DAF Trucks has opened an assembly plant for electric trucks in Eindhoven. Series production of the XD Electric and XF Electric models, which were introduced last year, is to start there in the spring. The manufacturer presented the two models at the IAA Transportation in Hanover. The electric trucks have modular powertrains with Paccar electric […] More…

Liverpool in North West England has chosen Ubitricity to triple the city’s charging network with lamp posts doubling as charge points. Founded in Berlin, Ubitricty is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the oil giant Shell and has ambitious targets in the UK. In Liverpool, the City Council wants Ubitricity to install 300 charge posts. […] More…

VW currently delivers its electric models of the ID. series without the optional heat pump. The reason for this is the continuing shortage of semiconductors, as the manufacturer confirmed to our editorial team. “Due to the ongoing shortage of semiconductors, there is currently no optional offer for the heat pump in our ID. Models. We […] More…

CATL and Nio are expanding their partnership. The Chinese electric car manufacturer is already supplied with battery cells by CATL and has now signed a five-year agreement with the battery specialist on a comprehensive strategic cooperation. Both companies want to advance technological cooperation with regard to “new brands, new projects and new markets, improve supply-demand […] More…

The Chinese electric car brand Avatr from Changan, Nio and CATL has recently started production and deliveries of its first model Avatr 11. The coupe-like SUV is to be followed this year as a second model by a large sedan, which is being developed under the code name E12. This is reported by the Chinese […] More…

Polestar has built the first car house out of ice and snow and set it up in Rovaniemi, Finland, ahead of Arctic Design Week, the world’s northernmost design week. The Swedish electric car manufacturer wants to use the temporary Snow Space to draw attention to the melting of the polar ice caps and rising sea […] More…

Skaraslättens Transport now employs two electric trucks for container transport at the port of Gothenburg. A third electric truck is to be added soon. But this is only the beginning: in 2023, more electric trucks from a second freight forwarder are to follow – and in significantly higher numbers. Skaraslättens Transport is Sweden’s largest provider […] More…

The Dutch electric bus manufacturer Ebusco has a new customer in Germany: Ebusco won a tender from KVS GmbH Saarlouis and will be commissioned by the public transport company to supply 20 electric buses. The order specifies 15 examples of the Ebusco 2.2 with a length of 12 metres as a solo bus and five […] More…

Australian charging station manufacturer Tritium has received the largest order in its history. The new order comes from BP and includes fast charging stations of the RTM product series with 50 kW and PKM with 150 kW for use by BP Pulse in the USA, UK, Europe and Australia. However, Tritium did not disclose in […] More…

The Swedish electric boat manufacturer Candela is now equipping all ordered examples of its C-8 electric hydrofoil with batteries from the electric car manufacturer Polestar. Both companies had agreed on a corresponding cooperation last year. Unlike when the cooperation was announced, there are now details about the batteries: In addition to the Polestar 2’s 69-kWh […] More…

Swiss battery manufacturer Leclanché says it has made a breakthrough in the environmentally friendly production of modern G/NMCA cells. Leclanché is able to reduce the cobalt content in NMCA electrodes from 20 to five per cent in an environmentally friendly water-based process. In the process, Leclanché completely eliminates the use of the highly toxic organic […] More…

BMW is planning to build a large assembly plant for high-voltage batteries in Bavaria. The carmaker confirmed the plan in essence, but has not yet signed all the contracts. If all goes as planned, the excavators should start rolling in 2024. From the new factory, “all Bavarian plants, i.e. Munich, Regensburg and Dingolfing, will be […] More…

In the US state of Wyoming, The recently introduced resolution, titled “Phasing Out New Electric Vehicle Sales By 2035,” already has strong support from members of the Wyoming House and Senate. It seems the resolution is apparently not entirely serious and “most likely nothing more than a cry for help,” as InsideEVs writes. Politicians are […] More…

VDL Bus & Coach has received its largest order for electric buses to date. The Dutch public transport company EBS has ordered 193 new-generation VDL Citeas to operate the newly awarded Zaanstreek-Waterland concession from December 2023. VDL Bus & Coach says it will deliver 60 new-generation VDL Citeas type LE-122 and 135 VDL Citeas LE-135 […] More…

Hyundai Motor’s assembly plant in Singapore will start rolling out the electric Ioniq 5 in the first half of this year. The Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Centre in Jurong, the site of Singapore’s first vehicle assembly plant in more than 40 years, is expected to be completed in April. While production was originally slated to […] More…

Car company Stellantis and Finnish state-owned mining company Terrafame have signed a supply agreement for nickel sulfate to be used in batteries for electric cars. Starting in 2025, Terrafame will supply nickel sulfate to Stellantis during the five-year term of the agreement. The companies have not disclosed the quantity of nickel targeted. Terrafame operates one […] More…

In Australia, commercial electric vehicle supplier SEA Electric and Mevco, a systems integrator specialising in light-duty electric utility vehicles for the mining industry, have agreed to cooperate on the conversion of 8,500 Toyota off-road vehicles to electric drives for mining operations. The deal is worth nearly $1 billion AUS, which amounts to around 648 million […] More…

Mercedes-Benz has announced various new appointments in top management, affecting Level 1 below the Group Board of Management. Among others, Christoph Starzynski, currently Head of Development Electric Drive, will assume responsibility for the overall vehicle development of all Mercedes-Benz passenger car series as of 1 July 2023. The series of new appointments was triggered by […] More…

The battery start-up Britishvolt has to file for insolvency and has laid off most of its employees with immediate effect. According to British media, negotiations with several potential investors to save the company have failed. Britishvolt applied for the appointment of an insolvency administrator on Tuesday, write the Guardian and the BBC. The auditing firm […] More…

Volvo Cars has announced plans to launch its own offshoot of the 009 electric van from the Zeekr brand, which is also part of the Geely Group, in China at the end of 2023. In a graphic from a presentation published there, the Swedish companys’ current and upcoming electric models are shown. This means the […] More…