Shell Recharge has just revealed the results of the annual Electric Vehicle Driver Survey for 2023. Interviews were conducted with 25,000 EV drivers across the UK, as well as in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands. While EV uptake is surging across the board, UK respondents highlight some specific challenges and corresponding business opportunities. […] More…

Swedish company PowerCell is supplying fuel cell systems to German H2 aircraft startup H2FLY. PowerCell has signed a follow-on contract with H2FLY to supply aircraft fuel cell systems worth 40 million Swedish kronor (around €3.5 million) for delivery in 2023 and 2024. The follow-up order includes fuel cell systems with a capacity of 1.8 megawatts […] More…

Mitch Evans (Jaguar) and Jake Dennis (Avalanche Andretti) won both Formula E races in Rome at the weekend. Sunday’s race could have been a preliminary decision in the world championship – Porsche driver Pascal Wehrlein only has a theoretical chance of winning the title. In the 13th race of the season on Saturday, Jaguar works […] More…

The UK-based electric drive specialist Equipmake has supplied an electric drivetrain system for an electric hydrofoil boat. It is Equipmake’s first client in the marine sector. The British company is partnering with Spirit Yachts marine engineering company BAR Technologies. Together, they launched the SpiritBARTech35EF – a one-of-a-kind flying electric boat with a fast-cruising range of […] More…

BYD is planning a production facility for electric cars and batteries in India together with its Indian partner Megha Engineering and Infrastructure (MEIL). According to a plan submitted to the Indian government, the partners want to invest around one billion US dollars in the plant in Hyderabad. In the long term, BYD plans to produce […] More…

Electric school bus maker Blue Bird has unveiled its next-generation Vision electric school. It has more range and more room for passengers. With a capacity of 196 kWh, the battery has about 25 per cent more capacity than the current generation. That way, the electric school bus can go up to 130 miles (209 kilometres) […] More…

Tesla announces the production of the first Cybertruck at its factory in Texas. It is likely the first example of the series version, although that is not clear from Tesla’s tweet. Whether this marks the kick-off of serial production and the EV maker is ahead of schedule or if this is another prototype is not […] More…

The German car club ADAC says it found a safety defect in the Chinese electric model Ora Funky Cat. It is possible to pull the plug during the charging process. If a locked electric car is unlocked via the radio key, the same happens with the charging plug. And this is the crux of the […] More…

Hedin Mobility, a Swedish car dealer group, established a subsidiary dedicated to fast charging. The Group wants Hedin Supercharge to become one of Sweden’s leading DC charging providers and set eyes on further expansion. In its home market, Hedin Mobility Group has more than 120 dealerships. Abroad the network comprises more than 270 dealers in […] More…

PowerFlex, an EDF Renewables affiliate, has completed the installation of 415 Level 2 chargers across nine US sites of DHL Express. PowerFlex is a Strategic Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) Partner of the logistics company, so the cooperation is close. For these EVSE projects, PowerFlex provided DHL with a full suite of services, including site […] More…

The Volkswagen Group increased its deliveries of all-electric vehicles in the first half of the year by 48 per cent year-on-year to 321,600 units. The BEV share of total deliveries rose to 7.4 per cent, after 5.6 per cent in the first six months of the previous year. In the same period last year, 217,200 […] More…

Dutch charging company Fastned announces the first installations in Denmark. Once completed, the three new fast-charging hubs will mark the company’s market entry in the country and Scandinavia as a whole. Fastned adds it won all tenders it bid for with the Danish authorities. According to the announcement, Fastned’s new charging parks will offer 24 […] More…

MAN Truck & Bus participated in the ‘Mobility Study on Low-Noise Logistics’ conducted by the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML. A pre-series vehicle of the MAN eTruck was also used to develop standards for measuring noise emissions during delivery operations. The study, which is funded by the Ministry for the Environment, Nature […] More…

Nikola Motor and hydrogen specialist BayoTech are joining forces in the US. The companies agreed on a deal best described as give and take – BayoTech will buy 50 fuel cell trucks while Nikola expects to utilise special transport trailers called HyFill from BayoTech. It is a “strategic supply agreement” to Nikola as the company […] More…

The Bavarian electric air taxi start-up Lilium has raised another 150 million US dollars in capital. Lilium was able to raise a backer in Germany who is investing 75 million dollars – so that Tencent keeps its promise and in turn invests another 75 million dollars. According to a notification to the US Securities and […] More…

Deutsche Post DHL has presented the latest addition to the zero-emission fleet in Germany. 13 electric trucks delivered by Volvo are now out in Berlin to collect mail from commercial clients. The German government funded the rollout with over two million euros. DPDHL opted for small trucks of the type Volvo FL Electric. The two-axle […] More…

Hamburg Airport has announced the next step in becoming a hydrogen hub in general aviation. As part of the ‘Baltic Sea Region Project’, rural Baltic Sea regions are to be better connected to existing aviation hubs with hydrogen-powered small aircraft. The approximately three-year project, initiated by Hamburg Airport and funded by the EU, is expected […] More…

Ineos Automotive has revealed a hydrogen-fuel-cell variant of its Grenadier 4×4 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The demonstrator switched out the conventional BMW-supplied combustion engines for BMW’s latest hydrogen-fuel-cell stack. Ineos, which is itself a division of hte British chemical company Ineos Group told Autocar that the fuel-cell vehicle holds 5 kg of hydrogen, […] More…

The Israeli company Electreon, a specialist in inductively charging electric vehicles in motion, has received its first order in France. Electreon will equip a section of the A10 motorway southwest of Paris with its Wireless Electric Road System (ERS). Bpifrance, the French public sector investment bank, placed the order with the relevant French ministries. Electreon […] More…

Smart, the electric car subsidiary brand of Mercedes-Benz and Geely, is looking to raise 250 million to 300 million US dollars in its Series A financing round. The Chinese company Tianqi Lithium has joined as a new investor. According to Smart, Tianqi Lithium will lead the Series A round with an investment of 150 million […] More…