factory in the US
After building two battery factories in Indiana – together with Samsung SDI – Stellantis is looking to set a third production facility in the US. As part of its preliminary agreement with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, Stellantis agreed to build a new battery factory with a still unnamed partner. Read more…
Fisker promotes head of Body Engineering to new CTO
The electric car manufacturer Fisker has named David King as its new Chief Technical Officer. King was previously Senior Vice President, heading up global Body Engineering. Read more…
Polestar 5 receives 56-centimetre-long cells from SK On
SK On will supply the battery cells for the Polestar 5 GT model from 2025. These will be “ultra-long high-nickel batteries.” The format is thus fundamentally different from the majority of cells currently used in other models. Read more…
Municipal charging infrastructure completed in Islington
In the UK, the Council of the North London Borough Islington has installed “hundreds” of vehicle chargers for small cars and up to 26-tonne refuse collection vehicles to support the electrification of its entire fleet. Read more…
BMW continues to rely on Toyota fuel cells
Toyota recently announced that it would concentrate its fuel cell development on the commercial vehicle sector in future – the Mirai FC saloon may not get a successor. BMW, on the other hand, wants to continue to develop fuel cell cars – and extend the cooperation with Toyota. Read more…
Volvo reveals US prices for 2024 lineup
Volvo Car USA reveals complete pricing for its 2024 lineup, which now consists exclusively of mild hybrid, plug-in hybrid and fully electric vehicles. Read more…
Nio lays off around 3,000 employees
The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio is laying off around ten per cent of its employees to lower costs. All the concerned positions will be cut before the end of November. Read more…
BYD could soon build electric cars in Hungary
According to a German media report, BYD’s first EV factory in Europe will be built in Hungary. Officially, however, the Chinese manufacturer will not announce the location of the first European plant until the end of the year. Read more…
Tesla: Musk announces another model from Grünheide
Tesla also wants to produce its future compact model in Germany. There are reports that Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed this last Friday during another visit to the plant in Grünheide. Read more…
