The Chinese electric car manufacturer Xpeng has strengthened its team with an experienced automotive manager. Fengying Wang joined Xpeng as president on January 30, where she will be responsible for product planning and sales, which have been flagging recently. Fengying Wang will report directly to He Xiaopeng, the company’s chairman and CEO. Fengying Wang previously […] More…

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the model update for the SUV GLE and the GLE Coupé. When the revised vehicles are launched in July 2023, there will only be electrified powertrains – the plug-in hybrid will also receive a minor technical update. Basically, the model generation launched in 2018 has been updated in terms of exterior, interior, […] More…

The US semiconductor manufacturer Wolfspeed has confirmed previously leaked plans to build a plant for SiC semiconductors in Saarland with local supplier ZF. The highly automated 200 mm wafer plant will be the company’s first “fab facility” in Europe and is expected to be the most modern of its kind. Wolfspeed and ZF made the […] More…

The Mobility House (TMH) has, for the first time, proven that electric vehicle batteries can take part in energy market trading and achieve four-digit revenues per vehicle. The key is in the EVs’ flexibility as mobile storage units, just the experimental set-up was stationery. The Mobility House is based on the EUREF Campus in Berlin, […] More…

French battery manufacturer Forsee Power has signed a cooperation agreement with Chinese cell producer CALB. Under the agreement, Forsee Power will integrate CALB’s NMC cells with “very high energy density” into its battery systems for electric commercial vehicles. Concrete purchase quantities or financial volumes of the agreement have not yet been disclosed. The cooperation also […] More…

General Motors is investing in the lithium producer Lithium Americas, thus securing access to the Thacker Pass mine in Nevada, the largest known source of lithium in the USA and the third largest in the world. In addition, GM has secured its supply for another component for its electric cars with a German company. Under […] More…

The South Korean materials group Posco Chemical has received its largest and longest-term order to date. Battery manufacturer Samsung SDI has contracted Posco Chemical to supply NCA cathode material over a ten-year period. The high nickel content NCA cathodes are explicitly for electric vehicle batteries. The order is worth 40 trillion won (equivalent to around […] More…

The ChargePoint network and Stem, an AI-driven clean energy solutions provider, have agreed to join forces and put artificial intelligence behind EV charging. They aim for lower operating costs and added energy resiliency at charging hubs and locating new sites. ChargePoint will analyse the EV charging demand at sites looking to install DC chargers and […] More…

Sonoma County in California announced the purchase of ten battery-electric buses by Proterra to replace ten compressed natural gas buses. The new buses shall arrive in the summer of 2024 and join six other all-electric buses expected to arrive in June. This will bring up the total number of electric buses in Sonoma County services […] More…

BMW is joining forces with Evergo in Mexico to build more than 4,000 public charging stations for electric vehicles in the country over the next five years. The companies have slated a $ 200 million investment and are looking into both AC and DC charging. BMW Mexico has been offering electrified vehicles in the country […] More…