The Canadian company Li-Cycle has announced its fourth commercial recycling plant for lithium-ion batteries. The new plant in Tuscaloosa in the US state of Alabama is expected to start operations in mid-2022. The Mercedes plant there will probably be an important supplier. Initially, up to 5,000 tonnes per year will be processed there, according to […] More…

The US solid-state battery specialist Solid Power, backed by Ford and BMW, has announced a second production facility in Thornton in the US state of Colorado. The main purpose of the plant is to produce solid electrolyte material. The new facility will significantly expand Solid Power’s capacity to produce key materials for its solid-state battery […] More…

Bridgestone has made a deal with EVBox to install EV charging stations across the tire specialist’s retail network in the next five years. The partners plan 3,500 AC and DC charge points in France and Italy before expanding into the UK, Germany, Poland, Spain, and other European countries. Bridgestone says the new charging stations must […] More…

According to a media report, the Korean battery cell manufacturer SK Innovation has won the Chinese electric car manufacturer Xpeng as a new customer. Xpeng has so far mainly relied on cells from CATL. This is reported by Korea IT Times with reference to industry circles. SK Innovation is expected to supply cells with a nickel […] More…

ALD Automotive is now offering leasing services for Tesla in 16 European countries. Companies can take advantage of ALD Automotive’s full-service leasing packages for the Model 3, Model Y, Model S and Model X. According to the leasing company, it is “Tesla’s preferred operating leasing partner throughout Europe”. ALD offers full-service leasing packages for companies […] More…

China’s electric car manufacturers recorded rising sales figures for electric cars and plug-in hybrids in August. BYD surpassed the 60,000 new electric vehicle (NEV) sales mark for the first time. By comparison, Tesla sold 44,264 of its vehicles manufactured in China last month. According to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), the sales volume of […] More…

VW is also planning a performance variant for the ID.3. Brand manager Ralf Brandstätter confirmed this in an interview on the sidelines of the IAA. The basis for the model, presumably called ID.3 GTX, is already known. In May, Volkswagen had shown a concept car under the project name ID.X, which was basically an ID.3 […] More…

TotalEnergies has won Antwerp’s public tender to install and maintain electric vehicle charging infrastructure across Belgium’s second-largest city. The energy arm of France’s petrochemical giant Total will exclusive expand the existing network with both AC and high power charging stations. The city of Antwerp has awarded TotalEnergies the contract until 2034 for standard charging points […] More…

Renault opposes the EU Commission’s Fit for 55 climate package, which will effectively ban new cars with combustion engines, including hybrids, in the EU from 2035. At the IAA Mobility, Renault’s head of development Gilles Le Borgne argued an extension of the deadline for hybrid vehicles to 2040. The French carmakers argument is that given […] More…