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…

Addison Lee, a British chauffeur and courier company, has teamed up with BP Pulse, giving Addison Lee’s EV fleet enhanced access to over 3,000 ultra-fast and rapid EV charge points. The private hire company has pledged to transition to an all-electric fleet by 2023. Addison Lee, easily London’s most premium taxi service, has reportedly been […] More…

SK Signet, owned by South Korea’s conglomerate SK Group, said it wants to invest $15 million into building its first plant in the USA. The company will produce 10,000 chargers a year at ramp-up and refers to US funding policies being decisive for coming to Texas. These are, of course, the Inflation Reduction Act and […] More…

A huge change is underway as Germany’s largest telecommunications company, Deutsche Telekom, has announced to buy only electric company cars from 1 January 2023. Staff in Germany will have a choice between 33 EV models. The move is part of the Group’s broader sustainability initiatives. Deutsche Telekom announced the phase-out of the combustion engine in […] More…

Vitesco’s eMobility components have scored the drive supplier orders worth around €10 billion in the last two and a half years. Vitesco expects the electrification business to break even in 2024 as the German supplier lays out its business strategy for this decade. Vitesco, which was listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange last year, announced […] More…

Shell has announced the formation of a consortium to create electrification solutions for mining sites. Besides Shell, the consortium includes Skeleton Technologies, Microvast, Stäubli, Carnegie Robotics, Heliox, Spirae, Alliance Automation and Worley. Shell envisions working with the nine-member consortium to create battery solutions for off-road vehicles that can be charged quickly and combined with a […] More…

French automotive supplier Valeo has won orders for its thermal systems for vehicle electrification worth more than four billion euros since the beginning of this year. Thermal solutions include air conditioning, heat pumps and battery cooling systems. The increase in sales represents almost double the figure for the same period in 2021. The major contributor […] More…

The water service company Anglian Water is accelerating its e-mobility advance, with more than 300 electrified vehicles coming to the East of England in the next few months. Almost 300 vehicles are on order and will join an existing fleet of electric and hybrid vans. Anglian Water, with a service area covering about a fifth […] More…

Jaguar Land Rover UK has partnered with Plugsurfing to offer JLR customers access to the charging network. Jaguar Charging and Land Rover Charging clients can now charge at over 300,000 charging points stretching across 27 countries and integrating 700 separate CPOs. The biggest charge point providers in the Plugsurfing network in the UK include Osprey, […] More…

Jaguar Land Rover UK has partnered with Plugsurfing to offer JLR customers access to the charging network. Jaguar Charging and Land Rover Charging clients can now charge at over 300,000 charging points stretching across 27 countries and integrating 700 separate CPOs. Plugsurfing has provided JLR with charging services since 2018 in Europe, so the latest […] More…

The ‘Wireless Charging of Electric Taxis’ (WiCET) project funded by the British government started a few days ago. At a taxi rank in Nottingham, nine converted electric and hybrid taxis now charge via induction pads with 10 kW. The trial is the first of its kind in the UK and has taken some time. We […] More…

Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Volta Trucks have announced to facilitate full fleet electrification. They signed a letter of intent outlining how they will jointly seek to deliver “turnkey solutions” integrating vehicles, charging infrastructure and energy management. “The offering will be designed to require minimal upfront investment or technical knowledge,” writes Siemens. Volta Trucks, a startup […] More…

Decarbonising trucks and buses – a topic that used to inspire silence is accelerating and instilling new hopes for a quick/er transition. The latest studies forecast ZEV to overtake ICE models in price and usability within the decade. They also must, with regulation about to become specific in the EU Green Deal – but which […] More…

Daimler Buses rejects Euro-7 for city buses and will invest straight into zero-emission technology, according to CEO Till Oberwörder. We report from the Daimler Truck’s panel in Brussels that perfectly reflected the push and pull between the industry, clients, and the EU. *** Decarbonising trucks and buses – a topic that used to incur scepticism […] More…

MAN Truck & Bus has presented a fully electric bus chassis for the global market. The Lion’s Chassis E is based on technologies from the MAN Lion’s City E electric bus model and is scheduled to roll off the production line at MAN’s Polish plant in Starachowice from 2024 onwards. MAN has chosen the Australasia […] More…

The US electric car manufacturer Lucid Motors produced 2,282 units of its only Air model in the third quarter of this year so far – more than three times as many as in the second quarter of 2022. Lucid also delivered 1,398 vehicles from July to September. Lucid is on target to produce 6-7,000 vehicles […] More…

The joint venture Automotive Cells Company (ACC) has selected the Italian automation specialist Comau to develop an integrated battery module production line for its planned Gigafactory in France. ACC has also signed an MoU with Siemens to become ACC’s preferred supplier of automation, digitalisation and electrification technology. Automotive Cells Company (ACC) is the battery cell […] More…