News of advances in urban air mobility keeps flying in with Electric Power Systems announcing a new customer, this time from Japan. SkyDrive, a self-described developer of flying cars based at Toyota City, has opted for EPS’ ‘EPiC’ battery system to power future passenger drones. SkyDrive aims to launch the air taxis in the Osaka […] More…

The iBlue EV electric truck from Chinese manufacturer Foton has received EU type approval from TÜV Rheinland. With the receipt of the EU-EVTA certificate, the vehicle can now be exported to EU countries and other markets that require WVTA certification. Foton sees the certificate as an “access card” to the EU market. This is because […] More…

Stellantis has seen global sales of BEV vehicles increase by almost 50 per cent year-on-year to 136,000 units in the first half of 2022. This is according to the company’s recently published figures. According to the company’s own figures, this puts it in second place in the EU30 market for BEV and LEV sales. Light […] More…

Tritium has announced a follow-up order from EVCS that added 300 fast-chargers to an existing deployment of 500 50-kW columns. EVCS is among the largest CPOs on the West Coast and will deploy the 300 chargers across California, Oregon, and Washington. “EVCS is excited to expand its partnership with Tritium to install more than 300 […] More…

Aachen-based electric car manufacturer Next.e.GO Mobile has agreed a business combination with the SPAC Athena Consumer Acquisition. The merged company is to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The company attaches to the transaction the expectation of gross proceeds of up to approximately US$285 million – consisting of up to approximately US$235 million […] More…

Volkswagen’s partner for solid-state batteries, Quantumscape, claims to make bold strides in its Q2 letter to shareholders. The company says it is now successfully building and testing prototype 24-layer cells – up from 16 layers just a few months ago. Solid-state battery development appears accelerating at Quantumscape that said, they were “building on this momentum”. […] More…

Ebusco has received an order from Barcelona, Spain, for 21 electric buses and charging equipment. Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB) expects the Ebusco 2.2 vehicles to take up service in Q2/2023. This is the Dutch manufacturer’s first entry into the Southern European market. With the contract with AMB in Spain, Ebusco expands the number of […] More…