The battery-electric Extreme E off-road racing series will launch its offshoot with hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in 2025, one year later than originally planned. After one season as an FIA championship, the corresponding Extreme H off-road series is to be granted official FIA World Championship status by the automotive world governing body from 2026. The […] More…

Colorado State has issued an EV incentive scheme based on scrapping gas guzzlers. Those eligible for the ‘Vehicle Exchange Colorado’ program will receive point-of-sale rebates of $6,000 toward purchasing or leasing a new electric vehicle. Even plug-in hybrid vehicles are eligible for $4,000 in discounts for a used one. “This is a program that is […] More…

Volkswagen Group France is developing an ultra-fast charging network under a single label to cover Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Audi, SEAT, Cupra, and Škoda. Electrify France, a household name in the US, will comprise 150 charging stations by summer 2024. Different from its hugely successful Electrify America undertaking, Volkswagen will concentrate its efforts in France in […] More…

The German automotive supplier Schaeffler and the Dutch VDL Groep want to jointly develop and build a new generation of driverless electric shuttles for public transport. The two companies plan to present a demonstrator vehicle at the IAA. The two companies will present their first concept vehicle as well as the technologies for the electrification […] More…

The US government is providing up to $12 billion to help automakers retrofit existing plants to produce electric and hybrid vehicles. Another $3.5 billion is to go toward a new round of funding for the production of batteries and battery materials. Turning first to auto production, the up to $12 billion for retrofitting existing plants […] More…

Porsche may locate its large battery cell factory in Germany after all, and not in North America as recent rumours suggested. According to local media, Porsche is looking at a site in Brandenburg, the same state Tesla settled in, and near another actual partner. Local newspaper Lausitzer Rundschau, citing insiders from politics and the regional […] More…

EnBW has doubled its investment in fast-charging infrastructure in Germany to around 200 million euros annually. By 2030, the energy company wants to operate about 30,000 charge points nationwide. Large “Hypernetz” hubs are under construction. EnBW already operates the largest fast-charging network in Germany. Its “Hypernetz” currently comprises 3,400 high-power charge points and runs on […] More…

Tesla has presented the facelift of the Model 3, which was developed under the project name Highland. There are updates in design and equipment to make the Model 3 significantly more efficient. However, there are only a few details about the technology so far. So far, Tesla is holding back with specific details about the […] More…

In addition to the new and purely electric Mini Cooper, the BMW brand has also unveiled the new generation of its Countryman SUV model in the run-up to the IAA. The Countryman, which will be built in Leipzig in future, will also get two all-electric versions for the first time. We have the data and […] More…

BMW’s Mini brand has unveiled two new electric models in the run-up to the IAA Mobility. Among them is the new Mini Cooper, which in future will come from the cooperation with Chinese carmaker Great Wall. The iconic Mini three-door will in future be purely electric – and at least in the basic version cheaper […] More…