The Swiss company Micro Mobility has brought two world premieres to Paris; an easygoing Microlino Lite for younger customers and the Microlino Spiaggina beach buggy. In more practical terms, there is also the series Microlino 2.0 on display. As with most L6e vehicles, the top speed is capped at 45 kph, so drivers don’t need […] More…

Fastned has received a strategic investment of €75 million in a private placement from Schroders Capital to expand its European fast-charging network further. The private placement of 2,032,520 new depositary receipts represents the same number of new ordinary shares in the company’s capital. Issued at 36.90 euros each and placed with Schroders Capital, the investment […] More…

FastWay is an Italian startup with €50 million backing to install fast-charging infrastructure in Italy. They plan to install 15,000 charge points, delivering between 150 kW and 400 kW throughout the country in the next ten years. FastWay says it will build on public and private lands and mentions collaborating with municipalities; however, without providing […] More…

Daimler Buses has received a significant order to deliver up to 75 electric buses with fuel cell range extenders. The German transport operator Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr (RNV) is an existing customer and says the new buses will help operations enter a new phase of electrification. The service area is Heidelberg, and RNV wants Daimler Buses to deliver […] More…

VDL Bus & Coach and energy company RWE set up project Anubis to transform ageing bus batteries into energy storage. Powerpacks of 43 electric buses in service at TransDev will form a megawatt storage system in Moerdijk, the Netherlands. “In project Anubis, we are initially using batteries taken from 43 electric VDL buses operated by […] More…

Renault has brought the all-electric ‘4EVER Trophy’ to the Paris Motor Show. The concept car in off-road style previews the incoming series compact electric SUV, which the French manufacturer hopes will revive the Renault 4 in 2025. Says Renault: “R4 is a car that everyone can love, and today we want to rediscover this universal […] More…

Renault has brought the all-electric ‘4EVER Trophy’ to the Paris Motor Show. The concept car in off-road style previews the incoming series compact electric SUV, which the French manufacturer hopes will revive the Renault 4 in 2025. Says Renault: “R4 is a car that everyone can love, and today we want to rediscover this universal […] More…

Jeep presented its first BEV model at the Paris Motor Show. The electric Jeep is due for launch in Europe in early 2023. The spec largely follows other Stellantis models, but the Group has yet to set a price despite accepting pre-orders for the ‘1st Edition’ Jeep Avenger. The Jeep Avenger is a compact SUV […] More…

The Times reports that Mini will stop producing electric cars in England in 2023 and move them to China. BMW makes around 40,000 electric Minis a year at its plant in Cowley on the outskirts of Oxford. Production is due to cease there next year despite the company’s far-reaching EV plans. In addition to the […] More…

The previously confirmed delayed start of battery cell production at Giga Berlin now appears to have a technical reason, too, in the dry coating of electrodes. According to local media, this could hold up manufacturing even longer than earlier reports suggested. Handelsblatt cites five experts, two close to Tesla, saying test facilities were running quite […] More…

Mercedes-Benz presents the EQE SUV ahead of the Paris Motor Show, praising it as a “multi-purpose variant” of the EQE business sedan. The fourth model utilising the fully electric EVA II platform will also launch as a sporty AMG car right at the start. We have all the data and information. Although Mercedes times the […] More…

Porsche has significantly improved the EPA-estimated driving range figures of all 2023 Taycan model variants in the US compared to the range ratings from 2022. “Incremental software improvements since launch,” are responsible for the improved ranges, according to the German luxury carmaker. The range increase of around 50 kilometres (31 miles) according to the WLTP […] More…

In Germany, Cylib GmbH, recently spun off from RWTH Aachen University, is a start-up for holistic battery recycling. The company has received 3.6 million euro in seed funding to make the recycling of lithium-ion batteries more efficient and environmentally friendly. At the heart of Cylib’s future business development is a proprietary, sustainable recycling method that […] More…

FEV, the vehicle development service provider based in Aachen, Germany, has inaugurated a research and development centre for battery and complete vehicle development in Shenyang in the Chinese province of Liaoning through its subsidiary FEV China. The R&D centre in Shenyang offers a broad portfolio covering all aspects of vehicle development, including CAE simulation and […] More…

The Volkswagen Group handed over 366,400 fully electric vehicles to customers in the first nine months of this year, around 25 per cent more than in the same period last year (293,000). The BEV share of the Group’s total deliveries rose to 6.0 per cent from January to September 2022, compared with 4.2 per cent […] More…

Sony and Honda have established their announced joint venture for electric cars and mobility services. With the founding of Sony Honda Mobility (SHM), the new company has revealed its production location and timeline, starting with pre-orders in 2025. The name Sony Honda Mobility was decided last summer. The company based in Tokyo is owned equally […] More…

Renault Group has created a company dedicated exclusively to the circular economy. The new company, called The Future is Neutral, aims to be “the European leader in the circular economy for cars by 2030”. The new company, The Future is Neutral, is headed by Jean-Philippe Bahuaud and aims to lead the industry in closed-loop battery […] More…

Renault is putting the spotlight on the electric passenger car variant of its new Kangoo city vehicle at the Paris Motor Show next week. The new electric combi van called Kangoo E-Tech Electric has an electric motor with 90 kW power and a battery with 45 kWh capacity. The Kangoo E-Tech Electric is an all-electric […] More…

Renault is putting the spotlight on the electric passenger car variant of its new Kangoo city vehicle at the Paris Motor Show next week. The new electric combi van called Kangoo E-Tech Electric has an electric motor with 90 kW power and a battery with 45 kWh capacity. The Kangoo E-Tech Electric is an all-electric […] More…

The Canadian company Li-Cycle has commissioned its fourth recycling plant for lithium-ion batteries, this time in the state of Alabama, USA. The opening in Tuscaloosa took place a little later than planned but on a larger scale. When Li-Cycle announced the plans last year, the company envisioned recycling 5,000 tonnes and 10,000 tonnes later. Yet […] More…