After the EU Commission presented proposals for mandatory sustainability criteria for batteries at the end of 2020, the Commission’s text with amendments is expected to be adopted by the EU Parliament in March 2022. This means that the regulation could be finally launched this year – which would give the industry around four years to […] More…

The production capacity of the Tesla factory in Shanghai is to be increased to over one million vehicles per year in the coming years. Currently, one expansion stage is already underway. Should the target actually reach seven figures, further expansion work is likely to follow. This is reported by Chinese media with reference to insiders. […] More…

In view of the high demand for electric cars, the VW Group is reportedly reducing the ordering possibilities of its dealers and introducing a quota system for sales partners. Accordingly, larger dealers will be able to order more vehicles than smaller ones. This is reported bybAutomobilwoche and refers to an internal letter. According to the letter, […] More…

Volvo Cars will invest ten billion Swedish kronor (around 960 million euros) in its Torslanda plant near Gothenburg in the coming years to prepare it for the production of the next generation of fully electric cars. The currently announced investment concerns only Volvo’s vehicle plant and is independent of the battery plant that Volvo and […] More…

Tesla is apparently looking for helpers to organise possible on-site queues at Superchargers on the four consecutive weekends starting on 11 February. Tesla expects particularly high demand in western Europe on these weekends due to the holiday season in the Netherlands and Denmark. Helpers are supposed to make sure that drivers follow the principle of […] More…