From April 13, 2024, new rules will apply to newly installed electric car charging stations. The background to this is that the European Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) will take effect on this date. Read more…
Oxford launches all-electric bus fleet
Oxford now has one of the UK’s biggest electric fleets outside of London. A total of 159 battery-electric busses will serve the city, the first of which have now been put on the road. Read more…
Mazda Wants You To Know It Will Also Use Tesla’s NACS Plug In North America
One new all-electric Mazda is expected to enter the market by 2025, but the automaker remains behind on EVs. Read more…
LA Unified School District orders 180 electric school buses from Blue Bird
US electric school bus manufacturer Blue Bird has received its largest order from a school district to date. It will deliver 180 to the LA Unified School District (LAUSD) by early 2025. Read more…
Tata Punch.ev debuts with sub-$15K price
Tata Motors just launched its latest car – the Punch.ev. The aggressively-priced EV aims to capitalize on the growing electric car market in India. The Punch.ev is the first model from Tata to be built on its new electric car architecture Acti.ev, which is expected to underpin several upcoming Tata EVs and SUVs, including the Curvv EV, the Sierra EV,… Read more…
Xiaomi EV likely to be a disruptor, says Morgan Stanley
Xiaomi’s EV business could have an intrinsic value of RMB 90 billion yuan if it scales up rapidly, Morgan Stanley said. Read more…
Airbus puts first hydrogen-electric propulsion system into operation
Airbus says it has made good progress towards using large hydrogen-electric aircraft from 2035. As part of its ZEROe project, the aircraft manufacturer has completed the iron pod propulsion system for its planned concept aircraft. Read more…
ACC & Circulor partner to map supply chain
The Automotive Cells Company (ACC) of Stellantis, Total and Mercedes-Benz is joining forces with the British company Circulor to track and verify the origin and CO2 emissions of raw materials in its battery cells for electric cars. Read more…
StoreDot unveils its cell-to-pack I-BEAM XFC concept
StoreDot unveils its I-BEAM XFC concept, a cell-to-pack design that takes extreme fast charging (XFC) from cell to vehicle level. Read more…
Telsa slashes prices across Europe on Model Y
Telsa has now joined Volkswagen and BYD in slashing the prices of its vehicles in Germany after the government ended EV incentives, according to Automotive News Europe. But compared to BYD’s drastic 15% cuts, Tesla is taking a more measured approach. Read more…
Ram launches ProMaster EV in the US
The Stellantis brand Ram Truck has presented its first BEV series model. The US offshoot of the Fiat E-Ducato is called Ram ProMaster EV and comes with 200 kW of drive power and a 110 kWh battery. Read more…
SK On & Solid Power to expand battery partnership
The South Korean battery cell manufacturer SK On and the US solid-state battery specialist Solid Power are expanding their partnership. Read more…
Volvo’s electric trucks qualify for UK plug-in grant
Volvo Truck’s FH Electric and FM Electric tractor units now qualify for the UK’s £25,000 plug-in grant. There are 100 large truck grants available across the market per financial year. After that, the subsidy is reduced. Read more…
Nio’s Alps sub-brand’s models to ditch LiDAR and adopt 1 Orin chip, report says
Alps will use a pure vision solution similar to Tesla’s on its smart driving system to cut costs, according to local media. Read more…
Sixt and Stellantis sign delivery agreement
In the coming three years, car rental company Sixt wants to add up to 250,000 vehicles from the Stellantis Group to its fleet across Europe and North America. The first cars will be delivered this quarter, and an undisclosed number will have an electric drive. Read more…
Mazda to offer its EVs with NACS ports in North America
Mazda has reached an agreement with Tesla and will also adopt the NACS charging port in North America from 2025. This comes after NACS became an official charging standard. Read more…
BMW patents an innovative-looking new folding electric scooter
BMW hasn’t been shy about playing around with new electric two-wheeler designs, though the number that have actually made it onto showroom floors is significantly lower. This time we’re getting a look at a potential new BMW electric scooter that may actually make it to production. Read more…
Vay begins commercial operation of remotely driven EV rides in Las Vegas
Eight months after announcing plans to enter the US market, European teledrive service Vay has officially begun commercial operations of its remotely operated EVs in fabulous Las Vegas. Customers can now order a car delivered directly to them without a driver in the vehicle, hop in, drive off, and use it as long as they’d like.. Read more…
China NEV retail sales at 226,000 in Jan 1-14, down 21% from same period last month
China’s NEV sales performed even worse at retail last week, leading to a significant drop in sales in the first half of the month compared to the same period in December. Read more…
Ford’s electric Explorer going into production in June
Ford’s ventures into the electric car market have hit a few speed bumps along the way. While the American automaker had initially promised a much earlier release of its VW-based Ford Explorer, recent reports suggest that the electric Explorer will finally roll out in June, with the first deliveries expected to reach customers by August. The electric Explorer is a… Read more…
