General Motors has set itself the goal of delivering a total of 400,000 electric vehicles in North America this year and next. In addition, production capacities for electric cars are to be expanded further than previously planned. The delivery and production targets were announced by CEO Marry Barra when she reported the latest business figures. […] More…

“Hyper powered vessel battery charging system” (HYPOBATT) is the title of a European pilot project that aims to advance the electrification of ferry shipping. The focus is on the necessary charging infrastructure in the ports. The goal is to develop a megawatt charging standard for ferries. The Dutch charging specialist Heliox has won the contract […] More…

Canada’s commercial vehicle manufacturer Vicinity Motor has signed a deal with Skydome, an automotive dealer and service centre in Ontario. Skydome already placed its first order for 50 Class 3 electric trucks and will also act as Vicinity’s exclusive dealer in the City of Brampton. For the order at hand, Skydome expects Vicinity to start […] More…

Tesla has to repair more than 50,000 of its electric cars in the USA that are equipped with the beta version of the software ‘Full Self-Driving’. The reason is that the software enables rolling stops at intersections and does not completely stop the car before a stop sign. The issue is one that is discussed […] More…

Through its subsidiary BP Pulse, Britain’s oil company BP has opened its latest new electric vehicle charging hub at Gatwick airport near London. The HPC columns currently deliver 150 kW, but BP says new hardware will upgrade these units to deliver 300 kW in future. For the moment, the new hub at Gatwick’s Q-parking facility […] More…

Electreon, an Israeli company specialising in inductive charging of electric vehicles, has announced its first project in the USA. This envisages a section of road up to one mile long in Detroit where electric vehicles will be dynamically and stationarily charged wirelessly. Operations are scheduled to begin in 2023. Electreon was awarded the contract to […] More…

In Austria, Smartrics EnBW announced plans to install another 150 high power charging stations this year. These will complement the existing 250 HPC stops in the network of the joint venture EnBW, and Smartrics had founded for that purpose in 2020. As before, the partners continue to focus on high power charging with up to […] More…

The German-Canadian company Rock Tech Lithium is considering a second production site in Germany. The first production plant for battery-grade lithium hydroxide is to be built in Guben, Brandenburg, as announced last year. Rock Tech Lithium had presented the plans for Guben in October 2021 and at that time held out the prospect of a […] More…

Magna has started serial production of the electric drive system for the VW ID.4 in China. Specifically, it is the drive unit with 80 kW peak power for the front axle of the all-wheel-drive version ID.4 GTX. The unit not only contains the electric motor (an asynchronous machine), but also integrates the single-speed gearbox, the […] More…

Israel has ordered all bus operators in the country to buy only electric buses from 2026. The Ministry of Environmental Protection also announced intermediate targets to reach 100% zero-emission public transport by 2036. By 2024 at least 30 per cent of the buses purchased must be zero-emission ones, and by 2025 half of the procured […] More…

There is news from the European micro-mobility company Dott, which is among the more integrated competitors to Uber’s Jump and similar to Tier and Voi. Dott today announced a $70Mn extension to its current funding round launched in Spring ’21. This brings the total Series B funding raised to over 150 million dollars (about €132Mn). […] More…

Melbourne will be home to Hyzon Motors Australia’s headquarters, under a new partnership agreement with the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria. For the new headquarters, Hyzon Motors will set up a purpose-built facility including corporate offices, showroom, assembly warehousing and workshop in conjunction with the RACV at their Noble Park location. The move is expected […] More…

Three weeks after the takeover of StreetScooter Engineering GmbH, Odin Automotive has now announced the official start of production of the first StreetScooter vehicles under the new management. They will be manufactured on the existing production line in Düren and delivered to the former owner Deutsche Post DHL Group. At the same time as the […] More…

Daimler AG has renamed itself Mercedes-Benz Group AG as of 1 February 2022. With the renaming of Daimler, the company completes its realignment. However, the stake in Smart could soon decrease. On 10 December 2021, Daimler Truck Holding AG had already been launched as an independent company on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Since then, the […] More…

The Norwegian car market started the new year with 6,660 newly registered electric cars. Electric vehicles accounted for 83.7 per cent of new car registrations in Norway in January. In the model ranking, an MEB SUV was in the lead – but not a Volkswagen. Compared to January 2021, the 6,660 electric cars are an […] More…

Ford wants to increase its investments in electromobility again in order to convert more plants for the production of electric vehicles. In addition, Ford is reportedly considering spinning off part of its EV business into a separate company. Last year, Ford announced that it would increase its investment in electric mobility to more than 30 […] More…

Just a few months after BMW started delivering the i4, there is already a recall. An entry in the EU Commission’s Safety Gate shows that BMW i4 vehicles produced between 15 September and 30 November 2021 may not have any battery crash pads fitted. The reason for the i4 recall so shortly after its release, […] More…

The Swedish sports car manufacturer Koenigsegg has presented a self-developed electric motor as well as an electric drive unit. The electric motor, named Quark, generates 250 kW and up to 600 Nm of torque – at a weight of only 30 kilograms. Koenigsegg describes the layout of the electric drive system as ‘Raxial Flux’ technology, […] More…

The MS Jungfrau, the flagship of the BLS tourist fleet, has been converted into a hybrid ship. The battery system with 168 kWh was supplied by the Swiss manufacturer Leclanché. It allows 30 minutes of pure electric operation as well as recharging on the job or at the port. The battery is a lithium-ion battery […] More…

Solid-state battery specialist and Volkswagen partner QuantumScape has published data showing that its lithium metal solid-state battery cells retained more than 80 per cent of their initial energy after 400 cycles of 15-minute fast charging. According to the release, this was not a full cycle, but rather the range between ten and 80 per cent […] More…