Porsche Engineering has developed the concept of an ‘alternating current battery’ for electric vehicles that combines numerous components in one part. In addition to the concept, a new battery control unit was developed. Read more…
Mobilize to build 100 new charging locations in France this year
Mobilize, Renault Group’s sustainable mobility arm, says it has already opened 25 fast-charging locations in France and plans to open as many as 100 by the end of 2025. The group also says it hopes to manage 650 EV charging hubs across western Europe by the end of 2028. Read more…
Mobilize to build 100 new charging locations in France this year
Mobilize, Renault Group’s sustainable mobility arm, says it has already opened 25 fast-charging locations in France and plans to open as many as 100 by the end of 2025. The group also says it hopes to manage 650 EV charging hubs across western Europe by the end of 2028. Read more…
Renault to build Nissan’s electric Micra
Nissan has confirmed that it will release a fully electric version of its Micra this year, the car’s first all-electric generation. The EV will be built by Nissan’s long-time partner Renault in France and will share the same platform as the R5 electric car. Read more…
Pilot Company, GM & EVgo expand US charging network
Pilot, General Motors and EVgo now jointly operate over 130 fast-charging locations in 25 US states. The charging network is focused on interstate highways and popular travel routes, and is set to grow to up to 500 locations. Read more…
Webasto & Cylib announce battery recycling cooperation
The automotive supplier Webasto, which has also been manufacturing battery systems for electric cars and electric commercial vehicles since 2019, is entering into a cooperation with the Aachen-based battery recycling startup Cylib. Cylib will recycle used batteries and production waste from Webasto’s battery production. Read more…
Renault to build Nissan’s electric Micra
Nissan has confirmed that it will release a fully electric version of its Micra this year, the car’s first all-electric generation. The EV will be built by Nissan’s long-time partner Renault in France and will share the same platform as the R5 electric car. Read more…
Aqua Metals produces cathode active material from recycled nickel
US lithium-ion battery recycling firm Aqua Metals has produced cathode active material (CAM) from domestically sourced, recycled nickel. Aqua Metals recovered high-purity nickel from spent lithium-ion batteries and battery manufacturing scrap using its AquaRefining process. The company refined the recycled nickel into battery-grade nickel nitrate. One of its manufacturing partners then used a low-carbon, waste-reducing… Read more…
Solaris to deliver electric trolleybuses to Sarajevo
The Polish electric bus manufacturer Solaris has secured an order from the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It will deliver ten Trollino 18 by the middle of next year. Read more…
EU project ENLIGHTEN to explore higher voltage powertrains
The EU-funded project ‘nExt geNeration 1200V eLectric hIGH volTage powErtraiN’ (ENLIGHTEN), which runs until 2028, aims to develop, integrate and test a next-generation electric powertrain with a nominal voltage of 1,200 volts. Read more…
Hyundai & Genesis EVs can now use US Superchargers
Hyundai and Genesis now offer US customers a free NACS charging adapter, giving them access to more than 20,000 Tesla Superchargers across the United States. They are the latest EV makers to offer adapters to its customers. Read more…
Rivian’s Also Strikes Out Into The Scooter, E-Mobility Space
Also, incubated within Rivian, aims to take on scooters, three-wheelers and other small electric vehicles. But details are few for now. Read more…
Tesla rebrands autonomous driving software in China to drop “FSD”
Tesla made to its smart driving software in China, removing the “FSD” (Full Self-Driving) designation from its top-level package. After many years of refusing to drop the misleading moniker, Tesla gave in to Chinese requirements as it is trying to navigate local regulations and align with market expectations. The software package was previously known as “FSD Intelligent Assisted Driving,” and… Read more…
BYD aims to double export sales to 800,000 vehicles in 2025
BYD hopes to sell more than 800,000 vehicles outside of China this year. The company sees particularly good opportunities for increasing sales in the UK, as well as in Latin American and Southeast Asian countries. Read more…
Here are the EVs made in Mexico and Canada
Auto-industry tariffs coming in April, may bring immediate price hikes Mexico makes many U.S.-bound EVs, buys few of them EV tax credit still potentially applies to models made in Mexico and Canada The threat of auto tariffs affecting models made in Mexico and Canada has not abated. And as industry experts continue to suggest, there may be rocky… Read more…
MG S5 EV to follow the ZS EV in Europe
Last summer, MG Motor presented the MGS5 EV in China, an electric compact SUV that is intended as the successor to the ZS EV. The model is now coming to the UK in April and will also be launched in continental Europe in the second quarter. Read more…
BYD launches electric compact SUV Sealion 05
BYD premiered a new electric model of its Sealion series in China. The compact SUV called Sealion 05 EV is priced at 117,800 yuan in China, which is the equivalent of around 15,000 euros. The EV is also supposed to be exported globally. Read more…
Toyota says its new hydrogen fuel cell system has durability designed for commercial vehicles
Toyota has unveiled its third-generation fuel cell system, known as the 3rd Gen FC System, “part of its continued efforts toward the realization of a hydrogen society.” Toyota said that its new generation of hydrogen fuel cell systems is smaller and lighter than its previous line. It is also twice as durable. “The all-new 3rd… Read more…
2024 results: Nio continues to grow, but moves further away from profitability
Nio presented its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2024 and the past full year. Although the company was able to significantly increase deliveries and revenues, losses also increased slightly again. Nio now expects 2025 to be increasingly marked by profitability. Read more…
China NEV retail at 622,000 in Mar 1-23, up 40% from same period last month
China’s NEV retail penetration rate was 53.90 percent in March 1-23, and 47.30 percent year to date.
From March 1 to March 23, retail sales of all passenger cars in China were 1.154 million units, an increase of 18 percent year-on-year and up 25 percent month-on-month.
