Tesla has expanded the offer of their Model Y to Taiwan, but due to import and export restrictions, the vehicles are being imported all the way from Germany, instead of the Giga Shanghai just around the corner. Tesla officially announced on its Twitter account for the Asian market that all-electric crossover Model Y deliveries had […] More…

Tesla has received its largest known order to date from a US federal or state government agency. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has ordered 399 Model 3s in the RWD variant from Tesla. A spokesperson for the agency confirmed the order to Drive Tesla. Caltrans has already received 236 of the Tesla Model 3s […] More…

The Australian express freight company Team Global Express has ordered 36 electric trucks from Volvo Trucks. This is the largest Volvo electric truck order from Australia to date. The 36 battery-electric Volvo FLs are scheduled to hit Sydney’s roads in the first quarter of 2023. The FL Electric is a mid-sized truck designed for urban […] More…

Anders Bell will lead Volvo Cars’ research and development from 16 December 2022. Bell has almost 25 years of experience in the automotive industry: in addition to his many years at Volvo Cars, he most recently worked for Tesla for six years. As head of research and development at Volvo Cars, Bell will take the […] More…

After announcing plans to build a network of LFP battery factories in the USA in March, American Battery Factory (ABF) has now decided on the location of the first of these factories. It will be built with an estimated US$1.2 billion investment in Tucson, Arizona, where ABF will also locate its headquarters and a research […] More…

Battery cell manufacturer Envision AESC has officially announced the construction of another factory in the USA. 810 million US dollars will go into the construction of the new plant with a targeted annual capacity of 30 GWh in Florence in the US state of South Carolina. However, the construction had been announced. Envision AESC will […] More…

Following the plug-in hybrid offshoot of the C-Class, Mercedes-AMG is now also using the technology in the S-Class. The corresponding model is called the Mercedes-AMG S 63 E Performance and offers a system output of 590 kW. That is another 90 kW more than in the C 63 S E Performance – which is hardly […] More…

Mercedes-Benz has opened its first dealership worldwide exclusively for electric cars – in Japan. It was built in Yokohama and offers 1,221 square metres of space for the presentation of up to seven electric cars as well as an area for vehicle handovers and three CHAdeMO chargers. Pictures from the showroom show the EQA, EQC, […] More…

Volvo CEO Jim Rowan has confirmed plans for a new entry-level model to journalists. The small all-electric SUV will be called the EX30, as suspected, and is due to launch in 2023. According to Rowan, the EX30 will be built in China. However, it is not known how small the EX30 will be. The Volvo […] More…

BYD wants to build electric cars in Europe in the future. According to the Chinese manufacturer, this is to support the rapid market ramp-up on the continent. A quick decision seems likely. As BYD manager Stella Li told Bloomberg, the Chinese manufacturer is planning at least one passenger car plant on the European continent. “Yes, […] More…

Volkswagen of America has started a new update programme for ID.4 software, which is to bring performance improvements and new features. The updates will improve charging and system performance on model year 21, and some model year 22 vehicles. The charging performance is to help users make more of the three years of free charging […] More…

In Scotland, the Glasgow-based electric heavy-duty 4WD vehicle manufacturer Munro Vehicles has unveiled its first vehicle, the Munro Mk_1. The off-road all-electric 4×4 is built to navigate challenging terrain and operate for up to 16 hours on a single battery charge. The Munro Mk_1 is offered with a choice of two electric motors, 220kW and […] More…

Electric car rental company UFODrive expands further in the USA. Customers in seven major US cities can now rent Teslas and other premium electric vehicles (EVs) online without requiring paperwork, upselling, or keys. After its US launch in San Francisco in August 2022, UFODrive is now also active in Austin, Boston, New York, Las Vegas, […] More…

In Brazil, the public transport authority for the city of São Paulo, SPTrans, has just banned bus companies from purchasing new diesel buses. The mega-metropolis in the south of the country has one of the largest bus fleets in Latin America, with more than 13,000 vehicles to serve a population of just under 12 million […] More…

Commercial Vehicle Charging Europe, the joint venture founded by Daimler Truck, the Traton Group and the Volvo Group to build a high-performance charging network for heavy trucks and coaches in Europe, has now started its business activities under the brand name Milence. When the joint venture was founded, Commercial Vehicle Charging Europe (or the short […] More…

DS Automobiles has now unveiled its new race car for the upcoming Formula E season. At the wheel of the new DS E-Tense FE23 will be current world champion Stoffel Vandoorne and Jean-Eric Vergne, the only double champion in Formula E, for the racing team DS Penske supported by Stellantis. DS has adopted the familiar […] More…

Solid Power, the US solid-state battery specialist backed by Ford and BMW, among others, is looking for a new CEO. As the company announced, Douglas Campbell will retire from his functions as CEO and as a member of the Board of Directors with immediate effect. President David Jansen has been appointed interim CEO of Solid […] More…

BlueOval SK, the battery joint venture between Ford and SK On established in July 2022, has begun construction of its electric car battery production campus in the US state of Kentucky. Two battery factories with annual capacities of 43 GWh each for Ford and Lincoln electric cars are being built at the BlueOval SK Battery […] More…

The German company H2FLY, which specialises in the development of hydrogen fuel cell systems for aircraft, is taking over project management in the HEAVEN project. The project will test the first passenger aircraft flying on liquid hydrogen (LH2) in 2023. The HEAVEN project has the task of integrating high-performance fuel cells and cryotechnology into an […] More…

General Motors is reportedly planning to establish the Corvette sports car series as an electric car subsidiary and to expand the model range. According to a media report, a four-door coupé and a high-performance crossover are planned in addition to the already confirmed classic electric Corvette. This is reported by the magazine Car and Driver […] More…