Pure Battery Technologies (PBT), an Australian specialist in cathode materials for use in electric car batteries, has received an investment from WIT InnoEnergy. The money will be used to finance the establishment of industrial mass production in Germany. PBT’s first commercial plant in Hagen has already started operations. There, 10,000 tonnes of precursor cathode material […] More…

Stellantis has entered into a binding offtake agreement for lithium hydroxide with Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR). The battery-grade material mined by CTR in California will be used in electric cars manufactured in North America. CTR will supply Stellantis with up to 25,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide per year during the ten-year contract period, according to […] More…

Polestar is launching a special limited edition model of the Polestar 2. The Polestar 2 BST Edition 270 includes mechanical as well as design modifications to differentiate it from the standard Polestar 2 models. The powertrain is the same as the Polestar 2 with Performance Package: the two electric motors and 78 kWh battery achieve […] More…

At the end of this year, the Volkswagen Group’s planning round is expected to make the final decision on two additional purely electric Audi models at the Neckarsulm site. Two saloons are currently under consideration. According to information from the Heilbronner Stimme, these will be the electric successor to the top model A8 and a […] More…

Ford has announced an investment of 3.7 billion dollars in its production in the US states of Michigan, Ohio and Missouri. With the equivalent of 3.4 billion euros, the production of electric cars is to be strengthened and 6,200 new jobs created. According to Ford, 1.5 billion dollars (1.4 billion euros) alone are to flow […] More…

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has started series production of the all-electric ID. Buzz at the main plant in Hanover. This year, up to 15,000 units of the ID. Buzz Pro and ID. Buzz Cargo will be produced. After the ramp-up, up to 130,000 vehicles per year can be produced in Hanover in the future, according to […] More…

Lexus has unveiled the fifth generation RX SUV series, which comes as a plug-in hybrid for the first time next to another two hybrids. However, Lexus expects the PHEV to become the best-selling RX model in Western and Central Europe. The new Lexus PHEV is labelled RX 450h+ and has 225 kW of system power […] More…

Canadian battery developer Nano One and German chemical company BASF say they have signed a joint development agreement (JDA). The companies plan to co-develop a process with reduced by-products for commercial production of next-generation cathode active materials. The new process will be based on BASF’s HED family and will use Nano One’s patented One-Pot process […] More…

Boosted charging specialist Freewire announced signing a letter of intent with Phillips 66. The rest stop operator says it wants to explore opportunities to deploy FreeWire’s technology within its US fueling station network and other strategic locations. Phillips 66 operates around 7,000 pit stops in the USA under various brands and intends to expand its […] More…

The Dutch retailer Albert Heijn will decarbonise all deliveries in the centre of the Hague by the end of this year, including home delivery and the supply of its stores. Throughout 2023, deliveries in central Rotterdam, Utrecht, and Amsterdam are also to be made only electrically. To this end, Albert Heijn and its transport partners […] More…

Renault Group has entered into a strategic partnership with Moroccan mining company Managem Group for the supply of cobalt for electric car batteries. Under the terms of the agreement, Managem will supply Renault with 5,000 tonnes of cobalt sulphate per year over a seven-year period, with the first delivery scheduled for 2025. Renault did not […] More…

Panasonic has delivered the first sample cells of the new 4680 format to Tesla. The large round cells were built on a Panasonic pilot line in Japan. The company is still looking for a location for the planned US production. According to Kazuo Tadanobu, CEO of Panasonic Energy, prototype production for the 4680 cells began […] More…

Glasgow is now home to the largest fast-charging centre for electric vehicles in the UK after First Bus completed the transformation of its Caledonia bus depot. The depot in the south of Glasgow has seen 160 fast-charging points installed over the past nine months. And, this was just phase 1. First Bus announced the project […] More…

The VW ID.Buzz is now available for pre-booking in the UK, with customers able to secure access to a priority ordering window before order books open officially in July 2022. To pre-book the electric transporter van, UK-based customers can place a £2,000 fee with their dealer until 30 June to secure a priority slot to […] More…

In Norway, all-electric cars made for a market share of 73.2% this May. The VW ID.4 was on top of the buyer’s list with 915 units out of 8,445 total BEV registrations. With the 8,445 new electric cars, registrations in Norway in May 2022 were slightly above April’s 7,207 new electric cars and relatively close […] More…

The General Motors brand Buick has announced its transformation into an all-electric car manufacturer by the end of this decade. Buick’s future electric cars will be marketed under the Electra label and will use GM’s Ultium platform. The first Buick electric car for North America is planned for 2024, according to GM. For Buick, it […] More…

The BMW Group has laid the foundation stone for its new electric car plant in Debrecen, Hungary. The company is investing more than one billion euros in the site, where series production for the first all-electric New Class vehicle will start in 2025. A full vehicle plant with press shop, body shop, paint shop and […] More…

A fire-red Opel Rocks-e has gone into service at the Opel plant fire brigade in Rüsselsheim. The special conversion of the light electric vehicle is equipped with a special signalling system, front flasher and emergency numbers and goes out to check fire extinguishers on the 1.9 square kilometre site. The Rocks-e is the smallest vehicle […] More…

A discussion regarding the direction and efforts of India’s decarbonization efforts took place at an online event with Agora researcher Vanchhit Johri, Amit Bhatt from the ICCT and Christian Hochfeld from the Berlin-based think tank Agora Verkehrswende, which advocates for the electrification of traffic. As stated at the COP26 in Glasgow, India intends to become […] More…

Mercedes-Benz has presented the new generation of its SUV model GLC. Only electrified drives are used, which means at least a 48-volt mild hybrid. There are also three plug-in hybrids, each with a battery range of more than 100 kilometres. According to the press release, the core of all three plug-in hybrids is the new […] More…