Evergrande New Energy Vehicle, the electric car division of the Chinese real estate group Evergrande, has started series production of its first model. The first model, the Hengchi 5, is a compact electric SUV. The company made the announcement on the Chinese messaging service Weibo. Evergrande NEV published a short video from the factory in […] More…

The US electric car manufacturer Lucid Motors has now confirmed for the first time that it is planning a factory in Saudi Arabia. This is to be built by 2025 or 2026. Details are currently being negotiated with ministries in the kingdom. “Now that we are successfully producing and selling cars in the U.S., our […] More…

Bugatti has presented its first electric vehicle at the CES. It is not a super sports car, but an electric kick scooter developed with the US company Bytech. Compared to other electric scooters, the functional design is quite similar, although manages to distinguish itself through a few design choices, the light in particular. Bugatti describes […] More…

Silicon Valley-based controls and software company Qnovo has raised 24 million US dollars from investors. The Series C funding round was led by BorgWarner. The US automotive supplier wants to use the investment to expand its offering in the field of battery management. In addition to BorgWarner, OGCI Climate Investments and Constellation Technology Ventures also […] More…

Toshiba is expanding its SCiB range with the new 20 Ah HP lithium-ion battery cell. The new lithium titanium oxide cell is said to be suitable for a wider range of applications than the predecessor model – for example in buses, but also plug-in hybrid cars. Under the brand name Super Charge Ion Battery, or […] More…

The Covenant Logistics Group, based in Chattanooga in the US state of Tennessee, wants to procure ten battery-electric examples as well as 40 vehicles of the fuel cell variant of the Nikola Tre truck model. So far, this is a letter of intent subject to successful test deployment. According to Nikola Motor, the first purely […] More…

Proton Motor Fuel Cell and Torqeedo are working together on an innovative hydrogen hybrid propulsion system kit for maritime mobility that can deliver fuel cell outputs between 30 and 120 kW and variable hydrogen storage capacity. The project, with the working title “Ma-Hy-Hy” (Marine Hydrogen Hybrid), is intended to complement Torqeedo’s existing Deep Blue Hybrid […] More…

The British petrol station operator Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has announced investments of 50 million pounds in the expansion of its charging infrastructure for the current year. This will involve installing more than 350 150-kW high power chargers (HPC) for electric cars at 60 locations across the UK. According to the company, the new EV […] More…

The Dutch electric bus manufacturer Ebusco has received a follow-up order from public transport operator Stadtwerke München in Germany. The order is for 14 electric 18-metre buses of the type Ebusco 2.2. Delivery is scheduled for the first half of 2023. “After the 12-metre buses from Ebusco met the range expectation, we are looking forward […] More…

The Norwegian battery company Freyr and Aleees, a Taiwanese manufacturer of LFP cathode materials, have agreed to establish a joint venture. The planned joint venture is to build an LFP cathode factory in the Nordic region. This cathode materials factory is expected to begin operations in 2024, coinciding with the expected ramp-up of Freyr’s first […] More…

Microvast, together with FPT Industrial, will supply the complete battery system for a new electric city and intercity bus from Iveco Bus. The Iveco Bus Crossway LE Electric is expected to be unveiled later this year, with first deliveries possible from mid-2023. Microvast says it has developed a battery pack with high energy density and […] More…

Switch Mobility has announced the construction of a production facility for electric vehicles in the Spanish province of Valladolid. The British subsidiary of the Indian commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland plans to invest around 100 million euros in its first site in continental Europe over the next ten years. Construction is scheduled to start on […] More…

The BMW Group delivered 103,855 fully electric vehicles in 2021, 133.8% more than in the previous year. Sales of plug-in hybrids also increased – overall PHEV sales are even higher, but growth is slower. In total, BMW delivered 328,316 BEVs and PHEVs, an increase of 70.4 per cent on 2020. Subtracting the 103,855 BEVs from […] More…

The Volkswagen brands VW, Audi, Porsche, Skoda and Seat have published their sales figures for the past year. All of them were able to significantly increase sales of battery-electric cars and plug-in hybrids – while overall sales declined in some cases. The core VW brand delivered 263,000 fully electric vehicles and 106,000 plug-in hybrids last […] More…

The electric car brand Polestar has sold 29,000 vehicles worldwide in 2021, reaching its sales target. Compared to the previous year, sales increased by 185 per cent. In 2021, Polestar increased its global presence from ten to 19 markets, with a focus on Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Just at the end of the year, […] More…

Maserati is the first Italian car brand to enter Formula E. The Stellantis brand will compete in the electric racing series from season 9 with the new Gen3 vehicle. After DS, Maserati becomes the second participant from the Stellantis Group. In a few weeks, Season 8 will commence, which will still officially be referred to […] More…

Mercedes must recall 1,788 plug-in hybrid cars, namely versions of the Mercedes C-Class, the S-Class, the GLC and the EQS electric model. This is because faulty charging cables could lead to electric shock or vehicle fire in the affected cars produced in 2020 and 2021. The German KBA will notify owners individually, and Mercedes will […] More…

Spin, the scooter-sharing service Ford acquired in 2018, is withdrawing from various markets due to unprofitability. This affects Germany, Portugal and Spain, and some US markets. Spin CEO Ben Bear shared the company’s reasoning in an email to staff. The news later broke on the Spin blog as well. Writes Bear: “Today, we shared the […] More…

Bolt Technology, easily tagged as Estonia’s answer to Uber, has completed its largest funding round to date. Investors poured 628 million euros into the company, which had received another €600Mn in financing only last year. Bolt’s e-scooter hire is but one part of the growing business. Since launching eight years ago, the company has progressed […] More…

In China, around 3.3 million New Energy Vehicles, meaning battery-electric cars and plug-in hybrids, were sold last year. December was also a new record month with 505,000 NEV cars. Of these 505,000 New Energy Vehicles, 423,000 were BEVs and 82,000 were PHEVs, according to figures released by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). In the […] More…