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Skoda rounds off its purely electric SUV series with the Enyaq L&K. The new variant will have a maximum system output of 210 kW and a higher WLTP range of up to 570 kilometres. In addition, there are new ...

Lucid brings two more Air variants to Europe

US electric car manufacturer Lucid Motors announced pricing for two more Lucid Air luxury sedan variants for Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Norway. These are the Air Pure AWD and the Air Touring, which feature the smaller 92 kWh ...

VinFast plans news models and hopes to break even in 2024

Vietnamese manufacturer VinFast is ramping up exports and will likely sell 40,000 to 50,000 EVs this year – nearly seven times as much as in 2022. And the company is looking to launch two new models. First about the ...

BMW to build “New Class” electric car in China as well

BMW will also manufacture its “Neue Klasse” or New Class electric cars in China. Following the market launch in 2025, the next-generation EV models will also be produced by the China joint venture BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) in Shenyang ...

Geely becomes Aston Martin’s third largest stakeholder

The Chinese Geely Group will more than double its stake in the British sports car brand Aston Martin. The partnership could push the luxury brand towards more electric mobility. Geely first invested in Aston Martin in September of last ...

VW core brand launches savings programme

The Volkswagen Group is planning a billion-euro savings programme for its core brand VW to bolster profitability and generate money for investments in the transformation to electric mobility. The group will present its overhaul plans to investors at a ...

Tesla annual general meeting reveals JB Straubel’s return

At the Tesla Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, JB Straubel was elected to the Board of Directors. Tesla also announced plans for the new Roadster and the upcoming plant in Mexico. The co-founder and former CTO of Tesla had ...

Zeekr launches deliveries of the 001 with Qilin batteries

Geely’s electric car brand Zeekr has started deliveries in China of the Zeekr 001 equipped with CATL’s Qilin batteries. The optional 140 kWh battery allows ranges of up to 1,032 kilometres in the Zeekr 001 WE, according to Chinese ...

Audi SQ8 e-tron now available for order in the UK

Audi’s new high-performance, high-specification flagship model SQ8 e-tron is now available for purchase in the UK at prices starting from £97,500 (OTR). As the flagship offering within the new Q8 e-tron model lineup, the S version is fitted with ...

Subaru aims to build 400,000 EVs in 2028

Subaru plans to sell 200,000 battery-electric cars per year by 2026 and to create production capacity for 400,000 BEVs annually by 2028. An EV-only factory is also expected to contribute to this. Atsushi Osaki, who will replace the current ...

Kia could build EVs in Mexico

Kia is looking to produce an electric model at its plant in Nuevo León, Mexico. Though the carmaker has not confirmed this, it could be the EV9. State governor Samuel Garcia announced on Twitter. “Good news”, he writes. “Nuevo ...

Ford introduces the passenger E-Tourneo Courier

A few weeks after the compact electric delivery van E-Transit Courier, Ford has now also presented its passenger car version E-Tourneo Courier. The battery-electric five-seater with a length of just under 4.40 meters and an “SUV-inspired design” is intended ...

Sono Motors files for protective shield proceeding

Sono Motors GmbH has filed an application with the Munich District Court to open protective shield proceedings. Sono wants to restructure itself with the help of Dentons’ restructuring experts. The reason given for the application is indirectly a consequence ...

Lightyear: 2025 production start remains uncertain

Following the restructuring, Dutch solar EV start-up Lightyear is sticking to its plan to bring the Lightyear 2 to series production at a price of less than €40,000. According to a media report, the 2025 market launch is not ...

RWTH Aachen and e.Volution present EV for circular economy

The RWTH Aachen and spin-off e.Volution have developed a circular economy electric vehicle that is expected to last 50 years thanks to modular upgrades. It is already their second model. The founder of e.Volution GmbH is Professor Günther Schuh, ...

USA: VinFast teams up with Black Spade Acquisition for IPO

Vietnamese electric car maker VinFast is headed to Wall Street. The manufacturer has therefore agreed to a business combination with exchange shell Black Spade Acquisition. “The partnership with Black Spade and listing of VinFast in the US represents the ...

Spanish start-up Liux focuses on small EVs

As some carmakers want to go big, Liux focuses on the smaller things. The Spanish EV start-up has put plans for its debut model Animal on ice and is looking to launch the Geko. However, if this urban EV ...

Tesla drops right-hand drive Model S & X models

Tesla has decided not to produce its Model S and Model X as right-hand drive models. This affects the markets in Great Britain, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Thailand. Previous reservations of the vehicles will be canceled or ...

Infineon & Foxconn enter partnership on EVs

German chipmaker Infineon and Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn are to enter into a long-term partnership in electric vehicles. The two companies also plan to open an application centre in Taiwan before the end of 2023. Under a memorandum of ...

Maxus brings two new EVs to Germany

SAIC brand Maxus has opened the order books for its Mifa 9 electric passenger van. The seven-seater comes with a 180 kW electric motor and a 90 kWh battery, allowing it to go up to 440 kilometres on one ...

Honda presents new models and makeovers for the European market

Honda has presented its second electric model for the European market. The e:Ny1 is an all-electric compact SUV based on Honda’s newly developed front-motor-driven platform e:N Architecture F. The electric motor produces 150 kW and is coupled with a ...

China: 636,000 additional New Energy Vehicles in April

Sales of electric cars and plug-in hybrids in China fell slightly in April. According to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), 636,000 new energy vehicles (NEVs) were sold in April – 17,000 fewer than in March. ...

Volvo and Polestar push back production start of new EVs

The Volvo EX90 and Polestar 3 electric models will go into production later than planned. Software-related issues of the common EV platform are causing a delay. According to Volvo Cars, production of the EX90 will not kick off until ...

Hyundai to invest $2.45 bn for EV production expansion in India

Hyundai Motor has announced that it will invest 200 billion rupees ($2.45 bn) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu over the next ten years to bolster the country’s electric vehicle production. This is in line with recent international ...

Mercedes EQE and EQS to be built with sustainable aluminium

From summer 2023, the electric models EQE and EQS will be among the first Mercedes-Benz equipped with aluminium with almost 70 per cent CO2 reduction compared with the European average. It will be supplied by the company’s partner Hydro. ...

University of Michigan to open EV research centre

The University and state of Michigan have finalized a contract for a $130 million Electric Vehicle Center. The centre is designated to be focused on accelerating collaborative research and development, building a skilled workforce and creating a campus that ...

GM confirms return to Europe

General Motors is gearing up for its return to Europe with an EV lineup. The Cadillac Lyriq could be among the first to hit the road there, as the carmaker is preparing to kick off EV sales in Europe ...

BYD lowers prices for the Seal in China

BYD is lowering the entry-level price in China for its Seal electric sedan, which was introduced last year, to below 200,000 yuan for the first time. Officially, however, BYD is not talking about a price reduction, but about the ...

BorgWarner announces several major orders

The US American automotive supplier BorgWarner has announced several new e-mobility contracts, ranging from supplying drive systems from the US and Europe all the way to China. For the US American and European market deals, BorgWarner has been contracted ...

Fisker lowers production target

Shortly after delivering the first Ocean, Fisker lowered its production forecast for this year by up to 10,000 vehicles. Moreover, the first Fisker was registered in Germany, and the carmaker announced a new off-road version of the electric SUV. ...

VW plans facelift for ID.4

After the ID.3, the VW ID.4 will also get a facelift. This is no surprise; German media reports give a first glimpse of what the makeover could entail – and when it will take place. In contrast to the ...

Alpine presents concept for the sport Renault 5

Renault’s sports car brand Alpine has presented a preview of a compact electric model with the A290_ß show car. This is the sporty Alpine offshoot of the future all-electric Renault 5. Both the Renault 5 and the production version ...

Hyundai to build electric car factory in South Korea

Hyundai has announced the construction of an all-electric car plant in Ulsan, South Korea. Construction of the factory is to begin in the fourth quarter of this year and production is to start in the second half of 2025 ...

Mercedes reveals prices for the EQT and eCitan

Mercedes-Benz Vans has presented its new all-electric models EQT as a van primarily for private customers and eCitan as a van for the commercial sector. Both will soon be available for order – in the case of the eCitan ...

Lucid lowers production targets for 2023

The US electric car manufacturer Lucid Motors has reported higher losses again in the first quarter, and sales also fell compared to the fourth quarter of the previous year. In addition, Lucid is lowering its production target for this ...

Envisions’ Nick Cassidy takes the win in Monaco Formula E race

In Formula E, the form curve of the Jaguar teams continues to show an upward trend: Nick Cassidy won the E-Prix in Monaco in the customer Jaguar of the Envision team ahead of Mitch Evans. Porsche’s form curve shows ...

VW to reorganize software subsidiary Cariad’s board

According to consistent media reports, the Volkswagen Group will soon dismiss almost the entire board of its software subsidiary Cariad, which is struggling with problems. The new head of Cariad is to be Peter Bosch, currently head of production at ...

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