Air Liquide has entered into two collaborations to build hydrogen refuelling stations for heavy-duty, long-haul vehicles. One is with the Spanish gas infrastructure company Redexis and the other with Italian commercial vehicle manufacturer Iveco and includes the introduction of heavy-duty hydrogen fuel cell trucks. Redexis and Air Liquide have named their hydrogen refuelling infrastructure project […] More…

LG Energy Solution and Siemens have agreed to cooperate in the field of battery production. This is particularly about the digitalisation of production processes. The first joint project has already been decided. The memorandum of understanding now signed provides for cooperation “in the field of battery manufacturing, particularly the digitization of production process”, according to […] More…

The Swedish battery cell manufacturer Northvolt is setting up a 50:50 joint venture with Portugal’s energy company Galp. Under the direction of the joint venture Aurora, a lithium conversion plant will be built in Portugal. The future location of the plant is still under discussion. However, it is already clear that the plant will have […] More…

The US consortium Battery500 has been awarded $75 million for a second phase of research. The consortium has the task of developing next-generation batteries for electric vehicles can that outperform current lithium-ion batteries. The project has been funded by the Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) as part of $209 million awarded by VTO […] More…

Lightning eMotors, a company specialising in electric vehicles for commercial fleet use, will in future also rely on batteries from CATL. For Lightning eMotors, this is the second battery order within a few weeks. A two-year contract now signed between the two companies provides for the delivery of CATL battery packs in two configurations (30 […] More…

Hyundai has announced prices for the 2022 Ioniq 5 in the U.S. market to go on sale in late December. A new entry-level 58 kWh battery option is also to be introduced to the lineup in Spring 2022. The entry-level model starts at $39,700 before tax credits. With the smaller battery option, the Ioniq 5 […] More…

BMW is apparently planning a renewed expansion of its involvement in China. According to a media report, this not only involves an increase in shares in the BMW-Brilliance joint venture, but also several electrified models – but unlike the iX3, these are not to be built for the global market. As the Handelsblatt writes with reference […] More…

Toyota has concretised its electric plans. At the strategy update, the Japanese company also showed a series of concept cars as a preview of future battery-electric models. Lexus is to play an important role in the BEV plans; the premium brand is to offer only BEVs from 2035. Specifically, Toyota and Lexus plan to launch […] More…

Proterra announced that Gareth Joyce, who currently serves as President of Proterra, will succeed Jack Allen as Chief Executive Officer and join the Company’s Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2022. Jack Allen will retire from his position as CEO and continue to serve on the Company’s Board as Non-Executive Chairman from that point. Proterra […] More…

The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) appeared in urgent need of rejuvenation or rewriting its rules after an examiner dismissed a teen driving a Tesla. The instructor could not account for the electric car’s regenerative braking system. To show his driving capabilities, the teen would have had to show he could move his foot from […] More…

Volkswagen has founded a European Company (Société Européenne) to bundle activities along the battery value chain. In the future, third parties will also be able to participate in the SE as investors. In addition, VW confirms a number of personnel appointments in battery development. The supervisory board had also approved the establishment of the new […] More…

SVOLT has raised 6 billion yuan in a financing round, the equivalent of around 833 million euros. The battery cell manufacturer plans to invest the fresh capital mainly in the development of new technologies and the construction of new production facilities and R&D centres. This is already the third financing round this year. According to […] More…

The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA), which provides public transportation for Pinellas Country in Florida, announced the purchase of 60 electric buses over the next five years. The investment comes through the first all-electric bus consortium in Florida, which comprises four manufacturers. The agency has yet to name all four manufacturers. However, pictures accompanying the […] More…

Tesla has started small-scale production of the ‘Semi’ electric truck in a new hall at its Nevada factory, according to an observer. However, series production of the Tesla Semi is not scheduled to start until 2023. The statement on the start of series production comes from Elon Musk himself, he named the year 2023 at […] More…

US fuel cell truck manufacturer Hyzon Motors announced the delivery of 29 hydrogen trucks to what the company considers a major steel conglomerate in China, namely Shanghai Hydrogen HongYun Automotive (HongYun). The fuel cell vehicles will haul steel coils in the conglomerate’s fleet in the coming months. Hyzon said it delivered the fuel cell trucks […] More…

Daimler announced that its Chinese partner BAIC has already held a voting share of 9.98 per cent in its own group since 2019. This is about twice as much as previously known. In return, the Stuttgart-based company holds 9.55 and 2.46 per cent in BAIC’s subsidiaries BAIC Motor and BAIC BluePark, respectively. BAIC had officially […] More…

Italy’s government has decided to ban new passenger cars with combustion engines from 2035 in line with the EU Commission’s plans. For light commercial vehicles, this is to apply from 2040. This has now been decided by the Italian government’s Committee for the Ecological Transition (CITE). With this, the Draghi government follows a number of […] More…

Spain’s Irizar has announced an order from Guimarães, Portugal. However, local operator Guimabus has opted for 17 electric buses and nine chargers from Irizar alongside 26 new diesel buses. We will focus on electric buses in the order. Irizar says the operator opted for the company’s 12-metre ie model. The contract also includes nine 150 […] More…

Ford has announced a significant increase in production for its all-electric Mustang Mach-E. By 2023, Ford wants to achieve an annual output of more than 200,000 units of the electric car. That would be three times as many as were produced in 2021. Ford CEO Jim Farley announced on Twitter. “It’s hard to produce Mustang […] More…