Toyota has developed a new hydrogen storage system for different applications and tasks. Due to different safety standards and environments, the 700-bar high-pressure tanks developed for the Toyota Mirai could not be easily used in other areas until now. According to the Toyota announcement, the new storage system comprises several high-pressure tanks made of multilayer […] More…

The Chinese electric car manufacturer Aiways has expanded the number of its European markets to 14 with Croatia, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Slovenia. Currently, however, only one model, the U5, is available, with a second to follow this year. In January, Aiways had completed a financing round worth several hundred million dollars, which involved […] More…

Welcome to the latest eMobility Update – your comprehensive guide to this week’s happenings in electric transport. Today: Next Northvolt Gigafactory goes to Germany ++ Ford Motor Company to launch seven EVs in Europe ++ Jaguar reuses batteries of early I-Pace cars. #1 – Next Northvolt battery plant in Germany The Swedish battery cell maker […] More…

The classification societies DNV and Lloyd’s Register have recertified Swiss battery manufacturer Leclanché’s Marine Rack System (MRS-2) for operation with the company’s latest 65 Ah lithium-ion pouch cells. MRS-2 is a modular and scalable lithium-ion battery system for electric and hybrid vessels that features a range of safety measures and a proprietary battery management system […] More…

Rock Tech Lithium has agreed to collaborate with the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT and supply chain tracking provider Circulor. The goal of the cooperation is to obtain comprehensive transparency of the lithium value chain. This should make it possible to trace the path of lithium from the raw material, spodumene, […] More…

The Traton Group has increased its investment in research and development for electromobility. The company now plans to spend 2.6 billion euros on this by 2026, compared with 1.6 billion euros previously planned by 2025. At the same time, Traton is scaling back its investments in combustion engines. The Traton Group wants its brands to […] More…

Nine months after it was founded, Hyvia, the joint venture between Renault and fuel cell specialist Plug Power, has opened a plant at Renault’s Refactory in Flins, France. Hyvia plans to assemble and test fuel cell modules based on Plug Power’s technology at the new facility. The 30-kW fuel cell will power the Renault Master […] More…

BMW announced that it is ramping up its e-mobility targets, “confirmed by the success of its all-electric models to date”. Initially, this refers primarily to the growing range of electric vehicle models, but electric sales are expected to increase further “rapidly”. As the Group announced in the context of its business figures for 2021, it […] More…

Mercedes-Benz has opened a battery factory near its US plant. However, the plant will not be manufacturing cells, as only purchased cells will be assembled into ready-to-install batteries for the EQE and EQS SUV models. A US cell manufacturing operation by Mercedes will be done jointly with AESC. The US plant in Tuscaloosa, where Mercedes […] More…

Citroën recalls its electric model ë-C4 to the workshops. There is a possibility that the rear coil springs and their mounts could come loose from the vehicle while driving and fall onto the street. The recall concerns 8,770 units of the electric model worldwide, 994 of which were produced in Germany between 2020 and 2021. […] More…