The announcement comes after the government had to compromise its budget for the coming years. Details are not yet available, but it is clear that EVs and the solar industry will be affected. Read more…

As Global Product Development leader Doug Parks will retire after nearly 40 years with the company, the US carmaker is making several changes to its product development team and has created new roles to oversee global markets. Read more…

The Munich-based company has entered the British market. Qwello UK just won a bid to work with Essex County Council to install 70 EV charging points areas across the region. It is the county’s first On-Street Charge Point Scheme and Qwello’s second in the country after London. Read more…

In the USA, the consumer protection organisation Public Citizen has filed a complaint against Toyota with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The complaint accuses Toyota of portraying its hybrid cars as purely electric cars in its advertising – for example by using terms such as “EVs”, “electric” or “electrified”. Read more…

Opel has presented new versions of the Combo Electric and Zafira Electric. Opel plans to open the order books “soon”. Even though Stellantis is talking about a new edition, these are essentially revised versions of the existing models. In the case of the Combo, however, with one decisive change: LFP batteries. Read more…

The haulage and logistics company Duvenbeck is converting its logistics for the Saarbrücken plant of supplier ZF to battery-powered electric lorries. Five new Volvo FH Electric tractor units are being used. Read more…

This week, the Taiwanese mobility company announced the launch of its battery-swapping system in the Indian market alongside its first locally-made scooter. The CrossOver GX250 was designed with “India-specific” features.
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The Californian battery startup Enevate has signed a production licence agreement with the German battery cell developer and producer Customcells. The agreement centres on Enevate’s silicon-dominated anode technology XFC-Energy. Read more…

Researchers at Sweden’s Chalmers University have carried out a full life cycle assessment of sodium-ion batteries. They concluded sodium-ion batteries were “much better than lithium-ion batteries,” especially regarding sourcing. Read more…

Best Western Hotels has announced a collaboration with Tesla to provide chargers for electric cars at its properties across North America and beyond. BWH will begin deploying Tesla’s Universal Wall Connector in the coming year. Read more…

The Tesla Model 3 with rear-wheel drive and the all-wheel drive Long Range variant of the Model 3 will apparently no longer qualify for federal subsidies in the USA from 2024. Initially, Tesla itself at least assumed that the subsidy would be reduced. Read more…

Chinese battery cell manufacturer and Volkswagen partner Gotion High-Tech is seeking support from industrial group ABB to construct battery factories in Europe and the USA with a high degree of automation. Read more…

Volkswagen’s new US electric vehicle subsidiary Scout is investing 11 million dollars in the construction of an innovation centre. Scout’s research and development centre will be located in the city of Novi in the US state of Michigan. Read more…

The European Union Parliament has given the green light to the law on securing critical raw materials, including for electric car batteries. Compared to the original draft of the “Critical Raw Materials Act”, the committee has only tweaked the recycling quota – but has done so extensively. Read more…

General Motors and construction machinery manufacturer Komatsu are developing a fuel cell mining truck in the “ultra-class haul”. The Japanese company will utilise GM’s ‘Hydrotec Power Cubes’ to electrify the 930E and has become the second manufacturer to build on GM fuel cells. Read more…

Hyundai Motor America has announced pricing and equipment details for the 2024 Hyundai Kona Electric, which for the first time will be available in two battery versions in North America. Read more…

The White House has announced that the first electric vehicle charging station funded by the $7.5 billion U.S. government program has begun operating in Ohio. Next up are charging stations in Vermont, Pennsylvania, and Maine where installation has begun. Other states are currently in the process of issuing proposals and awarding contracts for further charging infrastructure funded by the program. Read more…

Ubitricity has been tasked by the Middlebrough Council to install 160 AC lamp-charging posts in the city. The bollard charging posts will have capacities up to 5 kW. Read more…

In Austria, the Vienna public transport provider Wiener Linien is gradually adding 60 electric buses from Daimler Buses to its bus fleet with immediate effect. Charging infrastructure is being provided by fast chargers on the route and plug-in chargers in the depot. The public transport operator plans to convert nine bus routes to battery-powered vehicles by 2025. Read more…

Hubject has introduced premium services to its Intercharge platform. The three-tiered offering is designed to allow users to choose from a wider range of service levels. Read more…