The planned battery cell factory of Daimler partner Farasis Energy in Bitterfeld-Wolfen (Saxony-Anhalt) is probably not going to happen. According to a media report, Bitterfeld-Wolfen has terminated the urban development contract with Farasis Energy Europe. The company has confirmed the move – but the connection has not been completely cut. Farasis Energy had chosen Bitterfeld-Wolfen […] More…
US Department of Energy announces $45Mn in battery funding
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $45 million in funding to support the domestic development of advanced batteries for electric vehicles. Through the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), the Department is launching the Electric Vehicles for American Low-Carbon Living (EVs4ALL) program to develop more affordable, convenient, efficient and resilient batteries. […] More…
EV code looks to set station standard
Pionix in Germany has developed an open source software stack to address the fragmentation of EV charging infrastructure (writes Nick Flaherty). The EVerest software is a minimal Linux system that can run on any device, from chargers using a home socket to public DC charging. It uses a modular, customisable software stack that abstracts the […] More…
Porsche buys in Group14 for access to silicon anodes
Porsche has participated as the lead investor in the Series C financing round of Group14 Technologies. In the round, the manufacturer of silicon-carbon technology for lithium-ion batteries raised a total of 400 million dollars. A quarter of the total sum of 380 million euros came from Porsche Ventures – the investment subsidiary of the Zuffenhausen-based […] More…
2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E Gets Significant Updates In Europe
The Mach-E now has a higher towing capacity, quicker charging, and more. More…
Environmental group asks for Tesla Giga Berlin’s operating license to be revoked after paint leak
The Green League, an environmental group, has launched an effort to revoke Tesla’s operating license for Gigafactory Berlin after learning of a significant paint leak. More…
Electrify America claims more than five times the charging sessions in 2021 vs. 2020
Electrify America on Monday released a few tidbits of network-usage data from 2021, showing a major uptick in charging sessions over 2020. The company said in a press release that it provided 1.45 million charging sessions in 2021, which is more than five times the 268,000 charging sessions reported for 2020. Electrify America dispensed 41.4… More…
Polestar shares US pricing for 2023 model year Polestar 2, starting below $49,000
Following news last week of a slew of new updates coming to the 2023 Polestar 2, the automaker has shared US pricing for both trims as well as their available upgrade packs. The single motor 2023 Polestar 2 will arrive at a starting MSRP of $48,400 – higher than the 2022 model but with added features. More…
Fisker confirms electric GT as third production model
The electric car manufacturer Fisker has announced its third model after the Ocean and Pear under the project name Ronin. The all-electric GT sports car, for which Fisker has now published a first teaser image and initial information, is to be presented in August 2023 and go into production in the second half of 2024. […] More…
Samsung SDI says solid-state batteries could come sooner
South Korean battery cell manufacturer Samsung SDI accelerated its schedule to introduce solid-state batteries at scale. Their hopes lay on a pilot line under construction near Seoul. Samsung SDI began building the pilot line as ‘S-Line’ at its research and development centre in the South Korean city of Suwon in March. The company expects to […] More…
Electrify America Registered 1.45 Million Charging Sessions In 2021
We checked out the average energy delivered per session. More…
COTA to run ten New Flyer electric buses in Ohio
The Central Ohio Transit Authority, COTA for short, has exercised options for eight battery-electric buses from New Flyer. The order comes in the final year of a two-year contract announced in 2020 and includes four ABB depot chargers to support the deployment. Supported by Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds, the order expands COTA’s zero-emission fleet […] More…
Global Plug-In Electric Car Sales Increased 60% In March 2022
It was the second highest monthly result ever. More…
DOE: $3.1 billion for EV battery supply chain, $45 million for development
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) this week announced new funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for domestic EV battery production and development. The DOE on Monday announced $3.16 billion for the domestic battery supply chain. Part of more than $7 billion the infrastructure law has designated for battery… More…
Micro Mobility Systems starts up final assembly line for Microlino
After several delays, the start of series production of the Microlino electric light vehicle is apparently imminent. According to Micro Mobility Systems, the assembly line in Turin, Italy, has been put into operation. Currently, the last pre-series vehicles are still being produced. The hall of the final assembly line in Turin is 3,000 square metres […] More…
New Report Suggests Tesla Will Dominate S&P 500 By 2030
The report claims Tesla’s competitive edge coming from advances in artificial intelligence make it a serious contender. More…
Royal Mail rolls out 43 zero emission delivery vans
The British post service Royal Mail has replaced the entire fleet with electric vans at its delivery office in Leighton Buzzard, a town in Bedfordshire, England. 43 new EVs will charge at twelve charging columns Royal Mail installed on site. The acquisition is part of the company’s plan to increase the number of EVs tenfold. […] More…
Norway reconsiders electric car privileges
The Norwegian Ministry of Transport is considering abolishing or reducing privileges for electric vehicles in taxes and tolls in larger cities. According to its own statements, the government wants to push ahead with the traffic turnaround – and not simply replace combustion engines 1:1 with electric cars. According to Transport Minister Jon-Ivar Nygård, the reasons […] More…
McGill’s places follow-up order with Yutong
McGill’s Buses has ordered a further 41 battery-electric buses from Yutong. They will be part-funded by the Scottish Zero Emission Bus (ScotZEB) fund and take to 96 the number of Yutong zero-emission buses with the operator in Scotland. The new batch comprises ten E10 buses measuring nearly eleven metres, and the remaining 31 will be […] More…
Tesla confirms plans for second plant in Shanghai
Tesla has now confirmed that it intends to build a second plant in Shanghai. This is to be located near the existing Giga Shanghai. The planned production capacity is also already known. In a letter to local authorities obtained by Reuters, in which Tesla thanks them for their support in restarting production at the existing […] More…
