The electric drive specialist DeepDrive, which is supported by BMW and Continental, has presented a new drive unit. Following the wheel hub drive presented in 2021, DeepDrive is now showing a central drive based on the same double rotor radial flow technology at the IAA Mobility. The new central drive from DeepDrive will be available […] More…

General Motors is making a strategic investment in Mitra Chem, a Silicon Valley-based innovator in AI-powered battery materials. The US carmaker expects the investment to provide it with development know-how for iron-based cathode materials. GM is investing in Mitra Chem as part of its Series B funding round. The round will bring in 60 million […] More…

SK On has announced an investment of 1.5 trillion won (around 1 billion euros) in the expansion of its battery factory in Seosan, South Korea. With the construction of a third production line at the plant, SK On aims to quadruple its battery cell capacity in South Korea from the current 5 GWh to about […] More…

Mercedes-Benz will reportedly upgrade its EQE and EQS electric models to an 800-volt electrical system from 2025, allowing for charging capacities over 200 kW. According to media reports, the switch to 800-volt system voltage is part of a larger upgrade of the EVA2 platform, which will then be called EVA2M. The EVA2 is known to […] More…

The Chinese electric car manufacturer Xpeng increased its sales in the second quarter of 2023 compared to the first quarter, but also its losses. The turnaround is expected to come in the current quarter, for which Xpeng forecasts a significant increase in deliveries and sales. Between April and June, Xpeng’s sales amounted to 5.06 billion […] More…

The electric sedan from tech company Huawei and electric car manufacturer Chery, announced a few days ago in an official photo, will be launched on the market as the Luxeed S7. This was now revealed in the registration application submitted to the Chinese Ministry of Industry alongside other information about the model. A few days […] More…

Audi’s Italian subsidiary Lamborghini has unveiled a concept car, the forerunner of its first all-electric model planned for 2028. The Lanzador, which Lamborghini calls the ‘Ultra GT’, is a sporty crossover that is likely to differ from other electric models from the VW Group. The Italian manufacturer has so far only revealed this much about […] More…

Bentley is reviving its 1929 Blower model as an electric car. In cooperation with The Little Car Company, Bentley has developed a road-legal replica of the combustion classic that has been shrunk to 85 per cent of the size of the original model and now drives electrically. The hand-built BEV called ‘Blower Junior’ weighs 550 […] More…

At the beginning of the year, New York City announced it would require ride service providers such as Uber and Lyft to completely electrify their fleets by 2030. The plan is now becoming concrete with the proposed ‘Green Rides’ programme. New York Mayor Eric Adams presented the proposed rules alongside the New York City Taxi […] More…

US Charge Point Operator EVgo announced that Rivian EVs are now compatible with its plug-and-charge feature Autocharge+. Drivers can now start the charging process simply by plugging in. The Rivian models R1T and R1S thus join the list of the now 30 vehicles compatible with that feature. The latter was launched in September 2022 (though […] More…

German automotive supplier Schaeffler has introduced a new generation of bipolar plates for PEM fuel cells. The plates’ design is optimised for large-scale production, and they use a new coating process for a particularly long service life. According to Schaeffler, stacks equipped with these plates also achieve a power density of around 20 per cent […] More…

EV maker Tesla now offers a wallbox in the US that even non-Tesla EVs can plug in to. Potential EV customers can opt for the wallbox and be prepared, as the EV market in North America is shifting from the J1772 to the NACS connector. The Universal Wall Connector resembles a regular Tesla wallbox but […] More…

India’s central government has approved the new electric bus programme ‘PM-eBus Sewa’, which aims to deploy a total of 10,000 electric buses in 169 Indian cities within ten years and to create the infrastructure, including charging technology, to operate the electric buses. The programme is worth a total of around 576 billion rupees (approx. 6.9 […] More…

ABB and Northvolt are expanding their long-standing collaboration. ABB has been providing electrification and automation technology for the Northvolt Ett battery cell factory in Skellefteå, Sweden, since 2017, which started operation in early 2022. The partnership will now also include battery recycling in the future: ABB will supply the process electrification for the operation of […] More…

British electric truck manufacturer Tevva and Canadian electric car maker ElectraMeccanica will merge their companies to jointly focus on the electric commercial vehicle market – first in the UK and then in continental Europe and the US. The new company will be called Tevva, Inc. and based in the US state of Delaware. Tevva will […] More…

Stellantis will invest over 100 million dollars in Controlled Thermal Resources’ (CTR) project Hell’s Kitchen in California, the world’s largest geothermal lithium project. In the course of this, the previously agreed off-take volume will also be significantly increased. The carmaker is already associated with CTR’s Hell’s Kitchen project: In June 2022, both companies concluded a […] More…

CATL has unveiled a particularly fast-charging LFP battery for electric vehicles that is expected to go into mass production as early as the end of 2023. According to CATL, the battery, called Shenxing, can store enough energy for a range of 400 kilometres during a ten-minute charging process thanks to a series of optimisations. Briefly […] More…

Ionity is lowering its charging prices in Germany, France and Norway. With immediate effect, the price for spontaneous charging will drop by ten cents per kilowatt hour in Germany and France and by 1.14 NOK/kWh in Norway. In Germany, Ionity customers on the ‘Ionity Direct’ tariff without a contract now pay 69 cents per kilowatt […] More…

The US state of Massachusetts is updating its rebate programme to support greater EV adoption in the state. It now also includes used electric vehicles in some cases. The so-called Massachusetts Offers Rebates for Electric Vehicles Programme (MOR-EV) provides rebates for light-, medium, and heavy-duty battery-electric vehicles of up to 3,500 dollars. With the programme’s […] More…

Honda’s Acura brand has unveiled its first all-electric model. Like the Honda Prologue, the Acura ZDX uses General Motors’ Ultium platform and is due to be delivered to customers from early 2024. Acura presented the electric SUV as the Precision EV Concept a year ago. The production model will be called the ZDX A-Spec or […] More…