Tesla has already greatly simplified car construction with gigapresses, but so far mainly on the front and rear structures. Now, Tesla could soon apply the process to the complex underbody – possibly for the first time on its compact model. Lire la suite…
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Shell and BYD open world’s largest fast charging park in Shenzhen
As part of its charging partnership with BYD, Shell has opened what it claims is the world’s largest HPC park in China. In Shenzhen, 258 covered fast-charging points are now available. A considerable number of electric cars could already be charged during the test phase. Lire la suite…
Spain to support Seat and Envision battery factories
Spain’s Ministry of Industry has cleared the way for subsidies for two battery plants of Envision and Seat under the Perte subsidy programme. One involves cell production, while the other will manage battery assembly. Lire la suite…
Gotion and InoBat outline key points for cell factory in Central Europe
Gotion High-Tech and InoBat Auto are looking to build a battery cell factory in “the Middle-European region.” Construction is scheduled to kick off in 2024, with commissioning in 2026. According to Gotion, it will soon announce contracts with new European customers. Lire la suite…
Schiphol Airport to open a huge EV rental location in 2024
In the Netherlands, Schiphol Airport is converting one of its car parks into a rental location for electric vehicles. The roofs of the designated buildings will be covered with solar panels. Lire la suite…
Onto declares insolvency
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TMB orders 36 hydrogen buses for Barcelona
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New South Wales to scrap EV subsidy in favour of chargers
The Australian state of New South Wales has announced that it plans to cut the $3,000 EV subsidy in order to focus on the expansion of charging infrastructure. Lire la suite…
50 VDL electric buses ordered for Northern Germany
The city of Kiel in Northern Germany has odered more buses with Dutch manufacturer VDL. The tender for the 50 electrc buses was awarded after the public transport provider launched an Europe-wide tender. Lire la suite…
Fortum Battery Recycling develops pilot plant for new methods
Fortum Battery Recycling announces a new manufacturing approach to ensure “faster, cheaper and more energy-efficient production of cathode and anode materials” – including the production of lithium titanium oxide (LTO). The Finnish company is planning pilot plant for this purpose. Lire la suite…
Audi opens technology park in Ingolstadt
Audi has inaugurated the Incampus technology park in Ingolstadt. On the former refinery site, Audi is working with partners on the future of mobility. Developers from Volkswagen’s software forge Cariad are also fine-tuning the programmes and electronics architecture for Audi and Porsche’s electric models there. More…
Nio launches the EC6 in China
With the launch of the EC6, Nio has completed the transition of all vehicle models based on the older NT 1.0 platform to the newer NT 2.0 platform. More…
Hama Trucks orders 38 e-trucks from Quantron
The electric heavy-duty trucks are to be sub-leased by Hama to transport companies under a hire-purchase model. The order has a total value of 16 million euros. More…
Aerospace and H2 heavyweights form UK Hydrogen in Aviation alliance
Stellantis to manufacture STLA Small vehicles in Spain
VW to shut down EV production in Dresden
Gotion High-Tech launches battery production in Germany
B-ON files for insolvency
It is unclear how the imbalance came about. The company had orders, said Jürgen Müller, chairman of the works council, to the Aachener Zeitung. The business figures More…
Everfuel to upgrade hydrogen network in Denmark
In its Q2 2023 financial results, the company said that it would “prioritise the development of green hydrogen production capacity and reduce refuelling network investments by high More…
Land electric motorbike Series A oversubscribed
The company has enjoyed positive resonance for its electric motorcycles that are fit for city, road and country riding and have removable and swappable batteries. The company More…
