Not leading by example: The UK government department overseeing the phasing out of diesel cars still relies on them for its own fleet. Figures obtained by the BBC show the Department for Transport operates a total of 1,234 cars. The majority of these run on… ..diesel – 672 of them, to be exact. These aren’t […] More…

Hubject and the European platform e-clearing.net, initiated by Smartlab and the foundation ElaadNL, are cooperating with immediate effect to spread the Plug&Charge technology. The aim is to make “seamless charging” available to all Hubject, Smartlab and e-clearing.net partners. Hubject and Smartlab are united by the business model of creating services and products around electric mobility […] More…

Russia’s nuclear corporation Rosatom announces the location for its battery cell factory announced in March. It will be built in the western Russian exclave of Kaliningrad and is to produce battery cells for electric vehicles and energy storage systems from 2026. The initial volume of the Russian Gigafactory is now given by Rosatom as at […] More…

Volkswagen’s Chinese battery partner Gotion High-Tech wants to achieve a battery cell production volume of 300 GWh by 2025, three times as much as previously planned. Cells from Gotion are also to come off the production line in Göttingen, Germany. According to the Chinese news site Gasgoo, the new target was mentioned by a company […] More…

Taiwanese electric scooter manufacturer Gogoro and Poema Global Holdings, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, have announced a definitive agreement resulting in Gogoro becoming a publicly listed company. The proceeds should propel expansion in India, China and Southeast Asia. The combined company will focus on accelerating the global expansion of Gogoro’s subscription-based battery swapping […] More…

The contract manufacturer Foxconn and Thai energy company PTT have created a joint venture for the production of electric cars in Thailand. Investments of one to two billion US dollars (about 850 million to 1.7 billion euros) are to flow into the large-scale project. Foxconn has said that the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), a special […] More…

Automotive supplier Schaeffler has opened a new plant at its Szombathely location in western Hungary. The production site is the Schaeffler Group’s first pure e-mobility plant worldwide. In addition, the plant is also a new centre of excellence for the production of components and systems for electrified drives. Schaeffler says it is creating 150 new […] More…

According to CEO Thomas Schäfer, Skoda is “intensively thinking about an E-Octavia”. However, Schäfer says the volume model, which has so far been offered as a combustion engine and plug-in hybrid, will not be launched as a purely electric vehicle until after 2025. The Skoda boss told the German business magazine Handelsblatt: “For the second […] More…

New Flyer has announced an additional order from Oregon’s Lane Transit District (LTD) for 19 battery-electric transit buses and associated charging infrastructure. The order includes six depot chargers and commissioning by New Flyer Infrastructure Solutions, to support electric bus deployment in Eugene-Springfield, Oregon, and Metro Area. The order follows New Flyer’s recent delivery of 11 […] More…

British charge point operator Osprey Charging, formerly known as Engenie, will invest £75 million to install over 150 high-powered EV charging hubs across the UK by 2025. Each Osprey hub is to host up to 12 rapid chargers with a maximum charging power of 150-175kW. This will make up a total of 1,500 units across […] More…

London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced that from now on all new buses ordered by Transport for London (TfL) for the British capital will zero-emission vehicles. From now onwards, only battery and hydrogen buses will be procured and the purchase of new diesel and hybrid buses will be stopped completely. TfL’s goal of a zero-emission […] More…

Ballard Power Systems is introducing a new generation of its FCmove fuel cell module for buses and medium- and heavy-duty trucks. The new 100 kW module is called FCmove-HD+. According to Ballard, the new 100 kW module is more than 40 per cent more compact and over 30 per cent lighter than the predecessor module. […] More…

In Vienna and Graz, the ‘eTaxi Austria Project’ is starting a large-scale test run to test a new type of charging-pad charging technology over the next two years. Electric taxis can charge with a connection to a charging pad at the taxi rank. The approach holds much promise for fleet operators. * * * In […] More…

Renault Trucks is expanding its range of all-electric truck models with a 19-tonne variant of the D Wide Z.E. Series production is now starting at the plant in Blainville-sur-Orne in Normandy, France. The Renault Trucks plant in Normandy has already been producing the D Z.E. (16-tonne) and D Wide Z.E. (26-tonne) since March 2020. New […] More…

The electric aircraft developed by Rolls-Royce for speed records has successfully completed its maiden flight. The 367 kW machine named Spirit of Innovation took off from the UK Ministry of Defence’s Boscombe Down site and flew for about 15 minutes. The initiators described the maiden flight as another step – both towards the aircraft’s world […] More…

The battery cell manufacturer SVOLT, which emerged from the Chinese carmaker Great Wall, wants to further expand its production capacities in China. Another cell factory is now to be built in Chengdu, which is to have a capacity of 60 GWh in the third expansion stage. An agreement now signed with the city government of […] More…

India’s cabinet has approved an incentive scheme of about 260 billion rupees ($3.5 billion) for the automobile sector over a five-year period. The aim is to boost the production of electric and hydrogen fuel-powered vehicles and to promote the manufacture of drones. Anurag Thakur, minister of information and broadcasting, told Reuters “The incentive scheme has […] More…

The Swedish electric vehicle manufacturer Clean Motion has presented the Re:volt, a small electric delivery vehicle with a solar roof. This is the company’s second electric vehicle after the Zbee electric tricycle, presented in 2012.  The new van for the last mile is supposed to offer a range of up to 400 kilometres and go […] More…

Californian start-up Lucid Motors has published official range ratings for its Air electric sedan by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). With up to 520 miles for the longest-range variant, the Lucid Air has the highest EPA rating for an electric car to date. The top value applies to the ‘Dream Edition Range’ of the […] More…

The Dutch solar electric car start-up Lightyear has raised further capital from investors. Having already closed the company’s largest financing round to date in March 2021 with 48 million US dollars, investments have now risen to a total of 110 million US dollars this year thanks to further backers. Lightyear says it has reached the […] More…