The German car club ADAC says it found a safety defect in the Chinese electric model Ora Funky Cat. It is possible to pull the plug during the charging process. If a locked electric car is unlocked via the radio key, the same happens with the charging plug. And this is the crux of the […] More…

Hedin Mobility, a Swedish car dealer group, established a subsidiary dedicated to fast charging. The Group wants Hedin Supercharge to become one of Sweden’s leading DC charging providers and set eyes on further expansion. In its home market, Hedin Mobility Group has more than 120 dealerships. Abroad the network comprises more than 270 dealers in […] More…

PowerFlex, an EDF Renewables affiliate, has completed the installation of 415 Level 2 chargers across nine US sites of DHL Express. PowerFlex is a Strategic Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) Partner of the logistics company, so the cooperation is close. For these EVSE projects, PowerFlex provided DHL with a full suite of services, including site […] More…

The Volkswagen Group increased its deliveries of all-electric vehicles in the first half of the year by 48 per cent year-on-year to 321,600 units. The BEV share of total deliveries rose to 7.4 per cent, after 5.6 per cent in the first six months of the previous year. In the same period last year, 217,200 […] More…

Dutch charging company Fastned announces the first installations in Denmark. Once completed, the three new fast-charging hubs will mark the company’s market entry in the country and Scandinavia as a whole. Fastned adds it won all tenders it bid for with the Danish authorities. According to the announcement, Fastned’s new charging parks will offer 24 […] More…

MAN Truck & Bus participated in the ‘Mobility Study on Low-Noise Logistics’ conducted by the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML. A pre-series vehicle of the MAN eTruck was also used to develop standards for measuring noise emissions during delivery operations. The study, which is funded by the Ministry for the Environment, Nature […] More…

Nikola Motor and hydrogen specialist BayoTech are joining forces in the US. The companies agreed on a deal best described as give and take – BayoTech will buy 50 fuel cell trucks while Nikola expects to utilise special transport trailers called HyFill from BayoTech. It is a “strategic supply agreement” to Nikola as the company […] More…

The Bavarian electric air taxi start-up Lilium has raised another 150 million US dollars in capital. Lilium was able to raise a backer in Germany who is investing 75 million dollars – so that Tencent keeps its promise and in turn invests another 75 million dollars. According to a notification to the US Securities and […] More…

Deutsche Post DHL has presented the latest addition to the zero-emission fleet in Germany. 13 electric trucks delivered by Volvo are now out in Berlin to collect mail from commercial clients. The German government funded the rollout with over two million euros. DPDHL opted for small trucks of the type Volvo FL Electric. The two-axle […] More…

Hamburg Airport has announced the next step in becoming a hydrogen hub in general aviation. As part of the ‘Baltic Sea Region Project’, rural Baltic Sea regions are to be better connected to existing aviation hubs with hydrogen-powered small aircraft. The approximately three-year project, initiated by Hamburg Airport and funded by the EU, is expected […] More…

Ineos Automotive has revealed a hydrogen-fuel-cell variant of its Grenadier 4×4 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The demonstrator switched out the conventional BMW-supplied combustion engines for BMW’s latest hydrogen-fuel-cell stack. Ineos, which is itself a division of hte British chemical company Ineos Group told Autocar that the fuel-cell vehicle holds 5 kg of hydrogen, […] More…

The Israeli company Electreon, a specialist in inductively charging electric vehicles in motion, has received its first order in France. Electreon will equip a section of the A10 motorway southwest of Paris with its Wireless Electric Road System (ERS). Bpifrance, the French public sector investment bank, placed the order with the relevant French ministries. Electreon […] More…

Smart, the electric car subsidiary brand of Mercedes-Benz and Geely, is looking to raise 250 million to 300 million US dollars in its Series A financing round. The Chinese company Tianqi Lithium has joined as a new investor. According to Smart, Tianqi Lithium will lead the Series A round with an investment of 150 million […] More…

Hyundai has unveiled the performance version of its Ioniq 5 electric model at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. When the Ioniq 5 N is launched, presumably in the second quarter of 2024, the powertrain will not be the expected 1:1 copy of the Kia EV6. The basic concept of the Ioniq 5 N and the […] More…

Nissan will invest around 100 billion yen (646 million euros) in Renault’s new electric car division Ampere, according to a Japanese media report, and is thus expected to hold a stake of less than one per cent. This is significantly less than previously assumed. In February, the manufacturers’ alliance officially announced that Nissan would take […] More…

Volkswagen is filling another key position in the group with a manager from Porsche. Stefan Weckbach will become the Group’s chief strategist on 1 September 2023, succeeding Gernot Döllner, who will become Audi’s new CEO on the same date. There are also other changes in the top management of some Group brands. It had been […] More…

Rumours of Tesla establishing a factory in India have been refreshed. According to local media, the talks about “Giga India” between Tesla and the government, which had stalled in the meantime, have been resumed. The Times of India cites government sources, saying Tesla has started negotiations with the Indian government to build a factory with […] More…

US wireless EV charging system developer WiTricity has announced a programme for automotive OEMs to enable initial vehicle integration in just three months. This is designed to significantly accelerate testing for wireless charging on existing and future electric vehicle platforms. The FastTrack integration programme is designed to help OEMs integrate WiTricity’s ‘Halo’ charging system, according […] More…

The Dutch e-bike startup VanMoof is on the brink of bankruptcy. The Verge reports the company has entered a so-called ‘suspension of payment’ proceeding, in which a court-appointed administrator helps to lead the company out of debt. All options are on the table. Meaning Van Moof is also facing a possible sale. The procedure is […] More…

Porsche has presented the Vision 357 Speedster for the 30th anniversary of the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The open electric sportscar is the sister model of the closed Vision 357, with which Porsche started its 75th anniversary year. With the 357 in the name of both concept cars and, of course, also in the design, […] More…