Vianode has opened a research and development centre for sustainable battery materials in Norway. The company sees the commissioning of the “Vianode Technology Center” in Kristiansand as an “important step towards establishing a complete battery value chain in Norway for the European market”. The battery materials subsidiary of Norwegian metal producer Elkem plans to use […] More…
Tesla Energy Generation And Storage Business: Q3 2022 Results
Battery energy storage system deployment reached a new high. More…
Tesla Officially Begins Cybertruck Tooling At Texas Gigafactory
Now that it seems batteries will be handled in Fremont, it’s time to get Giga Texas gearing up for production. More…
OpEd: Musk’s Twitter Deal Is Impacting Tesla Heavily, But Should It Be?
The ongoing Twitter soap opera appears to be making a notable impact on investors. More…
Mercedes to source lithium from Rock Tech
Mercedes-Benz and Rock Tech Lithium have signed an agreement for an annual supply of an average of 10,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide. The Rock Tech plant in Brandenburg is to play a central role in this. The amount of lithium hydroxide, which is expected to be sufficient for the batteries of around 150,000 fully electric […] More…
US DoE announces funding for 20 battery companies
After the US Department of Energy announced funding of almost three billion US dollars for the development of a national battery supply chain in February, things are now getting concrete: 20 companies have been selected to receive a total of 2.8 billion US dollars for the construction and expansion of factories in twelve states. In […] More…
Stellantis Hints At More More Battery Plants In North America By 2030
The company might need two more battery gigafactories on top of the two already announced. More…
BMC’s Fourstroke AMP LT Is A Lightweight And Versatile E-MTB
It rides like a regular mountain bike thanks to its lightweight construction and silent TQ motor. More…
EU sets refuelling and charging infrastructure targets
The EU Parliament has adopted binding minimum targets for the expansion of infrastructure for zero tailpipe-emission transport. These stipulate a minimum density of EV charging and hydrogen refuelling stations that must be affordable and easy to use, and a faster rollout of stations. Emissions in the maritime sector are now to be reduced with specific […] More…
InoBat to build battery factory in Valladolid
InoBat Auto has signed a letter of intent with Spanish authorities to build a factory in Valladolid. At the same time, however, the Slovakian battery manufacturer itself relativises the significance of the document by affirming that other locations in Western Europe are still in the running. Already in spring, InoBat had announced that it would […] More…
Tesla to design small EV platform
Elon Musk confirmed during the conference on the new quarterly figures that Tesla’s focus is now on the development of a new platform for smaller electric cars. The goal with Tesla’s third platform, following those for the Model S/X and Model 3/Y, is to halve costs. “The next-generation vehicle will cost about half of the […] More…
General Motors Is Mulling The Creation Of A Smaller GMC Hummer EV
It could be the size of a Ford Ranger or GMC Canyon. More…
BMW to source round cells from AESC in the USA
BMW is pumping 1.7 billion US dollars into the production of electric cars in the USA. The investment is to flow into the conversion of the plant in Spartanburg and the construction of a battery assembly centre. The cell supplier will be Envision AESC, who is building a cell factory in South Carolina specifically for […] More…
Rolls-Royce Spectre EV signals excess but isn’t a guzzler
The Rolls-Royce Spectre is the automaker’s first electric car to see production, and it proves even gilded luxury cars don’t have to be inefficient. Because despite living up to Rolls’ tradition of excess—and that it’s a two-door car with a 214-plus-inch length—efficiency is actually pretty good, at 2.9 mi/kwh on the European WLTP… More…
Tesla Could Be Worth More Than Apple, Saudi Aramco Combined: Musk
This means Tesla would have to jump from a current valuation of $695 billion to $4.4 trillion. More…
Stockholm legislates for more sustainable city transport
Stockholm has a new city government that has now outlined its plans for the future of transport in the Swedish capital. By 2030, all traffic in the city centre of Stockholm is to be emission-free, and car traffic is to be reduced by 30 per cent compared to 2017. Parts of Stockholm’s city centre are […] More…
Mullen takes over Electric Last Mile Solutions
After acquiring a majority stake in Bollinger Motors, the US electric car start-up Mullen has now also completed the takeover of the electric utility vehicle provider Electric Last Mile Solutions (ELMS). The takeover was not favourable, however, but should significantly accelerate production plans. ELMS had filed for insolvency in June. In September it became known […] More…
Tesla is working on next-gen electric car platform for half the price
Elon Musk announced that Tesla’s engineering team had turned its focus on a next-generation electric car platform that will be half the price of the Model 3/Y platform. More…
Tesla’s Next Platform To Be Smaller, Half The Cost Of Model 3/Y
Elon Musk says the next-generation vehicle “will exceed the production of all other vehicles combined.” More…
Ammonia heralds smell of success
Amogy in the US has demonstrated its ammonia-powered technology in a heavy-duty electric vehicle for the first time (writes Nick Flaherty). The 100 kW tractor marks a 20-fold increase in the performance of the technology over the past year. It uses ammonia (NH3) with a fuel cell rather than hydrogen to provide access to a […] More…
