In the USA, funding for electric vehicle charging stations worth a total of more than $1.7 million is being allocated to 26 local government agencies, universities and electric utilities in the state of Louisiana. These have been financed with the proceeds of the case against Volkswagen in the wake of the diesel scandal. The Louisiana […] More…

A new collaboration between the two Australian manufacturing and technology companies Ampcontrol and PPK Mining Equipment is set to deliver a range of new battery-electric vehicle solutions for underground mining applications. The two will install Ampcontrol’s electric drive systems into PPK personnel carriers. The partnership will also include retrofitting diesel drive trains in a range […] More…

The Optima Group has developed machine solutions to increase the throughput of fuel cells. The process steps required in production, namely coating, cutting, joining the individual layers and stacking, are automated by machine. According to the family-owned company from Schwäbisch Hall, the system is now available worldwide. It is a complete solution for fuel cell […] More…

Schaeffler will present the new “Free Drive” chainless electric drive system for bicycles at Eurobike 2021 in Friedrichshafen. The ‘Bike-by-Wire’ system is a joint development with the two-wheel electric drive specialist Heinzmann and does without a mechanical connection between generator and motor. The system is a serial hybrid: a generator developed by Schaeffler on the […] More…

In Sweden, the budget for government subsidies for new electric cars and plug-in hybrids is almost exhausted for this year. The situation is similar in the Netherlands, where only subsidies for used electric cars are affected. Therefore, a subsidy freeze is currently in effect in both countries. In Sweden, the Swedish Transport Agency has stopped […] More…

The Geely brand Lotus has published its electric strategy. Four new electric models are planned between 2022 and 2026, which will be produced in a new plant in China that is to open this year. An electric SUV is to make the start. In the announcement, the British sports car brand still refers to the […] More…

Stellantis subsidiary DS Automobiles has given the first details of its next two BEV models – including one based on the new Group platform STLA Medium. The other electric vehicle model is basically already known. After Stellantis had already announced a few weeks ago during the presentation of its business figures for the first half […] More…

VW wants to offer only automatic transmissions in the future as part of the shift to electromobility, thus saving costs for the further development of traditional transmission technology. The first VW model completely without a clutch pedal will be the 3rd generation Tiguan from 2023. Considering that few electric vehicles have more than one gear […] More…

Hyundai and Kia are updating their electrified car line-up in the United States. Hyundai, for example, lowered the price for the Kona Electric while Kia is bringing in some new hybrid cars in the model year 2022. Said MY2022 also carries upgrades. First to Hyundai and the Kona Electric. The company’s longer-serving electric car will […] More…

HyPoint, which specializes in air-cooled fuel cells for electric aircraft, has signed a development agreement with Piasecki Aircraft Corporation (PiAC). The goal is to develop FC systems – including for what is expected to be the world’s first manned H2 helicopter. Specifically, the partners initially plan to develop five 650-kW hydrogen fuel cell systems for […] More…

This week, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced that the state awarded $3.7 million from Maryland’s settlement with Volkswagen for diesel-gate to install EV charging stations. The money is going to 37 sites for public and workplace charging. In concrete terms, Maryland is funding 36 new public fast chargers at 13 locations and 145 workplace charging […] More…

Vietnamese electric car startup VinFast has announced another battery development collaboration, this time with Israeli company StoreDot. VinFast wants access to the Israelis’ fast-charging batteries – and potentially to manufacture batteries itself. VinFast had already recently agreed to cooperate with Volkswagen’s battery partner Gotion High-Tech on the development and production of LFP cells. Together with […] More…

U.S. startup Nuro, which specializes in autonomous electric vehicles, announces the construction of a production facility in southern Nevada. Nuro states the capacity of the future plant as “tens of thousands of delivery vehicles”. For production, Nuro is enlisting support from BYD North America. Construction on the manufacturing facility is scheduled to begin in the […] More…

Bus builder Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) has received an order from the Liverpool City Region to deliver 20 fuel cell buses. It is the first contract for the new H2.0 generation ADL presented in March. The hydrogen bus utilises fuel cell technology from Ballard and Voith. The 20 ADL Enviro400FCEV buses are being directly purchased […] More…

The Dutch EV robotic charging solution specialist Rocsys has announced the opening of a new office in the United States. This will help pave the way towards building business in the continental Americas. The new office in Portland will be the company’s second location and will allow Rocsys to serve the customers within the region […] More…

South Korean company Posco has started producing high-purity nickel for electric car battery cells. The factory in Gwangyang is expected to reach an annual nickel production of 20,000 tons by 2023, enough for 500,000 electric vehicles. The factory itself is operated by SNNC, a subsidiary of Posco. A wet refining process will increase the nickel […] More…

Geely’s premium electric car brand Zeekr has raised a total of 500 million US dollars from external investors – the equivalent of about 424 million euros. The five strategic investors include the Chinese battery cell manufacturer CATL. Zeekr signed investment partnerships with Intel Capital, CATL, Bilibili, the Cathay Fortune Group and Boyu Capital to “expand […] More…

The electric car manufacturer Rivian has filed its documents for an IPO with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Furthermore, Rivian wants to carry out the IPO on its own and not, like many other eMobility companies, merge with an exchange shell. Rivian could expect a valuation of around 70 to 80 billion dollars […] More…

Volkswagen will produce and sell its ID.3 electric model in China in the future. The China ID.3 will be produced by SAIC-VW together with the ID.4 X and ID.6 X in Anting and will be launched in the fourth quarter of this year. Volkswagen has thus officially confirmed rumours that had been circulating for some […] More…