The chainless drive developed for electric bikes by Schaeffler and Heinzmann has made it to market. The companies presented the Free Drive system in the summer of 2021 with a focus on inner-city logistics. Production is now underway and the first customers have lined up. Automotive supplier Schaeffler and bike specialists continued working on the […] More…

The automotive supplier Magna International is investing more than 470 million US dollars in six locations in the Canadian province of Ontario. The most capital-intensive of these six projects is the construction of a new battery casing plant at the Brampton site. Battery case production will specifically benefit the Ford F-150 Lightning “and future OEM […] More…

Australian charging station manufacturer Tritium announced that the company will be adding more than 250 jobs to the total anticipated workforce at its Lebanon, Tennessee factory. The factory first opened its doors in August 2022. The over 250 jobs now announced will be included on top of the more than 500 jobs over the next […] More…

Swiss trainmaker Stadler will bring the first battery-electric train to the USA. The company announces signing a development contract with Utah State University (USU) and the ASPIRE Engineering Research Center. Tests will be based on the ‘Flirt Akku’ train model. “Akku” is short for rechargeable battery in German, and the Stadler Flirt Akku train is […] More…

Food delivery company US Foods is adding 30 electric trucks to its fleet this year. These will be used around the company’s distribution centre in La Mirada, California. US Foods has already taken delivery of its first electric truck, an eCascadia from the Daimler truck US brand Freightliner. Whether more eCascadia will follow or whether […] More…

HEVO, a US provider of inductive charging technology, announces cooperation with Stellantis. The merger of PSA and FCA wants to start charging Stellantis electric vehicles wirelessly. A demonstrator is underway. HEVO appears relatively new but has been working on wireless charging for electric vehicles since 2011. Still, the Stellantis deal is the biggest by far […] More…

Infineon has confirmed that it is moving ahead with a new plant in Dresden, Germany, to expand its chip manufacturing capacity. The supplier is still seeking public funding of around one billion euros yet plans to five billion in the plant – the largest single investment in Infineon’s history. The Board’s agreement on the ambitious […] More…

In an open letter to the EU Commission, some 30 companies like Uber, Ikea, Coca-Cola, or Leaseplan demand that only electric company cars and delivery vans be allowed in the European Union from 2030. From then, no new ICE cars or vans should be allowed in company fleets. The companies, including Tesco, SAP, Umicore and […] More…

VW’s main plant in Wolfsburg has been awarded the contract for an additional electric model from 2026. The vehicle is to be an electric compact SUV model. As part of the investment planning, which was initially postponed in autumn, the decision has now been made to locate the development and construction of an all-electric compact […] More…

BP wants to pump one billion US dollars into the development of charging infrastructure in the USA by 2030. Part of this investment will go towards the construction of charging facilities at the car rental company Hertz. Both players are planning a US-wide fast charging network at Hertz locations. Both the announcement of the billion-dollar […] More…

No new cabs with internal combustion will be allowed to hit the road in Hamburg from 1 January 2025, Hamburg’s transport senator Anjes Tjarks announced. Hamburg is thus the first federal state in Germany to only allow new cabs with alternative drives. Tjarks hopes that other cities will follow the Hanseatic city’s example. “We hope […] More…

Ford wants to achieve eight per cent margins on its next-generation electric vehicles, set to hit the road by the middle of this decade. However, the automaker expects it will take several years to offset a cost disadvantage of up to 8 billion dollars over competitors. According to Reuters, Ford CFO John Lawler expects that […] More…

Production of the first battery components has kicked off at Tesla’s German factory in Grünheide. Jörg Steinbach, Brandenburg’s Minister of Economic Affairs, informed the state parliament after visiting the factory. Tesla itself has not yet commented on the commissioning. For the time being, the factory is only producing individual components. Further production steps have been […] More…

The vehicle manufacturer ElectricBrands from Itzehoe will in future have its light electric vehicles XBUS and Evetta manufactured by VDL Nedcar in Born. This will secure the start of series production. In addition, the company will also benefit from the experience of the Dutch company’s 4,000-strong team in the further development of the fleet. “The […] More…

Sandvik, an engineering firm from Sweden, announces a major deal worth more than €33 million (SEK 370 mn). The order comes from Rana Gruber, which is on course to decarbonise its iron ore mine operations in Storforshei in northern Norway. Sandvik is expected to deliver zero-emission trucks, loaders, drills, on-site service support and batteries. Rana […] More…

The Regional Court of Braunschweig has dismissed a civil action against Volkswagen supported by Greenpeace. The lawsuit called on the company to end the sale of vehicles with internal combustion engines worldwide by 2030 at the latest. The Regional Court dismissed the lawsuit on the grounds that the legislator, with the introduction of the German […] More…

The French start-up MagREEsource has developed an environmentally friendly process for recycling rare earth magnets based on patented hydrogen technology and wants to commercialise it. MagREEsource has closed a five-million-euro financing round for its pilot plant in Grenoble with a capacity of 50 tonnes, which is scheduled to go into operation in the second half […] More…

The battery recycling start-up Cylib, which was spun off from RWTH Aachen University, has been able to increase its seed funding by eight million to now 11.6 million euros. With the seed capital from the seed round, Cylib plans to set up a pilot factory in Aachen. With the increased funding, it should now be […] More…

The US battery material start-up NanoGraf has closed a series B financing round of US$65 million. The money will be used to finance the planned production start of the in-house silicon anode material in the fourth quarter of 2023. Previously, NanoGraf had already raised $27 million (€25 million) in Series A. Together with the nearly […] More…

The US government has set the final requirements for its “Made in America” cEV charging stations to qualify for the 7.5 billion dollar subsidy programme and NEVI. As leaked in advance, CCS is the new standard, and this time, Tesla is specifically on board. Today’s requirements largely correspond to reports from earlier in the week. […] More…