Stellantis has announced the launch of two new Fiat models that will also be marketed as pure electric vehicles. Specifically, these are a van and a delivery van. The names are well known: Ulysse for the van, Scudo for the van. For both models, the current announcement virtually closes the circle: they have already been […] More…

Although Sono Motors already announced in 2019 that it would have its Sion solar electric car produced by National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) at the Swedish site in Trollhättan, there is apparently no binding production agreement to date. We asked the Munich-based company about this. The lack of a final contract was discussed by NEVS […] More…

Land Rover has presented the fifth generation of the Range Rover. At the market launch next year, this will receive two plug-in hybrid variants with 324 and 375 kW respectively and a purely electric WLTP range of up to 100 kilometres. The manufacturer has announced a purely electric Range Rover for 2024. The new Range […] More…

Audi is setting up a centre of excellence for the development of batteries for future electric cars at its Neckarsulm plant. A battery technical centre is to go into operation by 2023 at the latest, where prototypes for new batteries will be researched and tested. The news was first broken by German publication Heilbronner Stimme […] More…

After Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess had a bad experience with Ionity’s charging network a few months ago and made his anger known on LinkedIn, Ionity should be happy about Diess’ latest post: This time his charging experience at the German network was far improved. Diess made post about his experience electric car trip that included […] More…

BYD has appointed Bluekens EV as the first dealer in the Netherlands for its all-electric trucks and vans. The company is a subsidiary of Bluekens Group and will handle sales and after-sales services for BYD electric commercial vehicles up to twelve tonnes in the Netherlands. Bluekens EV says it aims to develop a 360-degree approach […] More…

ADS-TEC Energy, a German provider of battery-based fast charging technology has announced a joint venture with Swedish company Polar Structure. Polar will become the preferred strategic distribution partner for ADS-TEC Energy’s technology platforms in Northern Europe. The two partners are offering a model of ‘infrastructure-as-a-service’. According to ADS-TEC Energy, this business model is based on […] More…

ABB’s corporate startup Panion and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are launching the test phase of their jointly developed digital solution for electric vehicle fleet charge planning. The cloud-based software, called Panion EV Charge Planning, is dedicated to real-time management of electric fleets and charging facilities. Panion says the tool is designed to help operators monitor […] More…

Lion Electric has received a conditional purchase order for 1,000 all-electric LionC school buses from Student Transportation of Canada (STC). If grant conditions are fulfilled, this purchase order would allow STC to become the largest operator of zero-emission school buses in North America. The purchase order is conditional upon the satisfactory grant of non-repayable contributions […] More…

Tesla has completed its new research and development centre at the Gigafactory in Shanghai. The facility is the electric carmaker’s first R&D centre outside the US. In parallel, Tesla has raised a data centre in Shanghai and opened a large delivery centre. The new facilities signify a further localisation of Tesla’s activities in China. Media […] More…

Hyundai Mobis, an automotive supplier belonging to the Hyundai Motor Group, has unveiled an ‘e-corner’ module that integrates the steering, braking, suspension and electric drive systems in one wheel. It will serve as the basic technology for a future platform, which is expected to be released in 2023. Hyundai Mobis says it will accept series […] More…

Following the launch of the new generation Mercedes C-Class presented in February, the first plug-in hybrid versions can now be ordered in the form of the C 300 e and C 300 e Estate, which are advertised with electric WLTP ranges of more than 100 kilometres. This is supposed to be made possible by a […] More…

The electric truck with integrated solar system developed at Fraunhofer ISE together with industrial partners has received road approval. Road tests will now show whether the installed photovoltaic (PV) modules can actually cover the targeted five to ten per cent of the truck’s energy demand. The 18-tonne truck with solar modules integrated into the box […] More…

Panasonic has presented a prototype of its 4680 cell for Tesla. Test production of the cells is scheduled to begin in Japan in March 2022. It is not yet clear when series production will begin. To date, Panasonic is the only known supplier commissioned by Tesla to build the 4680 cells. Panasonic’s battery boss Kazuo […] More…

The South Korean car manufacturer Ssangyong has gone through a restructuring process and has now apparently found a buyer. According to media reports, the potential new owners want to turn Ssangyong into a carmaker focused on electric vehicles within three to five years. Ssangyong has been majority-owned by the Indian Mahindra Group since 2011. Last […] More…

The London Metropolitan Government has extended the Ua Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to the northern and southern parts of the ring road. The expanded ULEZ is now 18 times the size of the original zone in central London. Announced back in June 2018 – for 2021 – the expansion to these exact dimensions means the […] More…

The French government is extending its subsidies for electric cars and plug-in hybrids at the current level until 1 July 2022. The original plan was to further reduce the currently granted subsidies from 1 January 2022. Similarly to Germany, France had decided to increase the subsidy rates in May 2020 as part of a restructuring […] More…

The Italian government is making another 100 million euros available from 27 October, primarily for the promotion of electric and hybrid vehicles. However, the ‘Ecobonus’ is scaled according to CO2 emissions and vehicle classes – so the full amount is not simply available for fully electric vehicles. Specifically, 65 million euros will be allocated to […] More…

Originally, Volkswagen had called on its managers to choose cars that were as CO2-friendly as possible as company cars. A special rule on this was already softened in June due to the lack of available EV models. Now the situation has apparently worsened due to the electric boom and the chip shortage: Volkswagen just informed […] More…

Toyota has just partnered with Italian gas network operator Snam and the Portuguese bus manufacturer CaetanoBus to accelerate the introduction of hydrogen mobility in both heavy and light transport. Snam has revealed that the aim is to support public administrations, companies and private institutions in Italy and other European countries with hydrogen mobility. The three […] More…