Aberdeen City Council awarded a contract for a major fleet-wide hydrogen dual-fuel utility vehicle conversion to Ulemco. The contract initially covers 35 vehicles, which, once completed, will be the largest H2 fleet in the UK. This is not the first such contract for Ulemco, which has supplied heavy-duty vehicles to the Aberdeen City Council previously. […] More…

Ride-hailing company Uber will introduce 25,000 electric cars in India over the next three years through its platform. A memorandum of understanding signed with Tata Motors envisages the phased delivery of 25,000 units of Tata’s Xpres-T EV electric car from this month. The electric vehicles will be deployed in the Delhi area, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, […] More…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted two loans for the development of charging stations and hydrogen filling stations in Greece and Spain. The total amount involved is 80 million euros. A sum of €40 million will go to the Greek oil company Motor Oil over a period of ten years, which plans to build […] More…

The municipal utility company Stadtwerke Aschaffenburg has ordered twelve hydrogen buses from the Polish manufacturer Solaris – ten Urbino 12 hydrogen solo buses and two articulated buses of the type Urbino 18 hydrogen. The latter two are a first for Solaris. The manufacturer presented the articulated 18-meter hydrogen bus in September 2022. Stadtwerke Aschaffenburg is […] More…

SK Group subsidiary SK Nexilis has signed a supply contract with Northvolt for copper foil worth up to 1.4 trillion won (US$1,08 billion). The five-year contract will come into effect next year. The supply volume is to cover about 80 per cent of Northvolt’s copper foil needs during the signed period and is expected to […] More…

German chemical company Evonik has invested an undisclosed sum in Chinese battery specialist SuperC. The latter developed an innovative process to produce few-layer graphene and, in turn, pastes for electrodes in lithium-ion batteries. According to Evonik, SuperC’s graphene-based electrode material is already used in products from major Chinese battery manufacturers. The company wants to open […] More…

Tesla seems to be looking into a possible takeover of the Canadian mining company Sigma Lithium. According to insiders, Tesla has been talking to advisors about a possible bid. However, the US Company is not the only interested party. Bloomberg first reported the news. However, Tesla is also considering other mining options, which is why […] More…

Ram Truck no longer accepts reservations or pre-orders for its all-electric pickup truck, the Ram 1500 REV. Demand is apparently so high that the manufactured had close access to the “Ram REV Insider+ Membership”. This comes only a week after the company presented a first look at the vehicle during the Super Bowl. From then, […] More…

Ola Electric is investing 920 million dollars in producing electric vehicles and batteries in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. According to an agreement with the state government, the money will come from the company’s subsidiaries Ola Electric Technologies and Ola Cell Technologies. A total of 140,000 four-wheeled EVs will eventually be produced in […] More…

Japanese carmaker Nissan is selling its Ariya at a discount in China. It took off 60,000 yuan (around 8,200 euros) of its initial price, saying this was a limited-time offer. Nissan is not the first EV maker to drop prices to spur demand in China. The Ariya is Nissan’s highest-priced electric car in China, offered […] More…

Chinese carmaker BYD has added two new dealer cooperation to its network in Europe. Motor Distributors Ltd (MLD) is active in Ireland and will offer BYD models at select locations, including in Dublin and Cork. RSA, a dealer with whom BYD already cooperates in Norway, will offer the Chinese EVs in Finland and Iceland. According […] More…