Free to X, the high power charging project by Autostrade per l’Italia Group (ASPI), has provided an update to electrive. Their DC ultra-rapid charging network, lining main highways in Italy, now operates 24 HPC hubs between Milan and Bari, with more under construction. Established in May 2021, Free to X reportedly targets equipping 100 rest […] More…

Loop Energy has announced a deal with the Slovakian bus maker Mobility & Innovation (M&I). The company has ordered another ten fuel cell systems to keep up with demand for its hydrogen city bus. For Loop Energy, this is the second scale-up with a manufacturer in the last few months. For M&I, the company will […] More…

News of advances in urban air mobility keeps flying in with Electric Power Systems announcing a new customer, this time from Japan. SkyDrive, a self-described developer of flying cars based at Toyota City, has opted for EPS’ ‘EPiC’ battery system to power future passenger drones. SkyDrive aims to launch the air taxis in the Osaka […] More…

The iBlue EV electric truck from Chinese manufacturer Foton has received EU type approval from TÜV Rheinland. With the receipt of the EU-EVTA certificate, the vehicle can now be exported to EU countries and other markets that require WVTA certification. Foton sees the certificate as an “access card” to the EU market. This is because […] More…

Stellantis has seen global sales of BEV vehicles increase by almost 50 per cent year-on-year to 136,000 units in the first half of 2022. This is according to the company’s recently published figures. According to the company’s own figures, this puts it in second place in the EU30 market for BEV and LEV sales. Light […] More…

Tritium has announced a follow-up order from EVCS that added 300 fast-chargers to an existing deployment of 500 50-kW columns. EVCS is among the largest CPOs on the West Coast and will deploy the 300 chargers across California, Oregon, and Washington. “EVCS is excited to expand its partnership with Tritium to install more than 300 […] More…

Aachen-based electric car manufacturer Next.e.GO Mobile has agreed a business combination with the SPAC Athena Consumer Acquisition. The merged company is to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The company attaches to the transaction the expectation of gross proceeds of up to approximately US$285 million – consisting of up to approximately US$235 million […] More…

Volkswagen’s partner for solid-state batteries, Quantumscape, claims to make bold strides in its Q2 letter to shareholders. The company says it is now successfully building and testing prototype 24-layer cells – up from 16 layers just a few months ago. Solid-state battery development appears accelerating at Quantumscape that said, they were “building on this momentum”. […] More…

Ebusco has received an order from Barcelona, Spain, for 21 electric buses and charging equipment. Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB) expects the Ebusco 2.2 vehicles to take up service in Q2/2023. This is the Dutch manufacturer’s first entry into the Southern European market. With the contract with AMB in Spain, Ebusco expands the number of […] More…

The Gloucestershire Constabulary has the UK’s largest electric patrol car fleet, with 21 per cent of its 435 vehicles being EVs, i.e. 66 Nissan Leafs and nine Nissan NV200 vans. However, the new Commissioner for Gloucestershire, Chris Nelson, has now sounded the alarm. In his recent experience, police officers suffer from a lack of charging […] More…

US EV startup Rivian has announced that it going to make some major cuts to its workforce, claiming inflation and a drive for profitability. Considering the company employs around 14,000 employees, cutting about six per cent of jobs as announced would affect about 840 workers. The news was broken by Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe in […] More…

The budding British battery cell manufacturer Britishvolt has received confirmation from the British government that the company will receive funding from the Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF). However, the exact amount of the funding is not mentioned in the announcement – in January there was talk of 120 million euros. “I’m delighted to confirm we have […] More…

Heliox has teamed up with Recoy to integrate its ‘Real-time Optimisation Platform’ into its fast-charging equipment. Recoy’s platform considers energy prices in real-time and helps optimise flexible assets such as electric vehicles, stationary batteries, e-boilers and electrolysers. The companies expect the new partnership to accelerate growth toward intelligent energy solutions. Michael Colijn, Group CEO of […] More…

Yutong recently held a release conference to present its new ‘YESS technology’ and its new battery electric bus in Santiago, Chile. The YESS technology is a proprietary safety technology for traction batteries.  Yuting claims three major improvements in safety, climate capability and road adaptability. In terms of improved battery safety, the technology includes nitrogen protection, […] More…

Iberdrola and BP have announced a strategic alignment to advance battery-electric charging infrastructure. The partners earmarked €1bn for deploying up to 11,000 fast charge points across Spain and Portugal. Up to 600ktpa production capacity of green hydrogen is the next target. Iberdrola and BP speak of “large scale green hydrogen production hubs in Spain, Portugal […] More…

The German chip manufacturer Infineon Technologies and the Taiwanese charging infrastructure manufacturer Delta Electronics have developed a 3-in-1 system that integrates solar power system, home storage and charging station. Thanks to bidirectional inverters, the electric car can not only be charged, but also act as a buffer storage for the home’s emergency power supply. Infineon […] More…

At a round table with the press this month, the Renault Group provided an update on its Refactory plant in Flins, near Paris. The circular economy hub (to be) has been born from business needs that give a glimpse into what may come once electric vehicle sales truly ramp up. *** At the latest since […] More…

Japanese courier service Yamato Transport and the Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies Corporation (CJPT) have announced that they will work together to standardise replaceable and rechargeable battery cassettes for commercial electric vehicles. The CJPT is a joint venture between Toyota, Hino and Isuzu established last April to advance so-called CASE (Connected, Autonomous, Shared, Electric) technologies in […] More…

Volkswagen Group China has unveiled a prototype eVTOL. The passenger drone is called V.MO and is nicknamed the “Flying Tiger” in a nod to its target launch market. Future series models will carry up to four people and their luggage over 200 kilometres. The V.MO concept is not Volkswagen’s first entry into a market that […] More…

The Dutch solar car company Lightyear has entered into a development cooperation with the Swedish manufacturer Koenigsegg. The technologies of the company, known for its extremely powerful sports cars, are to be incorporated into the mass-market model Lightyear 2. Although Koenigsegg’s hypercars are at most hybrids and so far not pure battery-electric sports cars, Koenigsegg […] More…