Solaris has been contracted to supply 42 more electric buses to Sicily. The transport company AMTS Catania has ordered 32 electric 12-metre solo buses and ten 18-metre articulated electric buses from the Polish manufacturer. Read more…

Allego will equip Go’on petrol stations in Denmark with fast charging points. Both companies have agreed to set up a total of 168 DC charging points. Not only individual charging points, but also larger charging hubs are planned. Read more…

Bavarian electric flying taxi startup Lilium has partnered with EMCJET to open private sales of its Lilium jets in the US market. EMCJET will be the exclusive Lilium dealer in Texas for private sales until 2030. In addition, assembly of a key component is now underway in Germany. Read more…

Volvo Cars has opened its largest software test centre to date in Gothenburg, Sweden. The site is also set to expand further, more than doubling its capacity over time. Read more…

Hyundai Motor Company has ordered battery cells for electric cars from Samsung SDI for the first time, expanding its supplier base that previously consisted of LG Energy Solution and SK On. This involves e-cars from European production. Read more…

Harley-Davidson is opening reservations in Europe for the second model of its LiveWire electric motorbike subsidiary. The S2 Del Mar can be pre-ordered from 25 October in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the UK for a fee of 100 euros or 100 pounds. Read more…

The South Korean company and the Saudi sovereign wealth fund PIF (Public Investment Fund) have signed an agreement for a joint venture that provides for the construction of a production facility for 50,000 cars per year. Both electric cars and combustion engines are to be produced there. Read more…

Nio is considering the move to over both factories operated jointly with the state-owned Jianghuai Automobile Group (JAC) and apply for its own production licence. It is undisputed that JAC wants to sell some of its factories. Read more…

Posco has completed the construction of a production facility for 1.5 million electric drive cores annually in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico. The drive cores with stator and rotor produced in Mexico are supplied to car manufacturers in North America Read more…

The Norwegian Volkswagen importer Møller Mobility Group is saying goodbye to the combustion engine. The last fossil-fueled VW Golf can be ordered from Møller in December 2023, after which only electric cars will be offered. Read more…

New York is removing the fleet cap for ride-hailing services, as long as the new vehicles are electric or wheelchair-friendly. With the move, the city hopes to expand fleets back to pre-pandemic sizes. Read more…

A fleet of converted hydrogen buses will be employed at the upcoming Paralympic Games in Paris in 2024. The ten used and formerly-diesel buses from Iveco will ferry an estimated 5,000 visitors, once they have been retrofitted with fuel cell technology from Toyota. Read more…

A new lithium mine is about to open in Ghana, under the company Barari DV Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of Atlantic Lithium Limited. A 15-year mining lease has been granted, with special provisions for the country to profit from the mining operation. Read more…

Spie and Electra are teaming up to set up 21 fast-charging sites in Belgium. 21 new fast-charging sites are being built, each with three to six charging stations. Construction for the project began in September 2023. Read more…

The three companies want to set up a joint venture to offer the self-driving ridehail service in Japan in early 2027. After starting with a fleet of 12 autonomous Cruise Origins in the country’s capital, the service could be expanded to include other cities. Read more…

China is introducing new export tariffs for graphite, which is an important battery resource. The type of graphite is specifically the one used for battery production, as other less sensitive types of graphite, which are used in steel production, for example, are not subject to export controls. Read more…

The Finish charge point provider will deliver DC charging solutions for the European electric truck charging network Milence. The first CCS charging stations will be delivered before the end of the year. Read more…

The German Federal Government has allocated an additional 600 million euros for Northvolt’s battery cell factory in the north of the country. Specifically, this concerns the guarantee of a convertible bond. Read more…

The company will offer NACS conversion kits for existing AC and DC chargers in the US from next month, as well as a Wallbox with the Tesla plug. Read more…