The demand exceeded the company’s expectations. More…
ID. Buzz Boosted Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Sales In 2022
Ebusco to deliver 20 electric buses to Saarlouis
The Dutch electric bus manufacturer Ebusco has a new customer in Germany: Ebusco won a tender from KVS GmbH Saarlouis and will be commissioned by the public transport company to supply 20 electric buses. The order specifies 15 examples of the Ebusco 2.2 with a length of 12 metres as a solo bus and five […] More…
BP places major charging station order with Tritium
Australian charging station manufacturer Tritium has received the largest order in its history. The new order comes from BP and includes fast charging stations of the RTM product series with 50 kW and PKM with 150 kW for use by BP Pulse in the USA, UK, Europe and Australia. However, Tritium did not disclose in […] More…
Sony And Honda To Lease The Afeela EV Over 5 to 10-Year Terms
The Sony-Honda Afeela will be quite pricey, but subscribing to it over many years will be easier on the budget. More…
Candela begins sourcing Polestar batteries for hydrofoils
The Swedish electric boat manufacturer Candela is now equipping all ordered examples of its C-8 electric hydrofoil with batteries from the electric car manufacturer Polestar. Both companies had agreed on a corresponding cooperation last year. Unlike when the cooperation was announced, there are now details about the batteries: In addition to the Polestar 2’s 69-kWh […] More…
Leclanché reports breakthrough in environmentally-friendly battery production
Swiss battery manufacturer Leclanché says it has made a breakthrough in the environmentally friendly production of modern G/NMCA cells. Leclanché is able to reduce the cobalt content in NMCA electrodes from 20 to five per cent in an environmentally friendly water-based process. In the process, Leclanché completely eliminates the use of the highly toxic organic […] More…
BMW is planning battery assembly plant in Bavaria
BMW is planning to build a large assembly plant for high-voltage batteries in Bavaria. The carmaker confirmed the plan in essence, but has not yet signed all the contracts. If all goes as planned, the excavators should start rolling in 2024. From the new factory, “all Bavarian plants, i.e. Munich, Regensburg and Dingolfing, will be […] More…
German Union Says Tesla’s Long Hours Limit Family And Free Time
Some employees at Tesla’s Giga Berlin have reportedly voiced their concerns to officials at the nearby IG Metall union office. More…
Wyoming issues a goal to stop selling new EVs by 2035
In the US state of Wyoming, The recently introduced resolution, titled “Phasing Out New Electric Vehicle Sales By 2035,” already has strong support from members of the Wyoming House and Senate. It seems the resolution is apparently not entirely serious and “most likely nothing more than a cry for help,” as InsideEVs writes. Politicians are […] More…
Netherlands: Plug-In Car Sales Reached 51% Share In December 2022
The Tesla Model Y noted a massive surge to #1 overall in the last month of the year. More…
Demand For Tesla’s EVs Is Ridiculous Thanks To Price Cuts
While there were concerns about the impact of Tesla cutting prices significantly, it’s working as expected, and stores are booming. More…
Tesla Still Dominates US EV Market By Leaps And Bounds
Tesla Model 3 and Model Y sales were off the charts in 2022 compared to all rivals, and Tesla sales are booming in 2023. More…
Tesla Staged 2016 Self-Driving Demo Video, Senior Engineer Testifies
Ashok Elluswamy, director of Tesla’s Autopilot Software, said the system did not have the capabilities shown in the video at the time. More…
EBS orders 193 VDL electric buses in the Netherlands
VDL Bus & Coach has received its largest order for electric buses to date. The Dutch public transport company EBS has ordered 193 new-generation VDL Citeas to operate the newly awarded Zaanstreek-Waterland concession from December 2023. VDL Bus & Coach says it will deliver 60 new-generation VDL Citeas type LE-122 and 135 VDL Citeas LE-135 […] More…
Volkswagen Group Global BEV Sales In 2022 Reached 572,100
In 2023, it might get close to one million units, according to the forecast. More…
Hyundai to start manufacturing the Ioniq 5 before summer
Hyundai Motor’s assembly plant in Singapore will start rolling out the electric Ioniq 5 in the first half of this year. The Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Centre in Jurong, the site of Singapore’s first vehicle assembly plant in more than 40 years, is expected to be completed in April. While production was originally slated to […] More…
EVs will kill off SUVs, says Citroën CEO: Tell that to Jeep?
SUVs are supplanting traditional sedans, hatchbacks, and wagons in sales, but the head of Citroën believes EVs could reverse that trend. “The world of SUVs is done,” Citroën CEO Vincent Cobée said in a recent interview with Auto Express (via InsideEVs). That’s a bold prediction considering that SUVs have accounted for 50% of all… More…
Stellantis secures nickel in Finland
Car company Stellantis and Finnish state-owned mining company Terrafame have signed a supply agreement for nickel sulfate to be used in batteries for electric cars. Starting in 2025, Terrafame will supply nickel sulfate to Stellantis during the five-year term of the agreement. The companies have not disclosed the quantity of nickel targeted. Terrafame operates one […] More…
Fiido’s New T1 Cargo Pro Offers Improved Performance And Practicality
A payload capacity of 200 kilograms means that you can carry pretty much anything around. More…
SEA Electric & Mevco convert 8,500 utility vehicles in Australia
In Australia, commercial electric vehicle supplier SEA Electric and Mevco, a systems integrator specialising in light-duty electric utility vehicles for the mining industry, have agreed to cooperate on the conversion of 8,500 Toyota off-road vehicles to electric drives for mining operations. The deal is worth nearly $1 billion AUS, which amounts to around 648 million […] More…
