Ford is adding a new variant to its all-electric Mustang Mach-E production model. With a rally-inspired chassis and higher ground clearance, the new Mustang Mach-E Rally is designed to be Ford’s “first-ever rally-inspired EV”. As an electric SUV, the Mustang Mach-E has so far been optimised more for the road, with the GT a high-performance… More…

The Croatian electric sports car maker Rimac and Chinese battery cell manufacturer Eve Energy are joining forces for the production of large cylindrical cell batteries in Europe. Eve Energy’s battery cells with a diameter of 46 millimetres and various lengths will be used by Rimac in its previously-announced new battery platform. Production of the Eve… More…

The hotel chain Hilton is expanding its long-standing charging infrastructure cooperation with Tesla. A total of up to 20,000 units of Tesla’s new Universal Wall Connector will be installed at 2,000 Hilton hotels in the US, Canada, and Mexico starting in early 2024. The collaboration between the hotel chain and the US EV maker dates… More…

The UK’s largest charging park for electric cars has opened at the NEC Birmingham event centre. Up to 180 EVs can charge there simultaneously. There are 30 HPC charge points with 150 kW power each for fast-charging. Specifically, 16 Alpitronic Hypercharger HYC300 units are installed, 14 with two charging points. The other two stations are… More…

Honda will use Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) from 2025 in the US. Like other carmakers who will adopt the Tesla plug, Honda will offer adapters so that EVs launched before 2025 can also use the Supercharger network in North America. The announcement does not come as a surprise: Both the Honda Prologue and… More…

Lotus has lifted the curtain on its next all-electric model, the Emeya. In analogy to the Eletre, referred to as a “hyper SUV”, Lotus calls the new Emeya a “hyper GT”. It is a four-door coupe-like sedan. The top-of-the-line, all-wheel-drive version of the Emeya offers up to 675 kW of power and up to 985… More…

The Norwegian Post recently started using electric vehicles in Oslo, Skien and Porsgrunn, delivering mail and parcels electrically to more than one million people in the Oslo area and the Grenland region. There are currently around 1,900 electric Post vehicles on the road throughout Norway. The electrification offensive of the state-owned company Posten Norge, which […] More…

Polestar has brought the winning design of the recent Polestar Design Contest to life as a 1:1 scale model and presented it at the IAA 2023 in Munich. The electric fantasy supercar ‘Polestar Synergy’ combines three winning designs that prevailed from over 600 entries in the latest competition. The submitted designs were to focus on “the […] More…

The UK’s Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) has allocated eleven million pounds to twelve automotive projects, including a solid-state battery for Mercedes-AMG. The companies matched the funding, adding up to £22.7 m, and pledged to deliver results within a year. The funding is part of the ‘Advanced Route to Market Demonstrator’ competition (ARMD2), now in its […] More…

Nissan is using old Leaf batteries in portable power packs developed with electronics maker JVCKenwood and 4R Energy, a company owned by Nissan and Sumitomo, which works on power storage systems. The “portable power stations” can provide emergency support or simply power gadgets. Each 4.4-kilogram (32-pound) power station contains only two modules from a Leaf […] More…

Tesla may not begin production at its major new factory planned for Mexico before 2026 and 2027, the Mexican daily Reforma reports. Plans also appear delayed, if not on hold, in Indonesia amidst an oversupply in the EV industry and economic downturns. Staying in Mexico, Reforma cited an anonymous supplier saying that they and several […] More…

The US-based company Ascend Elements, which specialises in the production of new battery materials derived from recycling, has generated a further $542 million in capital from investors. Last year, Ascend Elements had already raised $300 million and secured two grants from the US Department of Energy totalling $480 million. With the fresh capital from the […] More…

Audi has put another of its own fast-charging locations into operation. The new location in the Obersendling district of Munich is now the fifth Audi Charging Hub and the third in Germany. The location has four fast-charging points that can be reserved in advance with up to 320 kW of power. Unlike in Nuremberg and […] More…

Audi did not give a complete presentation of the upcoming Q6 e-tron with the technical data to offer at the IAA Mobility, but published the first official pictures of the interior of the PPE electric car at the trade fair. In addition, the Audi Q6 e-tron was exhibited in Munich largely uncloaked. The car on […] More…

The Polish city of Glogów has ordered its first battery-electric buses. Solaris is to deliver the five Urbino 12 Electric buses and the charging infrastructure required for operation to Glogów’s transport operator Gmina Miejska by summer 2024. The Lower Silesian city already operates more than 20 Solaris vehicles, including four hybrid buses. The five twelve-metre […] More…

The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames will install 525 new electric vehicle charging points. The new installations will more than double the on-street charging network, bringing the total to 945 (up from 420). Richmond is among the most affluent and greenest London boroughs, with deer roaming around Richmond Park on any day. Still, not […] More…

The next-generation VW Golf looks set to be an all-electric model and could be the first VW to use the new SSP architecture when it launches in 2028. However, the Audi A3, which shares the same combustion engine platform, will likely go a different way. Autocar reports this with reference to brand boss Thomas Schäfer. […] More…

The premium electric car brand HiPhi from the Chinese manufacturer Human Horizons opened its first European branch. The so-called HiPhi Hub is located at Munich Airport and is supposed to be only the beginning. Further hubs are planned in Oslo and other European cities. HiPhi says it already has more than 100 such hubs in […] More…

Stellantis has started production at its first all-electric vehicle plant. Located in Ellesmere Port near Liverpool, UK, and manufactures the group’s first electric van, the Combo Electric, for Opel/Vauxhall. The Peugeot e-Partner, Citroën ë-Berlingo and Fiat E-Doblò will also come off the production line there, as well as as well as passenger car models such […] More…

ChargePoint and Blink Charging are facing financial difficulties. As per the charging companies’ most recent quarterly findings, both CPOs have less than a year of cash left as they face market pressures on multiple fronts, not only the Tesla NACS. Blink & Chargepoint are two of the largest publicly-held EV charging networks in the United […] More…