The tyre manufacturer Hankook is launching its first tyre family, iON, on the market from May 2022, which has been specially developed for electric vehicles. Among other things, these will not only have a reduced rolling resistance and low-noise rolling behaviour but will also be designed for the high torques of electric cars. The tyre […] More…

Sweden’s e-scooter rental company Voi has unveiled a new model. They claim the Voiager 5 contains more than twice as many recycled materials as its predecessors and is easier to repair. Voi had introduced the Voiager 4 in summer 2020, so after only one and a half years, its successor is coming to the market, […] More…

Electric flight taxi developer Lilium has reached a memorandum of understanding on a far-reaching strategic partnership with business aviation company NetJets. This provides options for up to 150 Lilium aircraft for NetJets. In addition, NetJets wants to support Lilium in expanding its business in the USA and Europe. The cooperation is still subject to the […] More…

Within the next five years, Bulgaria aims to have 10,000 charge points for electric vehicles powered by renewable sources. This is according to an agreement signed by non-governmental organisations and the state’s grid operator ESO. Other signees include the Association of Bulgarian Municipalities, the Chamber of Energy Economics, the electric vehicle association BAEPS, the industry […] More…

Hitachi Energy has received an order from Berlin’s public transport operator BVG to deliver charging infrastructure. Hitachi Energy will retrofit two bus depots with its Grid-eMotion Fleet system in the course of BVG’s bus electrification program. The companies haven’t said how many charging stations the order contains, nor did they disclose the contract’s value. Hitachi […] More…

Jaguar Land Rover has developed an emission-free energy storage system in collaboration with the energy company Pramac, using second-life batteries from the Jaguar I-Pace. This is to be used when access to the public electricity grid is limited or non-existent. Pramac’s Off Grid Energy Storage System is charged by solar panels and uses lithium-ion cells […] More…

Munich-based solar car developer Sono Motors has announced that it will soon start the series testing phase for its Sion. The company is currently building a fleet of series validation vehicles for the Sion’s testing programme. The final design of the electric car is expected to be unveiled this summer. According to the company, these […] More…

Mercedes-Benz has opened the order books for the first variants of the EQE, which will be in dealerships from the end of April. The electric sedan can be ordered now as the Mercedes-Benz EQE 350+ as well as the Mercedes-AMG EQE 43 4MATIC at prices starting at €70,626.50 and €103,827.50 respectively. The EQE 350+ is […] More…

Most electric car drivers notice it every winter: Performance at the fast-charging stations drops with the temperatures. Christoph M. Schwarzer and analysts from P3 Automotive have compiled a detailed report to see how cold affects battery cells and what this sensitivity means. * * * The automotive industry has made a promise: Battery electric cars, […] More…

The Swedish battery cell manufacturer Northvolt has announced another battery factory, this time in Germany. ‘Northvolt Drei’ is to be built in Heide in Schleswig-Holstein and will have an annual production capacity of 60 GWh. According to the company’s announcement, Northvolt Drei is scheduled to start production in 2025, creating around 3,000 jobs by then. […] More…

As always in such cases, without any evidence at all, people on social media platforms claim that the rising fuel prices in the US are not the result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but that President Joe Biden’s administration was deliberately driving up prices to get more American drivers behind the wheel of an electric […] More…