Porsche is apparently planning a successor to its all-electric Panamera along with another electric model. These two models and the successor to the all-electric Macan are to be built at the carmaker’s Leipzig plant where Porsche is hiring additional personnel. In the most recent planning round, Volkswagen announced that “the synergies of the electric PPE […] More…

Nikola has delivered the first units of its Nikola Tre battery-electric truck in the USA. The vehicles went to logistics provider Total Transportation Services (TSSI), which serves the California Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach. TSSI had signed a memorandum of understanding with Nikola in May to deliver a total of 100 BEV and […] More…

Nikola has delivered the first units of its Nikola Tre battery-electric truck in the USA. The vehicles went to logistics provider Total Transportation Services (TSSI), which serves the California Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach. TSSI had signed a memorandum of understanding with Nikola in May to deliver a total of 100 BEV and […] More…

Britain’s electric air taxi startup Vertical Aerospace made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday after a blank-check SPAC deal valued at $2.2 billion got the go-ahead. It injects the company with 300 million in cash and has Vertical Aerospace looking to set up shop, perhaps in Ireland. However, first to the […] More…

General Motors announced deliveries of its first electric vehicles utilising the dedicated EV architecture Ultium. The US carmaker has handed over a GMC Hummer EV electric pickup truck and the first EV600 van from GM’s BrightDrop brand. FedEx is holding 500 of these vans on order. Both the pick-up truck and Brightdrop EV600 utilise GM’s […] More…

Ford’s commercial vehicle arm, Ford Pro, announced the launch of Ford Pro Charging, a solution for managing commercial electric vehicle charging. The fleet owners will receive software and commercial hardware infrastructure to support charging and energy management. Ford Pro Charging says it aims to be part of every fleet customer’s electrification journey by consulting on […] More…

Enel X has announced its expansion in the Canadian market as the company and agency partner Catalyst Sales and Marketing say they will expand EV charging solutions for multi-unit dwellings with Killam Apartment REIT, one of Canada’s largest multi-residential landlords. The plan is for Enel X to install 438 smart EV charging stations across Killam […] More…

Nova Bus, a Canadian subsidiary of Volvo Group, has announced its largest electric bus order to date. The North American manufacturer will supply four transit authorities in Quebec with a total of 24 e-buses starting in 2022. Nova Bus points out, this new order was part of a $30 million funding package coming through both […] More…

Barnet Council says they have secured over £3.5Mn (about €4.1Mn) in grant funding to deliver 500 on-street electric vehicle charge points by November 2022. The North London borough currently claims the second-highest EV ownership rate in London. The Office of Zero Emissions Vehicles (OZEV) grant will see the charge points installed in 34 of Barnet’s […] More…

ElringKlinger has announced it secured a contract with Piëch Engineering to supply battery prototypes for the all-electric high-end sports car GT planned by the Swiss-German manufacturer. The deal is worth a few million euros with ElringKlinger going to work as you read. More precisely, the project will initially cover a volume in the mid-single-digit million […] More…

Power management company Eaton has been awarded a grant of $4.9 million from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to reduce the cost and complexity of deploying DC electric vehicle charging infrastructure. During the three-year program, Eaton aims to develop and demonstrate a novel, compact and turnkey solution for DC fast-charging infrastructure that is meant […] More…

The location has now been chosen for the German battery cell factory planned for Cellforce Groupy – the joint venture between Porsche and Customcells. The industrial park lies across the districts of Reutlingen-Nord/Kirchentellinsfurt in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. Building the Cellforce development and production facility for high-performance battery cells will start in 2022 and production […] More…

The location has now been chosen for the German battery cell factory planned for Cellforce Group, the battery joint venture between Porsche and Customcells. The industrial park lies across the districts of Reutlingen-Nord/Kirchentellinsfurt in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. Building the Cellforce development and production facility for high-performance battery cells will start in 2022 and production […] More…

Volkswagen of America has announced that it is now investing $20 million to support its more than 600 dealership partners to transform into “regional hubs of EV experience.” The idea of the program is to provide Volkswagen’s 50-state dealership network – which includes over 600 dealerships – with underlying EV infrastructures such as upgraded service […] More…

Nissan is now showing its former Bluebird model as a special all-electric model powered by the Nissan Leaf. The iconic, electrified car is unfortunately only a one-off to mark the 35th anniversary of production at the Sunderland plant. The old-new electric car has everything an electric car really needs. The iconic 80s car was converted […] More…

British electric vehicle developer Arrival has unveiled the first finished prototype of the Arrival Car, which is being developed with Uber for the ride-hailing business. Arrival will now begin testing the electric car and will incorporate feedback into the next design phase. The production of the vehicle was previously announced for the third quarter of […] More…

As announced, Nissan has now ended production at its plant in Barcelona. The electric Nissan e-NV200 van is now history after 49,000 units of e-NV200 were manufactured in Barcelona and exported globally. The van’s successor will be built in France. Nissan began production in Barcelona in 1983 with the Nissan Patrol. Since then, the plant […] More…

Rivian has decided to build its planned second US plant to the east of Atlanta, in the state of Georgia. Once completed, the plant should be able to produce up to 400,000 electric vehicles per year. Construction is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2022 and production is to start in 2024. The plant […] More…

Marelli Electric Powertrain Strasbourg, a joint venture established in May between automotive supplier Marelli and transmission manufacturer Punch, has received its first series order for electric axles from an unnamed OEM. The ordered drive system will be developed, tested and manufactured by the joint venture in Strasbourg, France. Production is scheduled to start in 2024. […] More…

In the UK, Dobbies Garden Centres has announced a partnership with Gridserve to provide electric vehicle chargers at locations throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The agreement initially covers 30 ‘Destination Electric Hubs’ installed at Dobbie’s car parks. Each of these will have up to 12 high-power charge points with connectors to support “all […] More…