Chinese air taxi developer Ehang has received its first operating licences from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), giving it the green light from the authorities for commercial operations. Read more…
Vauxhall cuts EV prices in UK in response to tax changes
Vauxhall has announced that all of its electric cars are now priced under £40,000, following the introduction of the UK government’s changes to the Expensive Car Supplement. The supplement increases road tax by £2,125 for EVs costing over £40,000. Read more…
April Fools hits the world of electric mobility
Once again this year, we have discovered a few April Fool’s jokes with an eMobility connection. We have collected some of the best and biggest, for your reading pleasure, starting with charging stations speed dating to new truck regulations from Germany. Read more…
Hyundai just unveiled its ‘Dream Car’ — but will it bring the funky Insteroid EV to life?
Hyundai took its smaller electric SUV and injected it with fun upgrades. Meet the Insteroid EV — Hyundai’s “Dream Car.” The concept car has sporty design elements like an added wing spoiler, a widened stance, and more. Like the IONIQ 5 N, it will make you feel like you’re in a real sports car. It even has an added Drift Mode. Read more…
India’s OMCs now offer nearly 26,000 chargers
India’s Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have installed more than 10,000 EV chargers in the past eleven months. As of March 2025, they offer 25,852 EV charging stations across the country. Read more…
Sion Power builds production line for lithium-metal batteries
It marks a significant step towards commercial production for Sion’s Licerion battery cells, which are expected to reduce the cost of 200kWh battery packs by 35%. The company claims its Licerion technology offers twice the energy of traditional lithium-ion batteries for the same size and weight. Read more…
Xiaomi EV sales keep rising, but fatal crash sends stock tumbling
Xiaomi’s electric vehicle (Xiaomi EV) division continues to see strong sales, with monthly deliveries flying past 20,000 units with ease for the sixth consecutive month. The company remains confident in reaching its ambitious 2025 delivery target of 350,000 units. In March alone, Xiaomi EV reported delivering over 29,000 cars. The Xiaomi SU7 was launched in March 2024 and is offered… Read more…
Norway sees bump in hybrid sales in March
In Norway, a one-off effect has resulted in relatively high sales of hybrid cars. Purely electric cars therefore achieved a market share of ‘only’ 84 per cent in March – a downward outlier for Norwegians, who are otherwise constantly turning to electric cars. Read more…
Coulomb Solutions launches ‘Super Long Life’ commercial vehicle battery
Coulomb Solutions has just revealed its latest commercial EV battery system for US trucks, buses, trains and more. The ‘Super Long Life’ (SLL) system comes with a large 900,000 mile, 15-year warranty. Read more…
Hyundai Insteroid EV Concept Looks Like A Modern Group B Rally Car
They have turned the cutesy Inster into an aggressive road racer, and it looks fantastic. Read more…
This Tesla Model S Was Bricked After Sitting For Six Months. Here’s How It Was Revived
Yes, it has a manual release for the hood. But after 450,000 miles, it was so corroded that it snapped. Read more…
Brose sells e-bike drive business to Yamaha
The German manufacturer Brose is selling its drive and system business for electric bikes. Yamaha is the buyer. If the antitrust authorities give the green light, the Brose unit will become part of Yamaha’s subsidiary Motor eBike Systems GmbH. Read more…
MAN batter-electric eTGX completes test drive to the Arctic Circle
Called the MAN Polarexpress, the 32-tonne electric eTGX has completed its 3,400-kilometre journey from the tip of Sweden to Munich. Among other things, engineers looked at the trucks’s energy consumption and charged exclusively using public EV infrastructure. Read more…
Zeekr Group delivers 40,715 cars in Mar, up 30.18% from Feb
The deliveries included 15,422 vehicles under the Zeekr brand and 25,293 vehicles under Lynk & Co.
In the first quarter, Zeekr Group delivered 114,011 vehicles.
Nio delivers 15,039 cars in Mar, up 14% from Feb
The monthly deliveries included 10,219 vehicles for the Nio main brand and 4,820 vehicles for the Onvo sub-brand.
Nio Inc delivered 42,094 vehicles in the first quarter, within the guidance range of 41,000 to 43,000 vehicles. Read more…
BYD sells 377,420 NEVs in Mar, overseas sales hit new high
BYD sold a record 72,723 vehicles overseas in March, an increase of 89.22 percent year-on-year and up 8.50 percent month-on-month. Read more…
Wayne Griffiths has left Cupra
Wayne Griffiths, CEO of Seat and Cupra, has left the company at his own request with effect from 31 March 2025. Seat’s Chief Production Officer Markus Haupt will take over the management on an interim basis. Read more…
Li Auto delivers 36,674 cars in Mar, up 39.64% from Feb
In the first quarter, Li Auto delivered 92,864 vehicles, near the upper end of its previous guidance of 88,000 to 93,000 units.
Li Auto’s L series is expected to achieve the milestone of delivering its 1 millionth vehicle soon.
Daimler Buses acquires 49% stake in software company Sinos
German software solutions company Sinos has a new investor. Daimler Buses has taken over nearly half of the company, strengthening the companies’ cooperation. Sinos has developed, among other things, an intelligent charging management software. Read more…
Nio continues to offer 5-year, 0-interest financing for car purchases in Apr
Nio Inc continued to offer a five-year, zero-interest financing plan in April for both the Nio and Onvo brands.
This could result in interest savings of RMB 23,612 to RMB 44,341 for car buyers.
