Subway has teamed up with GenZ EV Solutions to bring an “EV Charging Oasis” to Subway’s fast food sites. As part of the multi-year rollout, the partners will pilot smaller fast charging stations at select, new or remodelled restaurants across the USA this year. In the long run, Subway envisions charging canopies with multiple ports, […] More…

Cadillac has opened up the configurator for the 2024 Cadillac Lyriq in the USA, with prices starting at $59,590. Additionally, the brand belonging to GM announced that three new electric vehicles will be introduced this year for production starting in 2024. Cadillac’s first fully electric vehicle is now available to order in the USA, starting […] More…

Solid-state batteries for electric aircraft are the focus of new cooperation between two Belgian companies. Solid-state battery specialist Solithor and aerospace company Sonaca want to develop solid-state lithium batteries for regional aviation and urban air mobility (UAM). The partners already defined and shared work priorities as intended. Solithor will be responsible for battery cell research, […] More…

Hyundai Motor America has announced prices and packages for the Ioniq 6 in the USA. Customers can choose between two battery sizes and two electric drive layouts, with either a rear motor or both front and rear drives for all-wheel drive. The Ioniq 6 SE Standard Range with its 53-kWh battery pack has an MSRP […] More…

The dispute around the wall boxes of Norwegian manufacturer Easee is not easing off – after the company responded to safety issues raised by the Swedish Electrical Safety Authority, a representative of the International Standards Committee IEC 61851 now speaks up and comes to serious conclusions. To recapture: Sweden’s Elsälerhetverket tested six different wall boxes […] More…

General Motors has announced an investment in its powertrain plant in St. Catharines in the Canadian province of Ontario to produce more than 400,000 electric drive system units per year in the future. However, GM is making the investment dependant on additional funding. The exact amount of GM’s investment is not mentioned in the announcement, […] More…

The EU-funded project LiCORNE (Lithium Recovery and Battery Grade Materials Production from European Resources) aims to set up the first complete European supply chain for lithium processing resources available in Europe. More specifically, the LiCORNE partners will work to increase the processing and refining capacity for battery-grade chemicals found in ores, brines, tailings and off-specification […] More…

Nio plans to start building two production facilities for each of its two planned subsidiaries for more affordable electric cars in March 2023. What’s also new is that one of the brands appears to be primarily for export to Europe. The plant for the Nio sub-brand, codenamed Firefly, will be built in Chuzhou in China’s […] More…

Ford has agreed with LG Energy Solution and Koç Holding to form a joint venture to build a large battery cell plant for electric commercial vehicles in Turkey. The plant in Turkey had originally been planned with SK ON. The groundbreaking ceremony for the plant in Başkent near the Turkish capital Ankara is expected to […] More…

The Chinese manufacturer Leapmotor, which until now has specialised in purely electric cars, will in future also offer all its BEV models with a combustion engine as a range extender that charges the battery. Leapmotor’s change of strategy comes against the backdrop of falling sales. Leapmotor calls the vehicle itself an “EREV”, an Extended-Range Electric […] More…