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The Australian express freight company Team Global Express has ordered 36 electric trucks from Volvo Trucks. This is the largest Volvo electric truck order from Australia to date. The 36 battery-electric Volvo FLs are scheduled to hit Sydney’s roads ...

Volvo rehires former Tesla manager as head of R&D

Anders Bell will lead Volvo Cars’ research and development from 16 December 2022. Bell has almost 25 years of experience in the automotive industry: in addition to his many years at Volvo Cars, he most recently worked for Tesla ...

American Battery Factory to build first factory in Arizona

After announcing plans to build a network of LFP battery factories in the USA in March, American Battery Factory (ABF) has now decided on the location of the first of these factories. It will be built with an estimated ...

Envision AESC to build another battery plant in South Carolina

Battery cell manufacturer Envision AESC has officially announced the construction of another factory in the USA. 810 million US dollars will go into the construction of the new plant with a targeted annual capacity of 30 GWh in Florence ...

Mercedes to release S-Class performance PHEV

Following the plug-in hybrid offshoot of the C-Class, Mercedes-AMG is now also using the technology in the S-Class. The corresponding model is called the Mercedes-AMG S 63 E Performance and offers a system output of 590 kW. That is ...

Volvo confirms plans for entry-level EV EX30

Volvo CEO Jim Rowan has confirmed plans for a new entry-level model to journalists. The small all-electric SUV will be called the EX30, as suspected, and is due to launch in 2023. According to Rowan, the EX30 will be ...

Vovlo confirms plans for entry-level EV EX30

Mercedes has opened their first EV showroom in Japan

Mercedes-Benz has opened its first dealership worldwide exclusively for electric cars – in Japan. It was built in Yokohama and offers 1,221 square metres of space for the presentation of up to seven electric cars as well as an ...

VW launches software update for the ID.4 in the USA

Volkswagen of America has started a new update programme for ID.4 software, which is to bring performance improvements and new features. The updates will improve charging and system performance on model year 21, and some model year 22 vehicles. ...

BYD to build vehicle plant in Europe

BYD wants to build electric cars in Europe in the future. According to the Chinese manufacturer, this is to support the rapid market ramp-up on the continent. A quick decision seems likely. As BYD manager Stella Li told Bloomberg, ...

Munro reveals hand-built off-road EV for tough terrain

In Scotland, the Glasgow-based electric heavy-duty 4WD vehicle manufacturer Munro Vehicles has unveiled its first vehicle, the Munro Mk_1. The off-road all-electric 4×4 is built to navigate challenging terrain and operate for up to 16 hours on a single ...

UFODrive expands electric car rental services in the USA

Electric car rental company UFODrive expands further in the USA. Customers in seven major US cities can now rent Teslas and other premium electric vehicles (EVs) online without requiring paperwork, upselling, or keys. After its US launch in San ...

Sao Paulo forbids the purchase of diesel buses

In Brazil, the public transport authority for the city of São Paulo, SPTrans, has just banned bus companies from purchasing new diesel buses. The mega-metropolis in the south of the country has one of the largest bus fleets in ...

DS has presented their Formula E racer for the upcoming season

DS Automobiles has now unveiled its new race car for the upcoming Formula E season. At the wheel of the new DS E-Tense FE23 will be current world champion Stoffel Vandoorne and Jean-Eric Vergne, the only double champion in ...

Solid Power CEO Douglas Campbell to leave the company

Solid Power, the US solid-state battery specialist backed by Ford and BMW, among others, is looking for a new CEO. As the company announced, Douglas Campbell will retire from his functions as CEO and as a member of the ...

Commercial Vehicle Charging Europe now called Milence

Commercial Vehicle Charging Europe, the joint venture founded by Daimler Truck, the Traton Group and the Volvo Group to build a high-performance charging network for heavy trucks and coaches in Europe, has now started its business activities under the ...

H2FLY to lead HEAVEN hydrogen aviation project

The German company H2FLY, which specialises in the development of hydrogen fuel cell systems for aircraft, is taking over project management in the HEAVEN project. The project will test the first passenger aircraft flying on liquid hydrogen (LH2) in ...

Ford & SK kick off battery campus construction in Kentucky

BlueOval SK, the battery joint venture between Ford and SK On established in July 2022, has begun construction of its electric car battery production campus in the US state of Kentucky. Two battery factories with annual capacities of 43 ...

GM considers taking Corvette fully electric

General Motors is reportedly planning to establish the Corvette sports car series as an electric car subsidiary and to expand the model range. According to a media report, a four-door coupé and a high-performance crossover are planned in addition ...

Cupra to build the Tavascan in China for global markets

Cupra will produce the all-electric Tavascan in China and export it from there to sales markets such as Europe. However, with production in China for world markets, the Tavascan is likely to remain a one-off within the VW Group. ...

Mercedes to boost electric drive production capacities in Untertürkheim

Mercedes-Benz wants to double its production capacities for electric drives at the Untertürkheim plant. Previously, up to 500,000 units per year were to be produced there, but now the Stuttgart company is aiming for output in the order of ...

Electric car batteries: everything you need to know

What kind of batteries do electric cars use? Electric car battery capacity How long do batteries in electric cars last? Longevity, reliability and warranties Why are electric car batteries so expensive? Who owns the battery in an electric car? ...

BrightDrop begins manufacturing electric transporter vans in Canada

The General Motors brand BrightDrop now also produces electric vans in Canada. Following the conversion of the plant in Ingersoll, the Zevo 600 will be produced there with immediate effect and the Zevo 400 from the end of 2023. ...

What Are Heat Pumps, and Are They Necessary for Electric Vehicles (EVs) Driving in Cold Weather?

What is an EV heat pump? How will it improve your EV? Does your EV need a heat pump? It appears that some people may be putting the brakes on buying an electric vehicle (EV) due to cold temperatures. ...

What is the life expectancy of an electric vehicle battery?

The very nature of Lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) means that they have a lifespan and will eventually no longer hold charge. The question has been levelled around how long that time frame is. The results are rather surprising. South Africa is ...

BorgWarner acquires Swiss engineering firm DriveTek

The US automotive supplier BorgWarner has acquired DriveTek AG as of 1 December 2022. The Swiss company offers engineering and product development services for inverters, electric drive solutions, and power electronics. The transaction is worth CHF 35 million. DriveTek’s ...

Canoo delivers LTV to US Army

Canoo has delivered its new Light Tactical Vehicle (LTV) to the United States Army for Analysis & Demonstration in fulfilment of a contract awarded in July 2022. The LTV is engineered for extreme environments and can be converted from ...

Opel issues global recall for the Corsa

Opel is recalling 16,605 units of its Corsa small car worldwide due to a software error, causing prescribed compliance test bench measurements with the exhaust emission regulations to not be able to be carried out. Curiously, the recall also ...

Stellantis tells US dealers to get ready to sell EVs

Stellantis is introducing EV certification for its US dealers and wants outlets to be ready by 2024, when many of the first all-electric vehicles become available to US customers. Stellantis plans to roll out 25 EVs in North America ...

BayBatt opens new battery R&D laboratory

The Bavarian Centre for Battery Technology (BayBatt) at the University of Bayreuth has celebrated the inauguration of its new premises. Covering an area of around 7,000 square metres, the building offers plenty of space for researching and developing batteries ...

Ultium Cells to expand battery factory in Spring Hill

Ultium Cells, the battery cell joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution, is investing further money in its second plant in Spring Hill in the US state of Tennessee even before the start of operations in order ...

Geneva: Hess receives another all-Swiss order

The Swiss bus manufacturer Hess has placed the winning bid in a tender for Geneva’s public transport company TPG (Transports Publics Genevois). TPG now commissioned Hess to deliver 119 extra-long and tram-like electric buses. TPG expects 65 articulated and ...

Evergrande NEV suspends production due to lack of orders

Evergrande New Energy Vehicle, the electric car division of the Chinese real estate group Evergrande, has apparently suspended series production of its only model, the Hengchi 5, due to a lack of new orders. This is according to a ...

Bologna aims to deploy one of Europe’s largest H2 bus fleets

The Italian city of Bologna and public transit operators TPER and Srm are launching one of Europe’s largest fuel cell bus projects worth 90 million euros. The first 34 buses shall enter service in 2024, with the remaining 93 ...

BMW prepares for drive production in Steyr

BMW has launched preparations to produce the next generation of electric drive systems at its engine plant in Steyr from 2025. In concrete terms, BMW has begun to set the course in terms of personnel and organisation. Meanwhile in ...

Deutsche Post DHL orders 2,000 Ford electric vans

Ford Pro will equip Deutsche Post DHL Group with more than 2,000 electric delivery vans worldwide by the end of 2023. The German Group will use the new vans for last-mile logistics in various countries, including the UK. Deutsche ...

Irish Rail puts extra electric trains for DART+ on order with Alstom

Alstom has received a further order from Irish Rail, locally known as Iarnród Éireann (IE), for 18 more battery-electric trains under an existing framework agreement. It allows for procuring up to 750 electric rail cars for the new regional ...

Volkswagen is rethinking their upcoming flagship model ‘Trinity’

The new VW Group CEO Oliver Blume and Brand CEO Thomas Schäfer continue to readjust the plans of their predecessors. According to a media report, the design draft for the new electric flagship Trinity has fallen through – the ...

Volvo is updating the drive systems of the XC40 and C40

Volvo has extensively revised the drive systems of its electric models XC40 and C40. In the all-wheel drive models, an asynchronous motor replaces the previously used permanent synchronous motor on the front axle. The new motor layout of the ...

Interview with Mobilize CEO Clotilde Delbos: “The car becomes a revenue platform”

Mobilize to offer software-defined vehicles Diversified mobility services and continued revenue by refurbishing vehicles Second-life batteries and the cooperation with Betteries Mobilize HPC charging network in Europe Vehicle-to-Grid and Vehicle-to-X applications Mobilize is a new brand of Renault Group ...

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