The US electric commercial vehicle manufacturer Via Motors has received an order from Pegasus Specialty Vehicles for 2,000 Class 3 electric cutaway chassis cabs. With these, Pegasus will build electric school buses, minibuses and shuttles and distribute them through its dealer network comprised of 56 locations in the US. The contract is worth $170 million, […] More…

Hertz has agreed with BP Pulse to set up a US-wide fast charging network at its car rental locations. Installations have begun at the first 25 rental stations, while more than 500 locations are targeted in the USA. The fast-charging network follows the car rental company’s procurement of up to 340,000 electric cars  from Tesla, […] More…

Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio has taken a stake in the Australian lithium company Greenwing Resources. Nio will pay 12 million Australian dollars (currently approx. eight million euros) to Greenwing through its subsidiary Blue Northstar in exchange for around twelve per cent of the company’s shares. As the CN EV Post reports, the agreement caused […] More…

Smart has published the first European prices for its electric SUV #1. In Germany, the base model called Pro+ starts at prices from 41,490 euros, with three more variants on offer above that. For the UK, pre-orders of the Launch Edition will be possible from January and are strictly limited to a volume of 100 […] More…

The logistics sector is prime ground for fleet electrification. But many logistics and delivery fleets are just starting up with this process, experimenting with their first electric vehicles and charging strategies. This means they are now in the perfect position to look at best practices and start their electric journey on the right foot and […] More…

The internationally active German logistics company Hegelmann Group has signed a letter of intent with Mercedes-Benz Trucks for an order of 50 eActros LongHaul electric trucks. The vehicles are to be delivered successively from the start of series production in 2024. Mercedes-Benz Trucks presented the concept prototype of the eActros LongHaul a few days ago […] More…

Valmet Automotive has now completed the first pre-production vehicle of the Lightyear 0 long-range solar car at its plant in Uusikaupunki, Finland. The pre-series is an important step in the planned start of production of the customer vehicles by the end of 2022. Lightyear unveiled the final design for the Lightyear 0 model in June, […] More…

After Opel announced that the GSe acronym would return as a sub-brand for particularly dynamic electrified models a few days ago, the carmaker has now published the first images of the new Astra GSe and Astra Sports Tourer GSe models with which the sub-brand will launch. As the Astra GSe, the plug-in hybrid variants of […] More…

Harley-Davidson has completed the announced IPO of its electric motorbike brand LiveWire via a SPAC merger with the exchange shell AEA-Bridges Impact Corporation (ABIC). In addition, the second series model Del Mar can be reserved again. LiveWire shares have been trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) since 27 September under the symbols LVWR […] More…

Mercedes-Benz is planning the market launch of the all-electric G-Class in the period from mid to late 2024, as CEO Ola Källenius has now told journalists. In addition, the premiere date for the EQE SUV has been set. Specifically, Källenius stated that he had driven a prototype of the electric G-Class in Graz in the […] More…

Automotive supplier Hitachi Astemo has been contracted by Honda to manufacture electric axles for the carmaker’s medium and large battery electric vehicles from 2026. At the same time, Hitachi Astemo is aiming to additionally expand its electrification business. As a system integrator, Hitachi Astemo is to supply a high-performance, integrated drive unit for Honda. According […] More…

BMW has announced a series of market launches with electric and plug-in hybrid drives. The main focus is on the completely new X1 series, which for the first time is also available in a purely battery-electric version. The i4 will be followed by a new base model and two plug-in hybrids in the 7 Series. […] More…

Tesla has to install a software update in almost 1.1 million of its electric cars in the USA due to safety concerns. The safety authority NHTSA points to a malfunction of the automated window closing system in several Tesla models. According to the report, passengers run the risk of getting their fingers caught. Elon Musk, […] More…

US battery manufacturer Microvast announced the successful outcome of its extreme fast charge (XFC) project, funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy. The stated goal of this XFC project was to deliver a lithium-ion automotive format pouch cell for EVs capable of exceeding 500 cycles while charging in less than 10 minutes and […] More…

As the Nissan Qashqai and Juke combustion model production in Sunderland passes the five million mark, hybrid-electric versions of these SUVs models are now rolling off the lines in the factory in the UK. The Qashqai e-Power and Juke Hybrid have now officially gone into production in Sunderland. Built alongside the Nissan Leaf, every model […] More…

The Japanese company SkyDrive shows the design of its electric aerial taxi SD-05, which is currently under development and is to be used at the World Expo 2025 in Osaka. The SD-05 is a two-seater, electrically powered air taxi designed for flights up to about ten kilometres. The SD-05 is a Vertial Take Off and […] More…

The Australian electric truck manufacturer SEA Electric has doubled the size of its local assembly facility in the Melbourne suburb of Dandenong. The truck maker’s current plant was expanded to now cover 8,000 square metres on a total site of 15,000 square metres. SEA Electric says the expansion now gives the company the capacity to […] More…

Ballard Power Systems has received an order from Stadler Rail to supply six 100 kW Fcmove-HD+ fuel cell modules to power the first hydrogen train in the US. The train is expected to enter service in San Bernardino, California, in 2024 and will seat over 100 passengers. The contract awarded to Stadler by the San […] More…

Artemis Technologies, a company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is presenting the design of an all-electric passenger ferry that is to enter service for the first time in 2024. The operator Condor Ferries wants to use the hydrofoil as part of a pilot project between Belfast and Bangor in Northern Ireland from that date. The […] More…

The Polish bus manufacturer Solaris has signed a contract with the Dutch transport company Hermes for the delivery of ten Trollino 18s. The MetroStyle trolleybuses are scheduled to arrive in the city of Arnhem in the first half of 2024. The new trolleybuses are equipped with traction batteries with a capacity of about 90 kWh, […] More…