Pittsburgh-based freight train manufacturer Wabtec has unveiled its first battery-electric locomotive. Australian mining company Roy Hill has become the first purchaser of Wabtec’s FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive. Wabtec revealed the new battery-electric locomotive at Carnegie Mellon University. The development of the locomotive is part of a new venture between Wabtec and the University to develop zero-emissions […] More…

The environmental organisations Environmental Action Germany (DUH) and Greenpeace have filed lawsuits against BMW, Daimler and VW in order to force the car companies to comply with climate protection targets. According to Environmental Action Germany (DUH) and Greenpeace, the proceedings would be based primarily on the “landmark climate ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court”. In […] More…

Royal Mail is set to trial two types of micro electric vehicles for letter and small parcel deliveries. These are the Paxster Cargo and the Ligier Pulse 4 vehicles. The two light electric vehicles will be assessed in residential areas as a potential lower-carbon alternative to larger vans, which are typically shared by two delivery […] More…

Driivz and Hubject are cooperating to drive the roll-out of Plug&Charge. The impetus for this was provided by Mer Group, which is switching to Driivz’s operating system to manage its charging infrastructure in Europe and is expected to be the first to benefit from this cooperation. Through their cooperation, the players want to accelerate the […] More…

The long-running battery problems with the Chevrolet Bolt have finally been resolved, according to General Motors. Production of the batteries has resumed, according to the company. Battery modules to replace defective ones should be available from October. The Chevrolet Bolt’s battery problems, associated with an increased risk of fire, date back to October 2020. Most […] More…

The first hydrogen fuel cell taxis from the Danish taxi company Viggo are in operation in the Norwegian capital Oslo. The three vehicles are Toyota Mirai. By next summer, the company wants to put a total of 100 battery and hydrogen taxis into operation, without giving an exact breakdown. Viggo has an agreement with Hynion […] More…

The Hongguang Mini battery capacity is to increase to 26 kWh (compared to 9 or 14 kWh in the current variants), which should enable an NEDC range of more than 300 km. This would also make the Mini EV eligible for subsidies in China. According to information from the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information […] More…

London’s largest taxi and hire car company Addison Lee has announced that it will only use purely electric cars from 2023. Addison Lee already has 650 electric cars in service. From November, 200 VW ID.4s are to be added every month. The company says in a statement that it will invest 160 million pounds to […] More…

According to a media report, the start-up Eli Electric Vehicles has begun production of its Zero, an L6e class electric light vehicle first presented as a concept at CES 2017. The production partner is to be based in China and sales will begin in the coming weeks, initially in small numbers in 13 European countries, […] More…

Honda has announced the first concrete sales targets for its battery electric vehicles in North America. For example, the Prologue – the first all-electric model for North America – is initially expected to achieve annual sales of 70,000 units. The debut electric vehicle is scheduled for introduction in 2024. Following the launch of the Prologue, […] More…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has denied a burgeoning rumour that his company is planning a car plant in Russia. A Russian media had previously reported that Tesla was planning to build a factory in Korolev near Moscow. Elon Musk has now contradicted the report, which cites two sources in the Ministry of Industry and Trade […] More…

Not leading by example: The UK government department overseeing the phasing out of diesel cars still relies on them for its own fleet. Figures obtained by the BBC show the Department for Transport operates a total of 1,234 cars. The majority of these run on… ..diesel – 672 of them, to be exact. These aren’t […] More…

Hubject and the European platform e-clearing.net, initiated by Smartlab and the foundation ElaadNL, are cooperating with immediate effect to spread the Plug&Charge technology. The aim is to make “seamless charging” available to all Hubject, Smartlab and e-clearing.net partners. Hubject and Smartlab are united by the business model of creating services and products around electric mobility […] More…

Russia’s nuclear corporation Rosatom announces the location for its battery cell factory announced in March. It will be built in the western Russian exclave of Kaliningrad and is to produce battery cells for electric vehicles and energy storage systems from 2026. The initial volume of the Russian Gigafactory is now given by Rosatom as at […] More…

Volkswagen’s Chinese battery partner Gotion High-Tech wants to achieve a battery cell production volume of 300 GWh by 2025, three times as much as previously planned. Cells from Gotion are also to come off the production line in Göttingen, Germany. According to the Chinese news site Gasgoo, the new target was mentioned by a company […] More…

Taiwanese electric scooter manufacturer Gogoro and Poema Global Holdings, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, have announced a definitive agreement resulting in Gogoro becoming a publicly listed company. The proceeds should propel expansion in India, China and Southeast Asia. The combined company will focus on accelerating the global expansion of Gogoro’s subscription-based battery swapping […] More…

The contract manufacturer Foxconn and Thai energy company PTT have created a joint venture for the production of electric cars in Thailand. Investments of one to two billion US dollars (about 850 million to 1.7 billion euros) are to flow into the large-scale project. Foxconn has said that the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), a special […] More…

Automotive supplier Schaeffler has opened a new plant at its Szombathely location in western Hungary. The production site is the Schaeffler Group’s first pure e-mobility plant worldwide. In addition, the plant is also a new centre of excellence for the production of components and systems for electrified drives. Schaeffler says it is creating 150 new […] More…

According to CEO Thomas Schäfer, Skoda is “intensively thinking about an E-Octavia”. However, Schäfer says the volume model, which has so far been offered as a combustion engine and plug-in hybrid, will not be launched as a purely electric vehicle until after 2025. The Skoda boss told the German business magazine Handelsblatt: “For the second […] More…

New Flyer has announced an additional order from Oregon’s Lane Transit District (LTD) for 19 battery-electric transit buses and associated charging infrastructure. The order includes six depot chargers and commissioning by New Flyer Infrastructure Solutions, to support electric bus deployment in Eugene-Springfield, Oregon, and Metro Area. The order follows New Flyer’s recent delivery of 11 […] More…