Lucid Motors announced opening its newest Studio in Toronto. It is the company’s second outlet in Canada and 23rd in its growing North American retail network. The company expects to begin Canadian deliveries of the Lucid Air in Spring 2022. There’s also good news on cooperation with Electrify America. Lucid Motors promises free fast charging […] More…

Vitesco Technologies has published its 2021 earnings. E-mobility products made up almost half of Viteco’s revenue last year. The news also saw the company announcing another major order worth around €2 billion for its latest electric drive system. Vitesco recorded an order intake of €11.2 billion in 2021, of which €5.1 billion was for electrification […] More…

Toyota’s commercial vehicle brand Hino Trucks has integrated fully electric axles by Allison Transmission into next-gen heavy-duty EVs. The Japanese manufacturer has completed testing and validation of Allison’s eGen PowerTM 100D fully electric axle in its XL series. The Hino electric trucks are about to progress into production, then with Allison’s axles. The US company […] More…

Taiwan’s solid-state battery developer Prologium is looking into an initial public offering this year or next, CEO Vicent Yang said in an interview with Bloomberg. The company in which Mercedes-Benz has invested a double-digit million euro amount has yet to decide whether to list in the US or Europe. Raising additional funds in a separate […] More…

DAF Trucks, part of the US Group Paccar, has delivered five heavy-duty electric trucks to Amazon UK. The EVs can carry up to 37 tons and join what Amazon calls its “middle mile” delivery fleet. They are also the first e-trucks in their class Amazon is operating in Europe. In general, the DAF CF Electric […] More…

The Danish shipping company Maersk and Sweden’s tech company Einride have forged extensive cooperation in the USA. Einride will provide Maersk with 300 electric trucks between 2023 and 2025. The trucks will electrify Maersk’s North American warehousing, distribution and transport business in selected US cities. Over the five-year contract period, more than one million transports […] More…

Polestar has announced the market launch of the all-electric Polestar 2 Long range Single motor fastback in the United States. Available to order online, the single-motor Polestar 2 starts at prices of $45,900, or as low as $33,400 after qualified federal and state incentives. The current Polestar 2 model range includes three variants with a […] More…

The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio has started series production of its ET7 electric sedan. The ET7 is rolling off the production line at the Nio and JAC plant in Hefei and will be delivered in China from 28 March. Ramping up production is rather important for the Chinese manufacturer at the moment, as the […] More…

Volkswagen has confirmed that the ongoing production stop at its EV factory in Zwickau will also affect the ID.5 electric SUV. The new MEB car was slated to launch at the beginning of April, but the factory is missing parts that usually come from Ukraine. VW now said it has to postpone the introduction of […] More…

LG Energy Solution (LGES) has announced another battery factory in North America. The production facility for the manufacture of cylindrical battery cells for use in electric vehicles is to be built in Queen Creek in the US state of Arizona. LG is investing 1.7 trillion won (about 1.3 billion euros) for it. The announced plant […] More…

The Danish shipping company Maersk and the Swedish technology company Einride are driving forward the electrification of heavy goods road transport in the USA with an extensive cooperation. Einride will provide Maersk with a total of 300 electric trucks between 2023 and 2025. The trucks will electrify Maersk’s North American warehousing, distribution and transport business […] More…

Odin Automotive is entering North America after acquiring the StreetScooter van business from Deutsche Post/DHL. The company has partnered with delivery company GoFor to deploy its electric transporters in the US and Canada from the second quarter of 2022. The partnership provides GoFor with a turnkey solution for electric deliveries, and the company also secures […] More…

The British government wants to increase the number of public charging points for electric vehicles in the UK to 300,000 by 2030. To achieve this goal, it is investing a total of 1.6 billion pounds. For electric car drivers, the strategy of the government under Prime Minister Boris Johnson aims to make charging electric vehicles […] More…

VW has to postpone the introduction of the ID.5 by about a month due to production difficulties. The background is that the MEB plant in Zwickau will not be able to resume production until the beginning of April due to missing wiring harnesses. As reported by Automobilwoche with reference to a letter to the sales partners, […] More…

Odin Automotive is entering North America after acquiring Deutsche Post’s StreetScooter business. The company has partnered with delivery company GoFor to deploy its electric transporters in the US and Canada from the second quarter of 2022. The partnership provides GoFor with a turnkey solution for electric deliveries, and the company also secures preferential access to […] More…

Today’s eMobility update with these headlines: Honda and Nissan electrify lineups in Europe ++ Volkswagen AG confirm battery plant in Valencia ++ and BYD and Shell strike a deal for EV charging. #1 – Japanese carmakers electrify in Europe Nissan will not invest in developing Euro 7 standard cars anymore but instead, concentrate on electric […] More…

SK E&S, an energy company affiliated with South Korea’s conglomerate SK Group (SK Innovation), is entering the US electric vehicle charging market. SK E&S has acquired US EV charging solution provider EverCharge. This is the first time a Korean company has acquired the management rights of an EV charging company based in the United States. […] More…

Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) announced that it is to build an initial ten electric double-decker buses for Hong Kong operator The Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB). Ten battery-electric Enviro500EV three-axle double-deckers will be delivered to KMB in 2023 and will be ADL’s first electric double-decker buses in the Asia-Pacific region. “We are delighted that KMB is […] More…

German e-flight taxi developer Volocopter has conducted the first manned eVTOL flight in France. The flight was part of a week-long test series to evaluate noise emissions. As part of this test series, Volocopter said it conducted not one but several manned test flights with the 2X. The noise tests at the Pontoise airfield in […] More…

In the UK, the public transport operator RATP Dev London wants to purchase another 75 electric buses, including 54 double-deckers and 21 single-deckers. This is made possible by a loan of 30 million pounds taken out with the bank HSBC. So far, it is only a declaration of intent after the loan commitment by the […] More…