The Chinese manufacturer Aiways will also sell its battery-electric SUVs in Switzerland from next year in cooperation with Alcomotive as its exclusive distribution partner. The electric SUV Aiways U5 will be available in Switzerland from the beginning of 2022, the electric SUV coupé Aiways U6 is to follow in the course of the first quarter […] More…

Volvo Cars published the life cycle assessment of the new Volvo C40 Recharge, which started production in October in Ghent, Belgium. One of the key findings is that even when the C40 Recharge is charged with electricity from the global energy mix, its carbon footprint, including production and recycling, is lower than that of a […] More…

After the Hyundai Motor Group announced in May that it will produce electric cars in the USA from 2022, there is now more detailed information: The first electric model the group will produce in Alabama will be the Genesis GV70 EV from early 2022. Meanwhile, Hyundai has released the first teaser image of its concept […] More…

According to media reports, the VW works council has issued a vote of no confidence in Herbert Diess. A mediation committee has now been set up in the supervisory board. The dispute is about possible massive job cuts – but also about the role of the individual plants in the transition to electric mobility. As […] More…

Although the Tesla Model 3 costs the equivalent of nearly US$150,000 in Singapore in its base version, the number of new Teslas on Singapore roads has increased more than tenfold from 30 in the first half of the year to 487 in the third quarter of 2021. The high price, compared to the $40,000 a […] More…

The automotive supplier Mahle has developed a new type of coating for fuel cell coolers. Mahle expects nothing less from the solution than to promote the “mass market suitability of fuel cell vehicles”. According to Mahle, the new coating is intended to combine maximum operational reliability with high cooling performance and enable a long service […] More…

Swedish start-up Volta Trucks has unveiled the final design of its Volta Zero electric truck, specifically the 16-tonne version. The design will also be applied to the future 7.5 tonne, 12 tonne and 18 tonne versions. Production of the first 25 prototypes with the final design is to begin shortly. While the design of Arrival’s […] More…

US automotive supplier BorgWarner has won another order to supply its 400-volt silicon carbide inverter for various BEV models from a European OEM, which is not being named. The new customer’s vehicle production with BorgWarner’s SiC inverter is scheduled to start in 2023. We already know the 400-volt silicon inverter as part of BorgWarner’s iDM […] More…

Volkswagen has presented the coupé version of its ID.4 electric SUV. The ID.5 comes with rear and all-wheel drive, but exclusively with the large 77 kWh battery. Thanks to the more aerodynamic roof design, the range increases – at least somewhat. There are no surprises in the looks of the ID.5. Up to the B-pillar, […] More…

South Tyrol-based charging infrastructure manufacturer Alpitronic has introduced a new DC charging solution called HYC50. The company says that this is the first wall-mountable 50 kW charger on the market. While the HYC50 uses the Hypercharger brand name of the familiar HPC columns, it is a new development that deviates from Alpitronic‘s usual design. Unlike […] More…

The Spanish charging infrastructure provider Wenea and the German battery specialist ADS-TEC Energy have reached an agreement to increase the output of eleven Wenea charging stations in Spain with battery systems from ADS-TEC. More are in the planning stage. The battery storage solution from ADS-TEC called PowerBooster will be used to give the stations more […] More…

Glasgow-based taxi and hire car company GlasGo Cabs has ordered 360 Nissan Leafs to replace existing internal combustion models with its fully electric vehicles. The 360 electric cars are to be delivered over a period of three years, the first eleven of which will arrive this year. For GlasGo Cabs, these are the first electrically […] More…

NewMotion and its US counterpart Greenlots, will be rebranded as Shell Recharge Solutions. The rebranding will be implemented in early 2022 and will bring together Shell’s international range of charging solutions under one identity. Shell acquired the Dutch company NewMotion in autumn 2017 and US company Greenlots in early 2019. With the unified identity, the […] More…

The Aachen-based electric car manufacturer Next.e.GO Mobile has introduced its own battery exchange solution. The first two of the stations called ‘e.Pit’ are already in operation. However, there is a big difference to other battery exchange solutions. While the Chinese manufacturer Nio wants to establish battery exchange as an alternative to fast charging with its […] More…

Volkswagen has taken a stake in energy investor EIT InnoEnergy and hopes that closer cooperation in future will lead to joint innovation and investment activities, which are to be driven primarily by the involvement of promising start-ups. The official announcement of Volkswagen’s new participation states that the aim is to “help technologies and business models […] More…

Renault has released further details of the Kangoo Rapid E-Tech Electric, which will be launched in Europe in spring 2022. Like its predecessor, the compact van will be offered in two length variants that offer the same storage volume and payload as their conventionally powered counterparts. The French manufacturer presented the new Kangoo Rapid in […] More…

According to a South Korean media report, Hyundai is already planning an upgrade for its electric model Ioniq 5, which was launched on the market only a few months ago, to be offered from the beginning of 2022. The upgrade will apparently focus on the larger of the two battery options. As the Korean portal […] More…

The BMW brand Mini has presented its strategy for the future. This reaffirms the previously announced goal of the BMW Group to have exclusively purely electrically powered models in the Mini range by the beginning of the 2030s. Now it has been specified how Mini intends to achieve this goal. Mini also reaffirms the statement […] More…

The BMW brand Mini has presented its strategy for the future. This reaffirms the previously announced goal of the BMW Group to have exclusively purely electrically powered models in the Mini range by the beginning of the 2030s. Now Mini is detailing just how it intends to achieve this goal. Mini also reaffirms the statement […] More…

Tesla is recalling around 2,800 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in the USA. The worry is that the affected vehicles may develop loose wishbones of the front wheel suspension. The issue itself is that the front suspension lateral link on Model 3 and Model Y vehicles is attached to the sub-frame using two fasteners. Some […] More…