Mercedes has delivered a new variant of the eCitaro to Switzerland. With the use of charging rails, the electric bus is supposed to be able to drive around Zurich airport for up to 22 hours and 370 kilometres a day. By charging rails, Mercedes means a top-down pantograph: unlike the solution offered by Mercedes simply […] More…

EKPO Fuel Cell, the joint venture between ElringKlinger and Plastic Omnium, is shining the spotlight on various next-generation fuel cell stack platforms at next week’s IAA Mobility. They are said to feature an improved design and higher performance. EKPO will exhibit a total of three different stack platforms in Munich. “The stacks set international standards […] More…

The EV conversion specialist Pepper Motion (formerly e-troFit) has concretised its plans to serve new electric commercial vehicles in the future. The first variants are to go into series production as early as spring 2022. When e-troFit was renamed Pepper Motion, the company had already announced that “new vehicles in the commercial vehicle sector under […] More…

BMW presents an electric two-wheeler concept in Munich that is somewhere between a motorbike and a scooter. In the course of the IAA, the Munich-based company will also announce the licensing of its e-bike/e-trek scooter duo presented in July to partner companies Cube and SoFlow. First of all, the new two-wheeler concept: the ‘BMW Motorrad […] More…

Valmet Automotive has received a second order to produce batteries for the battery plant in Salo, Finland. The new order will expand production at the Salo plant to include high-voltage batteries. So far, the Salo plant has mainly assembled 48-volt batteries for corresponding hybrid vehicles. Valmet does not specify whether the high-voltage batteries from the […] More…

A few weeks after the ‘Skysphere Concept’ electric cabrio, Audi has presented another concept study. The’”Grandsphere Concept’ is a 5.35-metre-long luxury saloon with an electric drive system and semi-autonomous driving functions. The German company even speaks of a “private jet for the road”. Right from the start, Audi makes it clear that the luxury concept […] More…

BMW has struck a deal with Marvel Studios for the iX3 to star in “Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings” coming to global cinemas as you read. The BMW iX3’s integration in the new Marvel movie coincides with the launch of the updated model. The update itself mostly features design updates on the […] More…