BMZ Group has introduced TerraE as a global brand for lithium-ion cells. The batteries – primarily with NMC/NCA or LFP cell chemistry – are also to be used in electric vehicles. However, plans have apparently changed. BMZ Group (which stands for Batteries Assembly Centre in German) had taken over the battery cell consortium TerraE at […] More…

The Swiss commodities company Blackstone Resources is spinning off its German battery division Blackstone Technology into the newly founded Blackstone Technology Holding AG. David Batstone has been appointed CEO of the new holding company. The restructuring has already been completed, according to the statement, and the new holding company is based in Baar, Switzerland, as […] More…

In Australia, the Western Sydney-based company Custom Denning has been awarded a contract to design, manufacture and assembly 79 new electric buses to operate in Sydney. This is just part of a larger plan to fully decarbonise bus services in Australia’s largest city. The 79 electric buses will be manufactured in Custom Denning’s factory in […] More…

The Seoul city government said it will pay subsidies to buyers of about 14,200 electric vehicles during the first half of 2022, as part of its bid to support the purchase of 27,000 electric vehicles for the whole year. In the period from 2009 until last year, covering a total of 13 years, the Seoul […] More…

In China, 412,000 new energy vehicles (NEVs) were sold in January 2022. This was 141 per cent higher than in January 2021 for electric cars, plug-in hybrids and fuel cell cars, with battery-electric cars, in particular, making gains. With the 412,000 NEVs, January sales were just below the level of November, but a good bit […] More…

Audi and FAW have received approval from the Chinese authorities to build an electric car plant as part of their joint venture. Production of up to 150,000 electric cars per year is scheduled to start at the end of 2024. According to the planning authority of China’s northeastern province of Jilin, work on the plant […] More…

Tesla is facing serious allegations of systematic racial discrimination. A racist work environment prevails at the Tesla factory in Fremont, according to the California Fair Employment and Housing Authority (DEFH), which has now filed a lawsuit against the carmaker. The lawsuit alleges that “Tesla’s brand, purportedly highlighting a socially conscious future, masks the reality of […] More…

US commercial vehicle manufacturer Mack Trucks has launched a new Vehicle-as-a-Service (VaaS) program. Essentially an all-inclusive leasing scheme, the company hopes to help customers manage expenses associated with acquiring the Mack LR Electric truck and integrate it into existing warranties. The VaaS now introduced includes the vehicle chassis, the refuse body, applicable taxes and a […] More…

Innovate UK has granted funding to the software provider ev.energy to scale their first commercially operating Virtual Power Plant (VPP) using only electric vehicles. The funding comes after the startup successfully demonstrated the concept working with a British utility. The Virtual Power Plant manages EV charging in line with demands from grid operators, essentially a […] More…

Skoda has started producing the Enyaq Coupé iV ins series at its main plant in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic. The facility churns out more than 120 units of the Coupé a day, alongside the Enyaq iV, Octavia and its PHEV offshoot Octavia iV model series. Last year, Skoda produced 50,000 units of the Enyaq iV […] More…

German-based ADS-TEC Energy, a provider of battery-boosted fast-charging technology, has appointed Gowton Achaibar as President and CEO of its US subsidiary and announced plans for a factory in the United States. ADS-TEC formed the North American subsidiary last October when John Neville still served as Head of Sales in the US and as the company-wide […] More…

US brewer Anheuser-Busch has ordered another 20 electric trucks from BYD to add to its California fleet later this year. It is the fourth order of zero-emission vehicles in a row from different manufacturers. The brewery is, in fact, installing a “Zero-Emission Beer Delivery” line. We come to said “zero carb beer” in a moment. […] More…

The Canadian company Snow Lake Lithium has unveiled plans for a lithium mine in Manitoba, Canada. The mine is to produce 160,000 tonnes of lithium annually for the North American electric car industry from the end of 2024. According to Snow Lake Lithium, the plant will draw its energy almost entirely from hydropower and thus […] More…

The US Department of Energy has announced funding of 2.91 billion dollars to develop a national battery supply chain – including for electric vehicles. This makes another e-mobility funding from the infrastructure bill concrete. The funding from the bipartisan Infrastructure Act is to support production facilities for battery materials, battery cells and packs, recycling facilities, […] More…

Toyota has announced an additional $90 million investment for two of its US American manufacturing facilities: Both the Toyota West Virginia plant, as well as the plant in Tennessee, will be upgraded for hybrid vehicle component production. The exact amounts to be invested in the plants are a $73 million investment for Toyota’s West Virginia […] More…

Soros Fund Management, the investment fund of billionaire George Soros, acquired nearly 20 million shares in electric car start-up Rivian in the fourth quarter of 2021, securities documents show. The 19,835,761 shares, then worth around two billion US dollars (1.77 billion euros at today’s exchange rate), are now only worth around 1.17 billion dollars (1.03 […] More…

Mercedes-Benz Vans is conducting winter tests under extreme climatic conditions with the next generation of the eSprinter near the Arctic Circle. The focus lies with reliability in freezing conditions. While there will be hardly any changes to the van’s appearance built at the Düsseldorf plant, virtually everything under the sheet metal is new. As reported […] More…

The Danish concrete manufacturer Unicon has ordered eleven Volvo FM Electric trucks from Volvo Trucks, which will be converted into concrete mixers and used in Denmark. In the future, the two companies aim to develop customised electric truck solutions for the concrete industry. According to Volvo Trucks, the eleven converted FM Electric will be delivered […] More…

Porsche won the first race since the factory entry two years ago at the third Formula E round of the season in Mexico City – it was the first victory for a Porsche Formula race car in over 30 years. Pascal Wehrlein won for team-mate André Lotterer and two-time champion Jean-Eric Vergne. It was not […] More…

The world’s most expensive commercials were shown during the Super Bowl in the USA. This occasion is now being used by several car manufacturers to promote electric cars. Not only has BMW advertised the iX here, but also General Motors for its Ultium electric models, Polestar for its Polestar 2, Kia for the EV6 and […] More…