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After four years of development, a 25-member team consisting of scientists from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), as well as engineers from Stellantis and Saft, and other researchers presented a battery prototype with integrated inverter and ...

Oak Ridge Lab to improve battery dry coating processes

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) of the US Department of Energy is investigating how the dry coating of electrodes affects the structure of battery materials and their electrochemical properties with industrial partner Navitas Systems. ORNL is also a ...

US agencies triple electric car purchases

US government agencies plan to buy 9,500 electric vehicles in 2023 alone. That is nearly three times as many as in 2022. They will spend 770 million dollars on vehicles and charging infrastructure. Citing a Government Accountability Office (GAO) ...

Battery recycler Redwood likely on verge of multi-million funding deal

Battery recycling company Redwood Materials, founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, is well on its way to raising another 700 million dollars in capital to fund its expansion. This is apparently to finance another recycling plant in Nevada. ...

EU project ‘GIGABAT’ to analyze battery supply chains

This month, the EU-funded GIGABAT project will launch, running until the end of 2026. The project, led by Cidetec Energy Storage, aims to strengthen the EU’s battery cell manufacturing industry and its value chain – also with German participation. ...

Lotus Eletre: Geely’s luxury flagship faces its first test

Larger than it looks Interior & comfort For the passengers For the drivers Charging Software is quick, but leaves potential untapped Assistance systems: To be continued… Conclusion Until the introduction of the Eletre, Lotus was known for very fast, ...

Volvo Group delivers 253 per cent more electric trucks

Volvo Group delivered 1,442 electric trucks in the first half of 2023, up from 409 in the same period last year. However, the majority do not bear the Volvo logo. 687 of the 1,442 electric trucks were from the ...

Farizon Auto gets $600 million to grow its business

Geely’s commercial vehicle subsidiary Farizon Auto has raised 600 million dollars in funding to further invest in research and development, as well as its global expansion. The company completed its Series-A funding round, which was led by Boyu Capital ...

Corsa Electric gets a price tag in the UK

Vauxhall announced prices for its new Corsa Electric in the UK. The revised EV will be available from 19,625 pounds and can now be ordered. The first units will be delivered before the end of the year. The EV ...

Nissan will adopt Tesla’s NACS from 2025

Nissan is the latest carmaker to switch from the Combined Charging System (CCS1) to Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) in the US. It is the first Japanese EV manufacturer to announce the move. From 2025, Nissan will offer ...

Tesla’s sales battles over Q2 slow profits

For the second quarter of the year, Tesla has steadily followed its income trend: the US electric carmaker’s second-quarter 2023 revenue nearly reached $25 billion, but at the same time, the company posted its lowest operating margin in a ...

Nissan to recall 1.4 mn vehicles, many with electric drives

Nissan recalls almost 1.4 million vehicles in the USA, Europe and Japan. The electric Leaf and the Note, Kicks, and Serena models run as hybrids on the e-Power drive are affected. News agencies report Nissan identified “several problems”. These ...

BEVs surpass diesel registrations for the first time in Europe

For the first time, more electric cars than diesel cars were newly registered in the EU in June. This was reported by the European manufacturers’ association ACEA. Registrations of new BEV passenger cars rose by 66.2 per cent in ...

BorgWarner and Onsemi agree one-billion-dollar SiC deal

US automotive supplier BorgWarner and semiconductor manufacturer Onsemi are expanding their collaboration for silicon carbide (SiC), making the total agreement worth over $1 billion in lifetime value. BorgWarner plans to integrate Onsemi’s EliteSiC 1200 V and 750 V power ...

Atlante to build 87 HPCs on French motorways

The fast-charging provider Atlante, linked to the Stellantis automotive group, will set up 87 HPC charging points in France. Specifically, it will install them at four Vinci Autoroutes service stations. All chargers have a power output of up to ...

Mahle presents new drive & thermal management tech

The German automotive supplier Mahle provided insights into its developments in the field of e-mobility at a ‘Tech Day’. In the eMobility business, the company is increasingly relying on its system competence – and not just the sale of ...

Electrify America reinstates site-specific fees

Volkswagen subsidiary Electrify America announces changes to charges at its DC charging stations in the USA. New membership rates and fees for idling are being re/introduced alongside a shift from uniform to site-specific pricing. Site-specific pricing essentially takes into ...

Dachser designates 12 European city centres for EV deliveries

Dachser has delivered details on the scheduled expansion of the ‘Dachser Emission-Free Delivery’ scheme. The company now designates twelve, and not ten, more major cities in Europe to roll out deliveries with electric vehicles throughout 2025. Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dublin, ...

Stellantis unveils semiconductor strategy

Stellantis is adopting a diversified strategy for sourcing semiconductors for its future electric car platforms. The carmaker has already signed direct partnerships for the supply of semiconductors with a purchase value of more than ten billion euros by 2030 ...

VW announces research progress in the USA

Volkswagen reports progress in research at its US innovation centre in Tennessee. The German carmaker’s developers are working on increasing the range of electric vehicles via material improvement and further developing inductive charging there, among other things. The relevant ...

ALD | LeasePlan targets buying 15,000 plug-in cars

European fleet giant ALD | LeasePlan announces plans to buy 15,000 electric and plug-in hybrid cars over the next three years. The total budget of over half a billion euros is coming in equal parts through ALD and the ...

EU reaches raw materials deal with Chile

The EU has signed a raw materials agreement with Chile. Although the word “lithium” does not appear in the accompanying EU communication, from a European perspective, the deal is likely to be primarily about securing lithium reserves. According to ...

Tata Group to build battery factory in the UK

The Tata Group will build its first battery cell factory outside India in the UK. The British government has now officially confirmed what had already become apparent. At the beginning of February, it was leaked that Tata Motors was ...

Lion Electric raises cash for expansion

North American electric utility vehicle manufacturer Lion Electric has raised 142 dollars to help finance its expansion in Canada and the US. The financing transactions include the issuance of 74 million dollars in senior unsecured convertible debentures to a ...

Fastned opens two charging parks in Switzerland

Fastned has opened its third and fourth fast charging locations in Switzerland in Graubünden. The new locations, Apfelwuhr North and Apfelwuhr South, each have four fast charging points, and are part of 20 new charging parks planned in Switzerland. ...

Dutch e-bike brand VanMoof is bankrupt

VanMoof has been declared insolvent. According to the latest report by The Verge, the court in Amsterdam has withdrawn the so-called suspension of payments order and said the e-bike brand is bankrupt in what appears a rather abrupt manner. ...

Fisker to enter India with limited edition Ocean EV

Fisker will debut in the Indian market with a limited edition of its first electric SUV. The company will release 100 Ocean Extreme Vigyan Edition SUVs and expects to commence deliveries before the year’s end if all works out. ...

Webasto and Danfoss electrify giant drill

Webasto and Danfoss Editron have electrified a giant drill from Dutch manufacturer Dieseko for the first time. The Woltman 90DRe weighs 90 tonnes and can drive piles up to 36 metres long into the ground by drilling or driving. ...

Edmonton International (YEG) to run 100 Mirai hydrogen cars

Toyota Canada has scored a significant deal with Edmonton International Airport (YEG). Passengers arriving in the capital of Alberta province may soon see Mirai hydrogen cars zooming about. The airport ordered 100 FCEVs as part of a more significant ...

Fortum to bring 3,000 charge points to India under Glida brand

The Finnish CPO Fortum Charge & Drive is stepping up in India. The company unveiled a new brand identity geared towards the subcontinent. Glida targets setting up 3,000 charge points across India by 2025 and already has a presence ...

Rimini may buy over a hundred electric buses

Public transit company Start Romagna has launched new tenders totalling bids for 114 electric buses in Rimini, Northern Italy. There are two lots with a combined value of nearly 107 million euros, and applications are open now. Start Romagna ...

Corvus Energy uses Toyota tech for new marine FC system

Energy storage specialist Corvus Energy has unveiled a marine fuel cell system using technology from Toyota. The Corvus Pelican Fuel Cell System uses four Toyota fuel cell modules and can be combined with Corvus batteries. In addition to the ...

Northvolt and Volvo pave the way for cell factory in Gothenburg

The Swedish Land and Environment Court has given Volvo Cars and Northvolt the go-ahead for their joint battery cell factory in Gothenburg, initially announced last year. The joint venture Novo Energy can thus start construction later this year. The ...

VW invests 300 million euros in battery assembly at Seat

Seat will also build a battery assembly plant at its Martorell factory near Barcelona. As the Spanish Volkswagen brand officially announces, an additional 300 million euros will be invested to build said battery assembly plant on an area of ...

GM pauses production of its BrightDrop vans

General Motors is suspending production of its electric BrightDrop cargo van at its plant in Ingersoll, Canada, this month. According to a media report, battery supply problems are to blame. This was reported by the London Free Press, citing ...

Cadillac gears up to launch new electric SUV in China

Cadillac is preparing to launch its next electric model in China. The GM brand has now submitted the registration application for the Optiq e-SUV, which is positioned a class below the only electric car in Cadillac’s China range so ...

Human Horizons launches China distribution of the HiPhi Y

Chinese carmaker Human Horizons has started selling the third and most affordable model of its electric car brand HiPhi in China. The electric SUV HiPhi Y will be available for order in Europe later this year. In China, it ...

Ford F-150 Lightning to be up to $10,000 cheaper

Ford is slashing the price of its F-150 Lightning in the US. Depending on the variant, the electric pickup now costs up to 10,000 dollars less. The new base price for the F-150 Lightning is 49,995 dollars. Ford says ...

Production and deliveries decline slightly for Lucid

The US manufacturer Lucid Motors produced 2,173 electric cars and delivered 1,404 EVs in the second quarter. Thus, production and deliveries were slightly below the first quarter. However, the (lowered) annual target still seems within reach. Already in Q1, ...

Ubitricity wins UK contracts for 560 lantern charging points

Berlin-based charging infrastructure provider Ubitricity has won two new contracts in England for up to 560 additional lantern charging points. The chargers will be installed in the West Berkshire region and the London Borough of Redbridge. West Berkshire is ...

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