The shipping company Future Proof Shipping (FPS) and the shipbuilder Holland Shipyards Group, and other partners, have launched a project to convert a fleet of ten inland and short sea vessels to hydrogen fuel cell propulsion. As the first ship of this project, the “FPS Maas” is now being converted. The ship’s last diesel voyage […] More…

Rivian is conducting a voluntary recall of all 13,000 vehicles it has delivered due to a loose fastener that could cause trouble when steering. So far, there have been seven cases reported. The piece, which may not have been sufficiently torqued on a small percentage of vehicles, connects the front upper control arm and the […] More…

Israeli battery developer StoreDot has reached an important milestone with its fast-charging silicon-dominated battery cells. The battery maker says its Pouch cells in a production-ready format have now passed the 1,000-cycle mark. The defining phrase “production-ready format” is important here because StoreDot already reached 1,200 cycles for silicon-dominated battery cells in March – but at […] More…

The Norwegian battery company Freyr has concluded a licence and service agreement with Aleees, a Taiwanese manufacturer of LFP cathode materials. A  previously planned joint venture now seems to be off the table. According to Freyr, the agreement provides the company with a worldwide licence to manufacture and sell LFP cathode material based on Aleees‘ […] More…

Canada’s battery manufacturer Electrovaya has chosen New York State as the location for its first factory in the USA. Electrovaya will build the US plant in Chautauqua County and produce cells worth over one-gigawatt hour for commercial vehicles when fully operational. Electrovaya wants to open the New York factory in several phases beginning by late […] More…

The German truck maker and conversions specialist Quantron AG will soon be offering its zero-emission commercial vehicles and retrofit packages in North America. The company has founded an offshoot named Quantron US and appointed Richard Haas as its CEO. Focus will be accorded to fuel cell trucks. The company based in Augsburg intends to implement […] More…

Audi is considering building a factory to make electric vehicles in the US. Oliver Hoffmann, responsible for Technical Development, said Audi would make a decision early next year. The move naturally comes amid new funding regulations for electric vehicles. Speaking to Automotive News, Hoffmann said: “We are currently looking left and right, with our VW […] More…

Nissan and Renault are currently negotiating the future of the alliance and, more specifically, the Japanese carmaker’s participation in Renault’s planned electric car division. The announcement was made by both manufacturers in a short joint statement, without disclosing further details. Renault reportedly wants to remain the majority shareholder of the French-based electric car division Ampère, […] More…

The Transport Company of the Czech city of Ústí nad Labem has ordered 33 trolleybuses from Skoda Group. These are based on the Skoda 27Tr model, which already transports residents in the north Bohemian city. Only a technological difference exists. Compared to the vehicles already in service, the newly delivered trolleybuses will have two traction […] More…

China has set a new record for new energy car sales in the past month. 675,000 NEV passenger cars were sold in September 2022, 43,000 more than the previous record month of August 2022, of which 507,000 were BEVs and 168,000 were PHEVs. Unsurprisingly, the positive sales trend for New Energy Vehicles in China continues […] More…