The US American hotel conglomerate Choice Hotels, which owns the Radisson, Cambria, Comfort, Country Inn & Suites, Quality Inn and other brands, has partnered with Tesla to install Tesla’s Universal Wall Connector at its hotels. By the end of 2024, all hotels are planned to have at least one charger installed. Read more…
Nikola opens first HYLA brand refuelling station in California
Nikola’s first HYLA hydrogen refuelling station is up and running in the city of Ontario in the US state of California. The station can refuel up to eight Nikola H2 trucks per day. Read more…
Swedish electric motorbike manufacturer Cake is insolvent
Cake, the Swedish manufacturer of lightweight electric motorbikes, had to file for insolvency on 1 February. The insolvency administrator is currently preparing the tender documents for the sale of the company. Read more…
China Jan EV battery installations: CATL share 49.41%, BYD 18.58%
CATL’s share of China’s EV battery market increased by 4.93 percentage points in January from December, while BYD’s share decreased by 4.37 percentage points. Read more…
Kiepe Electric now belongs to the investment company Heramba
Knorr-Bremse has sold its subsidiary Kiepe Electric to the investment company Heramba. However, the Munich-based supplier will retain a 15 per cent stake in Kiepe Electric. Read more…
Daimler Truck and Linde show fuelling solution for liquid hydrogen
Daimler Truck and Linde Engineering have presented their jointly developed fuelling technology sLH2 for liquid hydrogen. At the heart of the fuelling solution is a new pump. However, the technology will not remain exclusive but will become a standard for hydrogen-powered trucks. Read more…
ZF upgrades US plant for electrified drives
The German supplier ZF has announced that it will build automatic transmissions for electrified drives in cars and commercial vehicles at its US plant in the future. The Friedrichshafen-based company is investing 460 million euros in the plant in Gray Court, South Carolina. Read more…
Electric motors: New Siemens software for better performance forecasts
Siemens is launching software on the market that will help manufacturers of electric vehicles and their suppliers predict the performance of electric motors, such as axial flux motors. Read more…
Nissan unveils Interstar-e large electric van
Nissan is presenting the new generation of its large Interstar van, which is being offered with a purely electric drive for the first time. The all-electric Nissan Interstar-e shares its technology with the Renault Master E-Tech. The range: up to 460 kilometres. Read more…
GM orders cathode material worth billions from LG Chem
LG Chem has signed a supply contract with General Motors for cathode material worth 25 trillion won (just under 17.6 billion euros). The contract covers the period from 2026 to 2035 for the car manufacturer’s North American plans – and not exactly in small quantities. Read more…
China’s NEV retail sales down 29% MoM to 670,000 in Jan, preliminary CPCA data show
This means that the penetration of passenger NEVs at retail was 32.8 percent in January, down from 40.2 percent in December. Read more…
Porsche upgrades the 2025 Taycan with more range, performance, and fast charging
Porsche’s electric sports received a major upgrade for the 2025 model year. The new Porsche Taycan features longer range, more performance, and fast charging capabilities. Read more…
Taiwan could get parking structure with V2G capabilities
Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) specialist Nuvve could launch the first V2G hub project in Taiwan in collaboration with Taiwanese energy solutions provider e-Formula. The project would be realised in the northwest of the country. Read more…
Porsche extensively updates the Taycan
The new versions have more power, greater range, faster acceleration and shorter and more robust charging times. The revised versions of the Taycan are due to arrive at Porsche Centres in spring 2024. Read more…
BMW i5 Touring comes with two drive systems
BMW has unveiled the new 5 Series Touring, which, as the i5 Touring, will also be available as an all-electric model for the first time. The electric estate will launch with two variants right from the start: The i5 eDrive40 Touring and the i5 M60 xDrive Touring. Read more…
Nio announces board change, 2 CYVN appointees join
Nio today announced changes to its board of directors, with two people appointed by CYVN Holdings joining and one person appointed by Tencent dropping out. Read more…
Ford’s EV division remains a loss-making business in 2023
Ford again recorded significant losses for its Model e electric car division in Q4/2023, amounting to around 1.6 billion dollars in the final quarter. However, the carmaker could be changing its EV strategy and is working on a more affordable EV platform. Read more…
Toyota invests more than a billion dollars to electrify US plant
Toyota is pouring a further 1.3 billion dollars into its existing vehicle plant in the US state of Kentucky to get it ready for EV production. The plant will also be equipped with a battery pack assembly line. Read more…
China sells 729,000 NEVs in Jan, 39% lower than Dec, CAAM data show
In January, China sold 445,000 BEVs, 46.06 percent lower than in December, and 284,000 PHEVs, 21.98 percent lower than in December. Read more…
Phase change materials
Phase change materials offer intriguing possibilities in the thermal management of EV powertrains as Nick Flaherty explains
Phase-change materials (PCMs) are known for their superior latent heat capacity, acting as heat absorbers without notable temperature increases. This property can be used in many different ways throughout the powertrain of e-mobility systems, from enhancing the heat transfer in the power electronics to cooling the entire battery pack Read more…
