UK-based power equipment manufacturer Volex has been selected to manufacture the North American Charging Standard (NACS) connectors for Tesla. This comes as the US EV manufacturer is looking to establish its connector as a new standard in the US. Even though the deal was announced, Volex says it “is stocked and ready to immediately supply […] More…

Tesla’s electric truck is apparently being “cloned” in China. A recently discovered prototype, presumably from the Chinese vehicle manufacturer JAC, looks strikingly similar to the Tesla Semi. A Chinese Tesla driver spotted a prototype on a motorway. As seen in pictures published on Twitter, the heavily camouflaged vehicle is transported on a low-loader. The basic […] More…

Tesla seems to be getting started on the construction of its factory in Mexico. Through its subsidiary Tesla Manufacturing Mexico, Tesla requested first environmental permits from the Mexican Ministry of the Environment for the construction of the factory – initially for the construction of a warehouse. According to media reports, Tesla stated in the application […] More…

Mercedes-Benz UK has appointed Ohme as its new home charge point provider, joining the previously-signed partnership with PodPoint. Under the agreement, Mercedes-Benz will recommend Ohme to customers and an Ohme Home Pro charger will be on display in Mercedes-Benz showrooms. While the communication does not include the charging capacities on the Ohme home chargers, Mercedes […] More…

The Californian electric aircraft startup Archer Aviation has closed a new financing round worth 215 million US dollars. The round, led by Archer partner Stellantis, also saw participation from United Airlines, Boeing, ARK Invest and others. And another hurdle to commercial flight operations has been cleared. Archer has raised a total of $1.1 billion in […] More…

Last autumn, the Milan public transport company ATM invited tenders for the procurement of a total of 340 battery buses. According to Italian media, the winners of two of the three lots have been determined. According to the Italian trade portal Autobusweb, Iveco Bus has been awarded the contract to supply 205 electric 12-metre buses. […] More…

The Indian petroleum company Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL) wants to turn all its petrol stations in India into “energy stations” that also offer charging options for electric vehicles. As a first step, charging stations will be set up at 7,000 of BPCL’s more than 19,000 petrol stations by December 2024. BPCL will initially focus […] More…

The Japanese semiconductor conductor manufacturer Rohm Semiconductor wants to start up its largest production facility to date at the end of 2024. For this purpose, Rohm is acquiring an existing plant of the solar technology company Solar Frontier in Kunitomi, Japan. The purchase is expected to be completed in October 2023. With the new plant, […] More…

A new solid-state battery factory is being built in China. Jiangxi Judian New Energy Technology, a battery manufacturer little known in the West, has announced the start of construction of a plant in Ganzhou in China’s Jiangxi province. Once fully operational, the new plant is expected to have an annual capacity of ten gigawatt hours […] More…

The Israeli chemical company ICL (formerly Israel Chemicals) has begun construction of a factory for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) in St. Louis in the US state of Missouri. The plant will produce LFP cathode material for battery cells for use in electric cars, among other things, from 2025. The background to the construction of the […] More…

Around 780,000 electric cars and plug-in hybrids were sold in China in July, 31.6 per cent more than in the same month last year. Among the manufacturers, BYD continues to outpace the competition, but there is also movement among the startups. However, sales are down slightly compared to the 806,000 so-called News Energy Vehicles (NEV) […] More…

Tech company Huawei has announced a coupe-like electric sedan. The company revealed the first image of the EV, saying that it will be officially unveiled this quarter – possibly as early as August at the Chengdu Auto Show. The electric car is part of a joint project between Huawei and EV maker Chery. According to […] More…

Geely’s EV brand Zeekr has slashed its Zeekr 001 model prices in China. Customers, who purchase the EV before the end of the year, get the car for up to 37,000 yuan (4,700 euros) less. Zeekr sells four versions of the Zeekr 001 model in China. The prices of the first two, normally offered from […] More…

Ford’s Cologne-build Explorer will be delivered about half a year later than initially planned. Now, the carmaker gives a reason for the delay: it wants to use a different battery to comply with the ECE standard. Until now, the plan was to manufacture the Explorer based on Volkswagen’s MEB. Ford’s electric SUV was thus to […] More…