The refreshed and renamed bZ gets over 300 miles of range, Tesla charger access and a lot of speed. Can it save the day?
Android Auto’s New Features Will Make Being Parked Less Boring
You’ll be able to watch full-screen videos and even browse websites through your car’s infotainment screen. Read more…
Hyundai to manufacture electric vehicles in Turkey
From August 2026, Hyundai wants to build electric cars at its Turkish plant in İzmit as well as combustion engines. The plans cast their shadows ahead: to make room for the new production line, Hyundai is apparently already reducing its combustion engine production from 245,000 to 190,000 units this year. Read more…
VW reveals key points for the SSP electric platform
The Scalable Systems Platform, or SSP for short, is to become the VW Group’s electric modular system of the future and serve as the basis for as many model series as possible. The ‘architecture freeze’ has now apparently taken place, with which the Wolfsburg-based company has laid the foundations for the coming generations of electric cars. Read more…
“EV charging infrastructure: quo vadis? ChargeUp Europe’s State of the Industry” – Lucie Mattera from ChargeUp Europe
Speaking at the electrive LIVE online conference “EV Charging: Trends and Outlook,” Lucie Mattera, Secretary General of ChargeUp Europe, presented key insights from the 2025 State of the Industry report. Her message: Europe’s EV charging sector is expanding fast—but policy must keep up. Read more…
Mitsubishi considers a new, electric generation of Colt
Economically, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance seems to be drifting further and further apart, but in terms of products, the cooperation seems to be continuing. Mitsubishi is apparently planning a new generation of its small car model Colt as a purely electric car – with technology from Renault. Read more…
Huawei-Chery joint brand Luxeed reaches 100,000th delivery milestone
This comes 18 months after the launch of Luxeed’s first model, the Luxeed S7 sedan.
Luxeed currently has two models on sale, the other being the Luxeed R7 coupe SUV.
Xiaomi’s EV business brings in $2.5 billion in revenue in Q1, up 11% from Q4
Xiaomi’s innovative businesses, which include EV and AI, posted a gross margin of 23.2 percent in the first quarter, up from 20.4 percent in the fourth quarter last year.
In the first quarter, Xiaomi delivered 75,869 SU7 series vehicles, up 8.86 percent from 69,697 in the fourth quarter.
Chinese autonomous driving tech firm WeRide expands into Saudi market
WeRide will begin robotaxi pilot operations on the Uber platform in the coming months and plans to launch commercial robotaxi operations in Saudi Arabia within 2025.
WeRide has tested and deployed autonomous driving products including Robotaxi, Robobus, and Robosweeper in several Saudi cities.
Xiaomi YU7 is coming to the Shenzhen Auto Show on May 31
After wowing the automotive world with its SU7 electric sedan, Xiaomi is not hitting the brakes. The company is now steering its ambitions into the popular electric SUV segment with its brand-new model, the YU7. After unveiling the car only last week, it is set to make its public auto show debut at the 2025 Auto Shenzhen, which kicks off… Read more…
First Bus charging depots now open to third party use
The UK-based commercial charging service Paua has just launched Paua Share, a new scheme which gives commercial EV fleets access to charging at shared First Bus depots. It means Paua’s business fleet customers gain access to 11 depot locations fitted with fast chargers. Read more…
China’s 1st large-scale lithium-sodium hybrid energy storage station goes into operation
The energy storage station uses the latest high-capacity sodium-ion batteries with a top response speed six times faster than other existing sodium-ion batteries.
It can store 800,000 kWh of electricity per day, which can be used by 270,000 households.
Li Auto’s updated Li L6 exceeds 10,000 deliveries
The Li L6 is Li Auto’s main-selling model, contributing 48.19 percent of the company’s deliveries in the January-April period.
Li Auto launched the updated L-series EREVs on May 8 and began their deliveries on May 9.
China EV insurance registrations for week ending May 25: Nio 3,840, Tesla 11,000, Xiaomi 6,800
Nio Inc, which includes the Nio, Onvo and Firefly brands, had 6,530 insurance registrations in China last week, down 1.80 percent from the previous week.
Tesla’s insurance registrations in China last week were down 1.17 percent from 11,130 units in the previous week.
Chinese regulator gathers automakers to discuss zero-mileage used car sales, report says
China’s commerce ministry will meet with industry bodies and automakers to discuss the sales of used cars that have never been driven, Reuters reported.
As a result of years of price wars in the auto industry, a phenomenon known as “zero-mileage used cars” has emerged in the Chinese market.
Hyundai OBSIDIAN concept pushes the envelope of sedan styling
Designed in collaboration with Hyundai and design students from the Munich University of Applied Sciences in Germany, the new OBSIDIAN electric sedan concept is equal parts Honda 0 Saloon, Tesla Cybertruck, and Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall … and I am here for it. Read more…
Pony AI reaches deal to deploy robotaxi fleet in Dubai
Initial supervised trial runs are set to launch in 2025, followed by fully driverless operations in 2026.
Long-term plans include integrating the robotaxi service with Dubai’s transportation network.
With a $30M raise, SparkCharge takes EV fleet charging off-grid
SparkCharge, the company behind mobile off-grid EV chargers, locked in $30.5 million to supercharge its growth across the US, Mexico, and Canada. The new funding includes a $15.5 million Series A-1 round led by Monte’s Fam and a $15 million venture loan from Horizon Technology Finance. Read more…
Memorial Day Green Deals edition – Ride1Up, EcoFlow, Lectric, Rad Power, Anker SOLIX, Samsung, and much more
It’s Memorial Day and we’re rounding together a bunch of new and ongoing Green Deals for you to get the most savings out of the holiday. Headlining today’s coverage is Ride1Up’s increased savings on two e-bikes, led by the Portola Compact Folding e-bike that is down at $995 and continuing its BOGO accessory promo. Next, from EcoFlow’s Memorial Day Sale through May 28, we have the final flash savings event for today only that gives you the RIVER 2 Max Portable Power Station for $309, as well as two add-on accessory deals from $329. We also have Navee’s Memorial Day Sale that is taking up to $400 off e-scooters, including the 40-mile trekking S65 Electric Scooter for $560. From there, we’ve included some of the most popular events during the holiday from Lectric, Rad Power, Anker SOLIX, Samsung, and more – with all the rest of the hangover Green Deals in the links at the bottom of the page, rounded together in our Electrified Weekly post. Read more…
GM Wuling Starlight EV: it really SHOULD be the new electric Chevy Impala
If our recent post about Tesla alternatives taught us anything, it’s that there aren’t enough mainstream electric sedan options in North America. It doesn’t have to be this way. GM has a proper, five-passenger electric sedan on sale today – and maybe it really should be a new electric Chevy Impala. Read more…
