US battery manufacturer Microvast has introduced two new lithium-ion cells and an improved battery pack. The new 48-ah and 53.5-ah NMC cells have been specifically designed to power commercial and special-purpose vehicles. Both new pouch cells are available in the same dimensions and can be integrated into Microvast’s new fourth-generation battery packs. Microvast manufactures its […] More…

The Chinese battery manufacturer CATL has announced the third generation of its cell-to-pack battery technology. This is ready for mass production and is said to even outperform battery packs with 4680 cells in some respects. According to Chinese media reports, CATL claims that the internally named ‘Kirin battery’ CtP technology will deliver 13 per cent […] More…

The Swedish battery cell manufacturer Northvolt has concluded a multi-year agreement with the mining company Vale Canada for the supply of low-carbon nickel products. Vale did not provide more details about the delivery volume and the time schedule in its announcement, but it does announce further cooperation with Northvolt in various areas. The areas in […] More…

Swiss commodities company Blackstone Resources has announced that its German battery division Blackstone Technology could begin bringing 3D-printed sodium-ion batteries to market from 2025. To this end, Blackstone Technology will lead a German industry and research consortium to take the previously validated laboratory results of 3D-printed solid-state batteries “to the stage of demonstration in a […] More…

Arriva, one of London’s biggest bus operators, recently replaced half of the 44 double-decker buses at its Brixton Tramshed depot in south London with new electric vehicles. Zenobē, Arriva’s solution provider, chose Hitachi Energy’s Grid-eMotion Fleet system to charge the 22 e-buses. The task was a tough one. Since the Tramshed at Brixton dates back […] More…

The British Government, through its Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme, has granted £198Mn to twelve towns and cities. The money will fund 943 battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell electric buses and associated infrastructure and brings the total funded e-buses in England to 2,000 so far. The new funding round through ZEBRA is the […] More…

The end for the electric car start-up ACM Adaptive City Mobility from Munich now seems to be confirmed. After the company filed for insolvency at the responsible district court last year, according to a media report, investor Karl-Thomas Neumann no longer has any hope of a sale and continued operation. The automotive manager confirmed on […] More…

The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio has presented its preliminary business figures for 2021. Annual sales amounted to approximately 36.1 billion yuan (5.2 billion euros), an increase of 122.3 per cent compared to the previous year. The company was also able to reduce its losses. The net loss in 2021 was around 4.0 billion yuan […] More…

Nikola has started series production of its Tre battery-electric truck at its Coolidge plant in Arizona. The first deliveries are scheduled for the second quarter of 2022. Shortly before Christmas 2021, Nikola had delivered the first examples of the BEV version of the Tre to logistics company Total Transportation Services (TSSI). However, the vehicles were […] More…

Tesla has to suspend production at its Shanghai plant again, this time for four days. The production pause will run from Monday morning until Friday morning this week. The city government had announced on Sunday that it was sending the metropolis into a harsh lockdown in two phases to conduct Covid 19 tests and get […] More…

Production of the MEB models at the VW plant in Zwickau has started again – a few days earlier than planned. Production of the MEB SUV Skoda Enyaq in the Czech Republic, on the other hand, will be paused for a little longer, which will also affect the orderability of some variants. Volkswagen had originally […] More…

In the UK, the OLEV Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme ends on Thursday this week meaning homeowners considering installing an EV home charger have just until 31 March to apply for funding. The grant can save homeowners £350 on the purchase and installation of a home charging point. “With only one week to go until the […] More…

Lucid Motors announced opening its newest Studio in Toronto. It is the company’s second outlet in Canada and 23rd in its growing North American retail network. The company expects to begin Canadian deliveries of the Lucid Air in Spring 2022. There’s also good news on cooperation with Electrify America. Lucid Motors promises free fast charging […] More…

Vitesco Technologies has published its 2021 earnings. E-mobility products made up almost half of Viteco’s revenue last year. The news also saw the company announcing another major order worth around €2 billion for its latest electric drive system. Vitesco recorded an order intake of €11.2 billion in 2021, of which €5.1 billion was for electrification […] More…

Toyota’s commercial vehicle brand Hino Trucks has integrated fully electric axles by Allison Transmission into next-gen heavy-duty EVs. The Japanese manufacturer has completed testing and validation of Allison’s eGen PowerTM 100D fully electric axle in its XL series. The Hino electric trucks are about to progress into production, then with Allison’s axles. The US company […] More…

Taiwan’s solid-state battery developer Prologium is looking into an initial public offering this year or next, CEO Vicent Yang said in an interview with Bloomberg. The company in which Mercedes-Benz has invested a double-digit million euro amount has yet to decide whether to list in the US or Europe. Raising additional funds in a separate […] More…

DAF Trucks, part of the US Group Paccar, has delivered five heavy-duty electric trucks to Amazon UK. The EVs can carry up to 37 tons and join what Amazon calls its “middle mile” delivery fleet. They are also the first e-trucks in their class Amazon is operating in Europe. In general, the DAF CF Electric […] More…

The Danish shipping company Maersk and Sweden’s tech company Einride have forged extensive cooperation in the USA. Einride will provide Maersk with 300 electric trucks between 2023 and 2025. The trucks will electrify Maersk’s North American warehousing, distribution and transport business in selected US cities. Over the five-year contract period, more than one million transports […] More…

Polestar has announced the market launch of the all-electric Polestar 2 Long range Single motor fastback in the United States. Available to order online, the single-motor Polestar 2 starts at prices of $45,900, or as low as $33,400 after qualified federal and state incentives. The current Polestar 2 model range includes three variants with a […] More…

The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio has started series production of its ET7 electric sedan. The ET7 is rolling off the production line at the Nio and JAC plant in Hefei and will be delivered in China from 28 March. Ramping up production is rather important for the Chinese manufacturer at the moment, as the […] More…