The topic of e-mobility security takes centre stage on Juice World Charging Day 2021. Juice Technology, which is known for innovative charging solutions and has dominated the market for mobile 22 kW charging stations for years with the Juice Booster 2, is giving the rather mundane chapter a cool cyberpunk touch. The recently opened “Happening […] More…

The topic of e-mobility security takes centre stage on Juice World Charging Day 2021. Juice Technology, which is known for innovative charging solutions and has dominated the market for mobile 22 kW charging stations for years with the Juice Booster 2, is giving the rather mundane chapter a cool cyberpunk touch. The recently opened “Happening […] More…

Mercedes is presenting the AMG EQS 53 4MATIC+ at the IAA Mobility in Munich. The AMG version of the electric luxury sedan is in the performance class of a Porsche Taycan Turbo S and aims to score with both dynamics and luxurious ambience. The Mercedes-AMG EQS 53 4MATIC+ is the first battery-electric production model from […] More…

Mercedes has presented the EQE in the run-up to the IAA Mobility. The electric counterpart to the E-Class shares both the platform and basic design features with the larger EQS. The EQE is aimed at the lucrative company car market. Mercedes itself speaks of the new “business avant-garde”. With a length of 4.94 metres, the […] More…

The Polish electric bus manufacturer has just completed an order by delivering 14 electric buses to municipal operator PKM Sosnowiec in the Polish city of Sosnowiec. The order includes 9 Urbino 12 electric solo buses and 5 articulated Urbino 18 electric units as well as charging infrastructure. In terms of the charging infrastructure, the delivery […] More…

The two charging specialists aim to help provide better urban charging opportunities for fleet drivers in the UK who do not have access to their own parking and charging opportunities at home, which is suspected to be a large hurdle for EV adoption. The idea behind the concept is not complicated: FleetCharge, the new off-street […] More…

Nissan opens the order books for its all-electric crossover model Ariya in Norway on 9 September. All other European countries are to follow “in the coming months”. Deliveries are scheduled to start in summer 2022. “Nissan has led electrification for over 10 years and we can’t wait to get customers behind the wheels of our […] More…

Mercedes has delivered a new variant of the eCitaro to Switzerland. With the use of charging rails, the electric bus is supposed to be able to drive around Zurich airport for up to 22 hours and 370 kilometres a day. By charging rails, Mercedes means a top-down pantograph: unlike the solution offered by Mercedes simply […] More…

EKPO Fuel Cell, the joint venture between ElringKlinger and Plastic Omnium, is shining the spotlight on various next-generation fuel cell stack platforms at next week’s IAA Mobility. They are said to feature an improved design and higher performance. EKPO will exhibit a total of three different stack platforms in Munich. “The stacks set international standards […] More…

The EV conversion specialist Pepper Motion (formerly e-troFit) has concretised its plans to serve new electric commercial vehicles in the future. The first variants are to go into series production as early as spring 2022. When e-troFit was renamed Pepper Motion, the company had already announced that “new vehicles in the commercial vehicle sector under […] More…

BMW presents an electric two-wheeler concept in Munich that is somewhere between a motorbike and a scooter. In the course of the IAA, the Munich-based company will also announce the licensing of its e-bike/e-trek scooter duo presented in July to partner companies Cube and SoFlow. First of all, the new two-wheeler concept: the ‘BMW Motorrad […] More…

Valmet Automotive has received a second order to produce batteries for the battery plant in Salo, Finland. The new order will expand production at the Salo plant to include high-voltage batteries. So far, the Salo plant has mainly assembled 48-volt batteries for corresponding hybrid vehicles. Valmet does not specify whether the high-voltage batteries from the […] More…

A few weeks after the ‘Skysphere Concept’ electric cabrio, Audi has presented another concept study. The’”Grandsphere Concept’ is a 5.35-metre-long luxury saloon with an electric drive system and semi-autonomous driving functions. The German company even speaks of a “private jet for the road”. Right from the start, Audi makes it clear that the luxury concept […] More…

BMW has struck a deal with Marvel Studios for the iX3 to star in “Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings” coming to global cinemas as you read. The BMW iX3’s integration in the new Marvel movie coincides with the launch of the updated model. The update itself mostly features design updates on the […] More…

People in Singapore may now book an electric cab as local taxi company Strides Taxis takes delivery of 15 electric cars. The China-made MG 5 vehicles are the first of a total of 300 to arrive in the city-state by the end of the year. Strides Taxis and distributor Eurokar had scored a $30 million […] More…

The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), together with industry and the European CharIN association, say they tested and evaluated the compatibility of inlet and connectors for a new high-power charging standard for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles called the Megawatt Charging System (MCS). According to NREL, MCS will facilitate charging capacity up to 3.75MW, seven […] More…

The electric truck manufacturer Nikola has reached a strategic agreement with Bosch for the production of fuel cells. Among other things, Bosch will supply Nikola with key components that will then be assembled into power modules at the truck maker’s US plant. According to Nikola, the agreements with “Bosch Group companies” will enable it to […] More…

South Korea has passed a bill aiming for carbon-neutrality by 2050 as well as a large zero-emission transport budget for 2022. The National Assembly accelerated the targets for carbon reduction with the bill while the state aims to spent twelve trillion won ($10.3Bn) in 2022 on e-mobility. These include incentives for hydrogen and battery-electric vehicles, […] More…

The UK-based EV conversion specialist Everrati has revealed its latest addition to its line-up: an electric conversion of the Land Rover Series IIA, giving the 60-year old classic a second life. The Land Rover Series IIA is renowned as a British icon and is one of the most accomplished off-road vehicles ever made since its […] More…

The Munich-based battery analytics specialist Twaice is cooperating with Analog Devices, a global semiconductor company and provider of software solutions. The aim of the cooperation is to provide a holistic lifecycle solution for car manufacturers with integrated hardware and software. Until now, the condition of batteries can often only be guessed at. Twaice and Analog […] More…