If the majority in the EU Parliament changes after the elections in summer 2024, decisions that have already been made could be put to the test again: Manfred Weber, Chairman of the conservative EPP group in the European Parliament, wants to overturn the ban on combustion engines in the EU from 2035. Read more…
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BP Pulse expands UK charging network
BP Pulse is expanding its reach in the UK. The company plans to install 200 charging stations in Northern Island with Henderson Group and is opening a charging hub in London. Read more…
Toyota & Cirba join forces for US battery recycling
Toyota has entered into a partnership with battery recycling provider Cirba Solutions in the USA. The collaboration will focus on the collection, transportation, dismantling and processing of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries from Toyota electric and hybrid vehicles in the Midwest and East Coast of the USA. Read more…
Gotion High-Tech opens battery plant in Thailand
The Chinese battery cell manufacturer and VW partner Gotion High-Tech has started production at its battery plant in Thailand. The factory is operated by a joint venture with Nuovo Plus, a subsidiary of the Thai energy and oil company PTT Group. Read more…
Lufthansa interested in flying taxis from Lilium
Lufthansa and electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) comapany Lilium have agreed to explore a strategic partnership for the operation of eVTOLs in Europe. Both companies have now signed a letter of intent to this effect. Read more…
Milence opens first truck charging park in Venlo, the Netherlands
The Milence electric truck charging joint venture between Daimler Truck, the Traton Group and the Volvo Group has put its first location into operation. This is located in Venlo on the Dutch border with Germany and comprises four e-truck charging stations at the start. Read more…
Solaris builds twelve articulated electric buses for Warsaw
Warsaw is to gain another 12 articulated electric buses for its public transport services. ZTM has ordered 12 Solaris Urbino 18 Electric buses to be delivered by the end of 2025. Read more…
ICPT sources modules from LGES for electric bus batteries
The Polish battery system manufacturer Impact Clean Power Technology (ICPT) is ordering battery modules with NCM cells from LG Energy Solution (LGES) for use in electric buses. They will be manufactured and delivered within Poland. Read more…
Less stations, more power sharing: How ChargePoint intends to tackle the “big EV” business
Telematics and AI are key to charging heavy-duty electric vehicles, says Andre ten Bloemendal, Chargepoint’s Vice President of Sales in Europe, speaking with electrive. He sees the company as a software provider, and we dip into the firm’s focused approach to the commercial EV industry. Read more…
BYD introduces the Seal in Mexico
BYD has launched its electric sedan Seal in Mexico, making it their second Ocean series model in the country after launching the BYD Dolphin in September. Read more…
BASF converts battery materials business into independent unit
The chemical group BASF is planning major restructuring measures. Several large divisions are to be separated from the existing structure of the company and transferred to legally independent units, including the battery materials business for electric vehicles. Read more…
Stellantis implements battery swap technology from Ample
Stellantis and Ample have agreed to cooperate on the installation and use of Ample’s modular battery replacement technology in Stellantis electric cars. The first candidate for the new feature is the electric Fiat 500. Read more…
First order for Volvo electric buses with MCV chassis
Volvo Buses has received its first order for electric buses with bodies from MCV. The Luxembourg bus operator Demy Schandeler, which has already been operating ten Volvo 7900 Electric buses since the beginning of 2023, has now ordered 15 more Volvo 7900 Electric buses – for the first time with bodies from its partner MCV. Read more…
Mercedes-Benz Trucks electrifies its factory logistics
The Mercedes-Benz Trucks truck assembly plant in Wörth in Germany’s automotive hub of Baden-Württemberg is electrifying its local supply chain. The German truck maker aims to fully electrify the logistics to and from the plant by the end of 2026. Read more…
UK to invest £70 million in rapid charging pilot scheme
UK Transport secretary Mark Harper has announced a new £70 million pilot scheme to boost the number of ultra-rapid EV charge points at motorway services and spark private investment. Read more…
DKV Mobility and Fleetcor integrate Tesla Supercharger
DKV Mobility customers now have access to over 10,000 Tesla Superchargers throughout Europe. And customers of the Travelcard charging card distributed in Germany by Fleetcor can now use it at all Tesla fast chargers in Germany. Read more…
LaneCharge consortium presents final findings
The consortium partners presented their research results at the final event of the LaneCharge project, which was launched in 2019. According to the results, the practical tests of the “pioneering” inductive charging system were successful. Read more…
ABB to deliver megawatt charging systems (MCS) for ferries
Charging specialist ABB is to provide what it says are is the world’s first maritime megawatt charging systems (MCS) to Auckland Transport (AT) to recharge electric ferries in and around the port at New Zealand’s largest city. The Swiss-Swedish electrical engineering and charging specialist says the charging system is expected to improve electric vessel competitiveness against fossil-fueled counterparts.
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Tesla confirms Texas as first production site for compact model
Tesla will launch production for its compact model for around 25,000 dollars in the existing factory in Texas and only later in the new plant in Mexico. Elon Musk has now explained this in an interview. The compact car will also be built in Grünheide at a later date. Read more…
Fiat to release the 500e in the US in Spring 2024
The Fiat 500e will be available for purchase in Stellantis North America showrooms starting in the first quarter of 2024 as the first BEV offering from the company on the continent. Read more…
