After the US and the EU announced in mid-March that they wanted to negotiate an agreement on critical minerals for electric car batteries, the US government now submitted a concept paper for a transatlantic raw materials partnership to the EU Commission. This is reported by Handelsblatt, which had access to the details of the confidential […] More…

Bowlus wants to become the first fully electric RV company worldwide. The American company launched the all-electric Bowlus Volterra last year, claiming it such a success that it now wants to electrify its entire lineup. This just up front: The Bowlus RVs are trailers and do not have an electric drivetrain! However, the Volterra is […] More…

Porsche will build the future all-electric Cayenne at Volkswagen Slovakia’s multi-brand site in Bratislava. The combustion engine and plug-in hybrid variants are already coming off the production lines there. “The plant in Bratislava has done outstanding work in recent years and has received several awards,” says Albrecht Reimold, Board Member for Production and Logistics at […] More…

A Tesla store in central Berlin has been attacked with paint bombs and covered with posters. The activists of unknown backgrounds criticise the water consumption of Tesla’s factory in Grünheide and want to stop car production generally. Six or seven people took part in the action wearing masks and are being searched by the Berlin […] More…

The US battery separator manufacturer Entek is investing 1.5 billion dollars in a new production facility in Terre Haute in the state of Indiana. The plant is scheduled to start operations between 2025 and 2027 and will supply separators for up to 1.6 million electric cars annually. Entek plans to invest 1.5 billion dollars (currently […] More…

Three weeks after its world premiere, the revised version of the VW ID.3 is now available for order in Germany. The new ID.3 Pro with the 58 kWh battery starts as previously communicated at list prices from €39,995. The price for the ID.3 Pro S with the 77 kWh battery was also revealed. Pre-sales of […] More…

While many certainly wish for spring at this point, winter is an important season for Daimler Truck. To put its eActros 300 electric truck and the recently introduced LongHaul variant through their paces even in icy and cold conditions, the fleet headed some 3,000 kilometres north. The tests themselves are nothing special for Mercedes-Benz. Engineers […] More…

US battery recycler Cirba Solutions is investing $300 mn in a new recycling factory in South Carolina. The company, which counts GM among its customers, plans to start construction near Columbia in Richland County this year and begin operations by the end of 2024. The South Carolina plant will be the eighth factory by Cirba […] More…

The Dutch public transport operator Qbuzz has placed an order with Belgium’s Van Hool. The bus manufacturer shall deliver 54 electric buses from the new A-series. This is the second significant e-bus order QBuzz has placed in less than a week. The Van Hool buses are scheduled for delivery in Q4 2024 to enter regional […] More…

US speciality chemicals company Albemarle has announced the location of its new lithium processing plant in the US. The plant will be built in Chester County, South Carolina. Construction is scheduled to begin at the end of 2024. Albemarle plans to invest a total of 1.3 billion dollars (equivalent to 1.2 billion euros) in the […] More…

ABT e-Line wants to offer inductive charging for electric cars in the European aftermarket together with WiTricity. The VW ID.4, which will be upgraded by ABT e-Line for wireless charging with WiTricity technology, will be the first to be launched at the beginning of 2024. Other electric cars from the VW Group are to follow. […] More…

NextETRUCK is the latest EU Horizon project looking to decarbonise transport. Nineteen partners from eight countries are looking to develop electric trucks with medium freight haulage by the end of 2025. Targets include increased efficiency as well as seamless management. NextETRUCK has the declared goal to utilise EV drives being at least ten per cent […] More…

The drive supplier Vitesco Technologies surpassed the one billion euro mark in turnover with electrification products for the first time in 2022. With electric drives and other components, Vitesco turned over around 1.1 billion euros, compared to 0.9 billion euros in 2021. According to the supplier, electrification products are becoming increasingly important and will soon […] More…

PowerCo, the battery company of the Volkswagen Group, and the Belgian materials technology group Umicore have received all regulatory approvals for their joint venture announced in September 2022. The partners can now swiftly begin preparations for large-scale industrial production of cathode materials (CAM) and precursor materials (PCAM) in Europe, according to Volkswagen. However, the search […] More…

The Irish government has announced a reduction of its subsidy for privately purchased electric vehicles. From 1 July 2023, the purchase premium will drop from 5,000 to 3,500 euros. The reduction of the registration tax will remain unchanged. Buyers of electric cars with a list price below 40,000 euros will receive up to 5,000 euros. […] More…

Copenhagen has completed a tender calling for bids to install 1,000 new AC charge points. The Danish capital selected three suppliers, Clever, OK and E.ON, out of seven companies that had applied. This is to first step in a plan to build 4,100 new charging stations in Copenhagen by late 2025. Clever will receive the […] More…

The Austrian Ministry for Climate Action has published the first call from the Emission-free Commercial Vehicles and Infrastructure (ENIN) funding programme. This scheme supports companies in procuring non-fossil fuel commercial vehicles and infrastructure. In German, ENIN is short for “emissionsfreie Nutzfahrzeuge und Infrastruktur”. When Austria announced the scheme a year ago, the first call worth […] More…

Surrey County Council and EV charge point provider Connected Kerb is teaming up for the largest deployment of EV chargers by a local authority in the UK. They announced a plan for 10,000 new public chargers to be installed across the county by 2030. The rollout will see Connected Kerb install their on-street charge points […] More…

Volkswagen plans to produce a total of three million fully electric small cars at its Spanish plants in Martorell and Pamplona between 2025 and 2030. The total number is likely to be even higher with the entry-level model announced for 2027 – even though it may not be built in Spain. This was announced by […] More…

To promote its electric model Lyriq, Cadillac is using cold call methods at Tesla charging stations in China. A case has now come to light in which Cadillac employees offered Tesla owners test drives with the Lyriq during their waiting time at the Supercharger. Incidentally, this approach is not new: Audi pulled a similar stunt […] More…