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Tesla to expand Austin gigafactory

Tesla has applied to the US state of Texas to expand its factory in Austin this year. Investments of more than 700 million US dollars are planned for the construction of new facilities for the testing and manufacture of battery cells, the production of cathodes and drive units. Tesla officially opened its Austin factory in […] More…

Norwegian royalty goes electric

After their country has been the most electric nation on the continent for a few years, the Norwegian Royal Family has added three electric vehicles to its official fleet, including a Mercedes EQS, a BMW i7 and a Mercedes EQV. After several members of the royal family had already driven electric cars privately before, these […] More…

Battery testing


The inside story  Nick Flaherty explains the various non-invasive methods of analysing the workings  of battery cells and their materials Testing battery cells, modules and packs presents a series of challenges. First of these is that taking measurements of the current and voltage changes the state of charge (SoC) of the cell and has an […] More…

Stellantis CEO: Ram range-extended electric pickup to outrun regulations


Stellantis is going about electrifying trucks in a different way than Ford or GM. Rather than only rolling out a line of full battery electric trucks to keep selling alongside its gasoline models, it will also produce a range-extended Ram electric truck to fit into a middle ground that could get more people to plug in. In a Q&A session last… More…

Revel to open five new fast charging hubs in NY

The Brooklyn-based electric mobility and infrastructure company Revel has announced plans to develop and open five new fast-charging ‘Superhubs’ in New York City, adding a total of 136 public charging stalls to New York’s EV infrastructure. Similarly to Revel’s flagship Superhub in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, the five new charging sites will be open around the clock […] More…