The Volkswagen Group and Seat have given the green light to invest ten billion euros in e-mobility in Spain. The investments announced in May were previously dependent on the Spanish government’s funding under the PERTE eMobility funding programme, which was recently released. Volkswagen and Seat were initially not satisfied with the funding level and threatened […] More…

Tesla has to navigate rough terrain as it encounters a potential issue with its steer assist system, which could affect 40,000 vehicles in the US. Rather than recalling the Model S and Model X cars, however, Tesla is literally countersteering and issued an over-the-air update. Tesla is sending the software adjustment to more than 40,000 […] More…

Australia’s Tritium announces a new partnership in the US with DC-America. The company will now utilise Tritium fast chargers in its modular charging system. The deal also brings Tritium further in line with federal funding opportunities. With DC-America now offering customers its charging system equipped with Tritium’s PKM150 fast chargers, the company is compliant with […] More…

The Chinese battery manufacturer WeLion has closed a series D financing round of 1.5 billion yuan (206 million euros). WeLion intends to invest the capital in expanding its production and research and development activities. WeLion is known to be the Chinese battery cell manufacturer that supplies the semi-solid-state battery for the Nio ET7. In March […] More…

Volvo Cars has just unveiled the EX90 in Stockholm. The revamped e-SUV and XC 90 successor is exclusively electric and boasts numerous new features, while it could still visually pass as a facelift of the familiar model. When Volvo presented the XC90 in Stockholm in 2014, it was a turning point for the Swedish carmaker. The large flagship SUV was […] More…

Uber and Barcelona-based Wallbox Chargers are expanding their cooperation to include seven European countries. Uber drivers in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, France, Portugal and Belgium may now buy home chargers from Wallbox at discounted rates. The agreement builds on Wallbox and Uber’s partnership in the USA and Canada which was launched in 2021. […] More…

American truckmaker Nikola Motor has agreed on a deal with charging infrastructure provider ChargePoint. Nikola may now resell ChargePoint’s charging hardware and software to its fleet customers in the US. According to Nikola president Pablo Koziner, the truck manufacturer has secured “complete access to the entire ChargePoint product line”, ranging from simpler DC to high-power […] More…

The Danish bus company Vikingbus has ordered 45 electric buses from MAN. Vikingbus will deploy the e-buses of type Lion City 12 E on routes in the greater Copenhagen area from spring next year. They will join a growing fleet of zero-emission vehicles out for Vikingbus. The company won several recent tenders for bus routes […] More…

The supply contract negotiated by Tesla with the Australian lithium producer Core Lithium will not be concluded. According to Core Lithium, the deadline for the deal was 26 October 2022, but the contract was not finalised. However, the company does not give details – but they seem to be further open for potential cooperation in […] More…

With Aehra, a new premium electric car brand from Italy announces itself with a preview of its first model. Based in Milan, Aehra released pictures of a still unnamed SUV model positioned in the luxury segment. The Aehra EV is to produce between 550 and 600 kW and offer a range of over 800 kilometres. […] More…

Teco 2030, Norway’s company specialising in fuel cell systems for ships, Shell and other partners want to retrofit a full-size tanker to run on hydrogen starting next year. The EU-funded HyEkoTank project is all about size and heavy loads. The vessel destined for the hydrogen fuel cell retrofit is an existing tanker by Ektank made […] More…

Elon Musk has dumped another 19.5 million Tesla shares worth $3.95 billion. Musk now still holds around 14 per cent of Tesla. The value of Tesla shares has fallen to its lowest level in almost a year and a half. The latest share sales are probably related to Musk’s takeover of Twitter, which was completed […] More…

In China, sales of new-energy passenger cars were almost unchanged in October compared to the previous record month of September 2022. About 676,000 NEV passenger cars were sold in October 2022, including about 508,000 BEVs and 167,000 PHEVs. Compared to the 675,000 New Energy Vehicles sold in September, the 676,000 units are again a slight […] More…

Audi has presented the revised e-tron quattro and at the same time renamed the electric model the Q8 e-tron or Q8 Sportback e-tron. In addition to visual refreshes, the new edition comes with an optimised drive concept, better aerodynamics, higher charging power and battery capacity. The new features also increase the WLTP range to up […] More…

Things at the British electric vehicle start-up Arrival apparently continue to be anything but smooth. After the strategic reorientation of the company, there are now media reports that an Arrival electric delivery van caught fire during a demonstration for the customer UPS. The Daily Mail reports that the vehicle caught fire at Arrival’s headquarters in […] More…

The Swedish-based telecommunications group Telia is procuring 115 electric vehicles for use in its business area in Lithuania. Telia has chosen the Toyota Proace City Electric. The electric vehicles will make up about a third of Telia’s technical fleet. Toyota’s Proace City Electric is the counterpart to the Opel Combo-e Cargo, Peugeot e-Partner and Citroën […] More…

Swiss companies BRUGG eConnect and Cavotec have unveiled an ultra-fast charging system for heavy-duty vehicles and ships with a capacity of up to 3 MW at the Bauma trade fair. For this, the two companies use the plug design of the Megawatt Charging System (MCS), which was unveiled in Oslo in June this year. The […] More…

Five years after its founding, the fast-charging joint venture Ionity has delivered an interim status on the development of its HPC network in Europe. According to the report, more than 430 Ionity charging parks with 1,900 charging points are currently in operation in 24 European countries. The shareholders first publicised the Ionity brand name exactly […] More…

Four hydrogen buses are to be used in Venice and the surrounding area from mid-2023. The transport companies AVM Venezia and ACTV SPA Venezia, which are responsible for public transport in Venice and the municipalities of Venice and Chioggia, have ordered four Urbino 12 hydrogens from Solaris. The Polish manufacturer has now announced that delivery […] More…

The American manufacturer Nikola Motor will not reach its target of producing at least 300 electric trucks this year. Nikola itself conceded the previous forecast and also does not want to name a new target. Nikola made the announcement in a conference call with analysts on its third-quarter results. The company does not intend to […] More…