Fiat has opened orders for its Grande Panda in the UK. The all-electric version starts at £21,035, with deliveries to customers planned to start in November. Read more…
Fiat opens its UK order books for the Grande Panda
Fiat has opened orders for its Grande Panda in the UK. The all-electric version starts at £21,035, with deliveries to customers planned to start in November. Read more…
Roaming platform e-clearing.net appoints Pascal Beckers as new COO
The European roaming specialist e-clearing.net is restructuring its management team. Dauaride Empere, who has served as managing director since 2024, is leaving the company. Pascal Beckers takes over as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Read more…
Tesla’s New ‘Master Plan 4’ Puts EVs On The Backburner
Plus, Acura is pivoting to hybrid crossovers and BYD posts its first consecutive production decline in five years. Lire la suite…
Nio Q2 2025 earnings call: Live updates
Nio Inc aims to deliver 150,000 vehicles in the fourth quarter, averaging 50,000 deliveries per month. Read more…
Q-Park Netherlands adopts Greenflux backend
Parking operator Q-Park Netherlands is changing the backend provider for its charging stations. As part of the newly concluded partnership with Dutch charging infrastructure software specialist Greenflux, 1,700 Q-Park charging points were migrated from the Shell Recharge to the Greenflux backend. Read more…
BASF secures customer for cathode materials from Schwarzheide
In addition to the recently concluded framework agreement with CATL, BASF has secured another customer for its cathode materials (CAM). BASF has not yet disclosed the name of the customer. However, the agreement concerns deliveries from the chemical company’s CAM production plant in Schwarzheide. Read more…
Nio standardises 100‑kWh battery across full Chinese lineup
Nio has made the 100‑kWh long-range battery pack standard across all its Chinese models, reducing prices by up to 38,000 yuan. The change applies immediately to all Nio vehicles, including the ET5, ET5 Touring, ES6, EC6, ET7 and EC7, which previously came standard with 75‑kWh packs. Read more…
CPCA estimates China Aug NEV wholesale to rise 24% to 1.3 million
In the January to August period, China’s NEV wholesale sales are estimated at 8.93 million units, a 34 percent year-on-year increase.
Multiple automakers achieved record-high NEV wholesale sales in August.
Daimler Truck begins Mercedes-Benz eEconic deliveries in Singapore
Daimler Truck has started deliveries of the Mercedes-Benz eEconic in Singapore. The company is helping the city-state decarbonise its waste management operations with the heavy-duty electric truck. Read more…
Deutz takes over drive manufacturer Sobek
German engine manufacturer Deutz has announced the acquisition of Sobek, a manufacturer of electric drives for high-tech applications. The transaction is expected to be completed imminently. Read more…
Nio reports narrowed net loss in Q2 as expenses decline
Nio recorded a net loss of RMB 4.99 billion ($697 million) in the second quarter, a 1.0 percent decrease from Q2 2024 and a 26.0 percent decrease from Q1 2025. Read more…
A leading electric dirt bike maker just got a massive boost, and is coming for gas bikes
Stark Future, the Spanish electric motorcycle maker that turned the off-road world on its head, just locked in a fresh round of funding, pushing its total capital raised past €100 million. And unlike the big, flashy VC rounds we usually see, this one came mostly from existing backers and a few hand-picked newcomers, including some heavy hitters from the MotoGP world. Read more…
BMW’s wild new electric motorcycle doesn’t even need a helmet
BMW Motorrad just dropped a futuristic electric motorcycle concept that looks like it rolled straight out of a sci-fi movie and into a design studio. The new concept, called the BMW Motorrad Vision CE, is the company’s latest attempt to answer a question that’s been bouncing around for a while now: What should an electric BMW motorcycle actually look like?. Read more…
Tesla China sells 83,192 cars in Aug, down 4% year-on-year
In January-August, Tesla China sold 515,552 vehicles, including exports to overseas markets, representing a 12.24 percent year-on-year decline.
From October 2024 to August 2025, Tesla China’s monthly sales including exports declined year-on-year in every month except June, which saw a 0.83 percent increase.
Kia EV5 arrives in the UK with a simple lineup and competitive price
Kia adds to its growing lineup of electric cars with the official UK launch of the EV5. This mid-size crossover goes on sale with a clear strategy: simplicity. The EV5 is available to order now, with prices starting from €46,077, and first deliveries are promised just in time for Christmas. In order to streamline the buying process, Kia will offer… Read more…
Bidders threaten to withdraw from German truck charging network tender
According to a German media report, the tender to build a truck charging network along the country’s motorways could fail. The reason is the “pass-through model” mandated by the federal government, which means that charging park operators may face increased competition from electricity providers at their own truck chargers. Read more…
BMW prepares plants for fuel cell production
The launch of BMW’s first series-production hydrogen fuel cell model in 2028 is approaching. The German carmaker is already outlining the supply chain for its third-generation fuel cell system – primarily in Bavaria and Austria. Read more…
BYD continues to cut production
BYD cut production for the second month in a row in August. The company produced 353,090 electric cars and plug-in hybrid vehicles, around 3.8 per cent less than in August 2024. Sales of electric cars are on the rise again, but this is not the case for plug-in hybrids. Read more…
Tesla delivers long-wheelbase Model Y in China
A few weeks after the sales launch, Tesla has delivered the first Model Y L vehicles to customers in China. Additionally, the recently unveiled Model Y Performance is rolling off the production line at the Tesla factory in Germany. Read more…
