BYD wants to rapidly expand its electric car range in Europe. The electric car trio with which the Chinese manufacturer plans to launch in many European markets could be expanded to a quintet as early as next year. BYD not only presented its well-known trio Atto 3, Tang and Han at the Paris Motor Show, […] More…

Volkswagen and Canadian company Xanadu have launched a multi-year research program to optimize the computing power of quantum algorithms for battery materials simulation. This is expected to reduce computational costs and accelerate Volkswagen’s use of quantum computers to develop safer, lighter and more cost-effective battery materials, according to a statement from the German automaker. The […] More…

Daimler Truck and Gehring Technologies have agreed on a strategic partnership for the commercial vehicle-specific application of electric motors. This includes the prototypical construction of so-called “truck-e-fied” electric drives as well as the further development and testing of new production processes. How exactly these “truck-e-fied” electric drives will differ from the current electric drive units […] More…

The Cellforce Group, the battery joint venture between Porsche and Customcells, has laid the foundation stone for its development and production facility near Reutlingen-Kirchentellinsfurt. In the course of this, it was also announced that production capacity is to be increased tenfold. Cellforce acquired the 28,151-square-meter site there last year. The company will initially develop and […] More…

DS Automobiles has parted company with the Techeetah team in Formula E and will be working with the US team Penske Autosport (Dragon) in the ‘Gen3’ era of the all-electric racing series from the coming season. In addition, the two drivers for 2022/2023 have been determined. DS Techeetah was one of the most successful teams […] More…

The Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn presented prototypes of two new electric models at its Tech Day. Foxconn also showed the production version of the Model C, which was presented as a concept last year. First, about the two new prototypes: The recently announced Model B electric hatchback is fairly compact at 4.3 meters long (on […] More…

FPT Industrial, the powertrain brand of Iveco parent Iveco, has opened a new electric drive factory in Turin, Italy. At full capacity, it will employ about 200 people to produce more than 20,000 electric axles and battery packs per year. The electric axle drives will power heavy commercial vehicles such as the Nikola Tre truck […] More…