General Motors is looking to secure a new source of low-cost nickel and cobalt for its Ultium battery cells with a strategic investment in Australian battery materials supplier Queensland Pacific Metals. GM said it expects to invest up to $69 million in Queensland Pacific Metals for the development of the Townsville Energy Chemicals Hub (TECH) […] More…

The South Korean battery cell manufacturer SK On has signed a lithium supply contract with the Australian company Lake Resources. In total, the Korean battery manufacturer can purchase 230,000 tonnes of lithium from Lake Resources, which is enough to produce batteries for around 4.9 million electric cars. SK On expects its first deliveries of battery-grade […] More…

The Hyundai Motor Group, including its brands Hyundai, Genesis and Kia, has announced a new global strategy through which all of the group’s vehicles are to become software-defined vehicles (SDVs) by 2025 – and increasingly electric. The (drive) hardware is to be further standardised for this purpose. From 2023 onwards, all newly introduced vehicles of […] More…

The battery startup Our Next Energy (ONE), backed by BMW, has confirmed Michigan as the location for its first US facility, following earlier news on state funding. Now ONE adds the missing details. The company has selected the Van Buren Township in Michigan, USA, as was previously known from a funding allocation of $215 million […] More…

Lexus is revising its first BEV model, the UX 300e, which was introduced two years ago. The most important upgrade of the new edition is a larger battery pack,  with an increased capacity from the previous 54.4 kWh to 72.8 kWh. This has increased the car’s range by more than 40 per cent to up […] More…

Honda has announced two major investments in the US state of Ohio. 700 million US dollars will flow into the conversion of three existing car and powertrain plants for the production of electric cars. Another 3.5 billion US dollars will be invested in the joint venture with LG Energy Solution (LGES) for the construction of […] More…

Zunder, a charging infrastructure company from Spain, announces a €100 million capital injection from French sustainability investor Mirova. Zunder aims to own and operate over 4,000 ultra-fast charging points in Southern Europe by 2025. The money is the first charge to accelerate development. Mirova’s €100 million are part of the planned investment of over €300 […] More…

Californian startup Canoo has received another large order for its electric vehicles. Fleet leasing provider Zeeba has signed an agreement to buy 5,450 Canoo electric vehicles, with an initial binding commitment of 3,000 units by 2024. The order now places is for the Lifestyle Vehicle (LV) and its cargo variant, the Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV). […] More…

Quantron received a significant order from the United States shortly after founding its own US subsidiary. The American transport company TMP Logistics has signed a framework agreement with Quantron US to deliver 500 heavy-duty fuel cell trucks by the end of 2024. According to a Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs statement, the agreement was reached […] More…

Tesla is making the prices of its fast chargers more flexible. After the company increased Supercharger prices in Europe again in September, there are now indications of Tesla introducing lower tariffs for charging at night. According to a report by Teslamag, Tesla drivers at the Kamen site in Germany, for example, first noticed a further […] More…

Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars sold around 30,000 battery-electric vehicles in Q3 2022. That is more than twice as many as in the same period of the previous year. The Group’s sister company Mercedes-Benz Vans delivered an additional 3,300 electric vehicles between July and September. In the German carmaker’s passenger car division, around 30,000 BEV vehicles sold […] More…

The shipping company Future Proof Shipping (FPS) and the shipbuilder Holland Shipyards Group, and other partners, have launched a project to convert a fleet of ten inland and short sea vessels to hydrogen fuel cell propulsion. As the first ship of this project, the “FPS Maas” is now being converted. The ship’s last diesel voyage […] More…

Rivian is conducting a voluntary recall of all 13,000 vehicles it has delivered due to a loose fastener that could cause trouble when steering. So far, there have been seven cases reported. The piece, which may not have been sufficiently torqued on a small percentage of vehicles, connects the front upper control arm and the […] More…

Israeli battery developer StoreDot has reached an important milestone with its fast-charging silicon-dominated battery cells. The battery maker says its Pouch cells in a production-ready format have now passed the 1,000-cycle mark. The defining phrase “production-ready format” is important here because StoreDot already reached 1,200 cycles for silicon-dominated battery cells in March – but at […] More…

The Norwegian battery company Freyr has concluded a licence and service agreement with Aleees, a Taiwanese manufacturer of LFP cathode materials. A  previously planned joint venture now seems to be off the table. According to Freyr, the agreement provides the company with a worldwide licence to manufacture and sell LFP cathode material based on Aleees‘ […] More…

Canada’s battery manufacturer Electrovaya has chosen New York State as the location for its first factory in the USA. Electrovaya will build the US plant in Chautauqua County and produce cells worth over one-gigawatt hour for commercial vehicles when fully operational. Electrovaya wants to open the New York factory in several phases beginning by late […] More…

The German truck maker and conversions specialist Quantron AG will soon be offering its zero-emission commercial vehicles and retrofit packages in North America. The company has founded an offshoot named Quantron US and appointed Richard Haas as its CEO. Focus will be accorded to fuel cell trucks. The company based in Augsburg intends to implement […] More…

Audi is considering building a factory to make electric vehicles in the US. Oliver Hoffmann, responsible for Technical Development, said Audi would make a decision early next year. The move naturally comes amid new funding regulations for electric vehicles. Speaking to Automotive News, Hoffmann said: “We are currently looking left and right, with our VW […] More…

Nissan and Renault are currently negotiating the future of the alliance and, more specifically, the Japanese carmaker’s participation in Renault’s planned electric car division. The announcement was made by both manufacturers in a short joint statement, without disclosing further details. Renault reportedly wants to remain the majority shareholder of the French-based electric car division Ampère, […] More…

The Transport Company of the Czech city of Ústí nad Labem has ordered 33 trolleybuses from Skoda Group. These are based on the Skoda 27Tr model, which already transports residents in the north Bohemian city. Only a technological difference exists. Compared to the vehicles already in service, the newly delivered trolleybuses will have two traction […] More…