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Vinfast EV cars are seen during a car shipment to the US in Haiphong today. — Reuters HAI PHONG: Vietnam’s electric vehicle maker VinFast said today it had shipped its first batch of 999 cars to the United States, ...

WeLion completed its first semi-solid-state battery cell

WeLion says it has produced the first semi-solid-state battery cell at its battery factory in Huzhou in East China’s Zhejiang province. The cells are to be used in Nio’s future 150 kWh pack. It is therefore hardly surprising that ...

VinFast completes first EV delivery to the USA

Vietnamese electric car manufacturer VinFast has started exporting its electric cars. The first batch of 999 VF 8s was shipped to the USA, where they are to be delivered this year. The first VF 9s will then follow in ...

Botree Cycling to build plant in Germany

The Chinese company Botree Cycling is planning to build a recycling plant for electric vehicle batteries and an education and training centre for battery recycling specialists in Guben, Brandenburg. Another industry player is also setting up shop in Guben. ...

Mercedes launches upgrade via subscription

Mercedes-Benz will soon offer customers of its electric models in the USA a power upgrade by subscription. Customers who pay $1,200 annually will receive up to 24 per cent more power and can improve their car’s sprint time by ...

Hyundai Mobis to build factory in the USA

Hyundai Mobis, a South Korean automotive supplier belonging to the Hyundai Motor Group, is investing 926 million US dollars in a plant for electric vehicle components in Bryan County in the US state of Georgia. This is the very ...

This is the Tesla Model S Shooting Brake, except it’s not made by Tesla!

The undying love for station wagons and shooting brakes in Europe doesn’t represent enough sales volume for Tesla to be interested. As the company does not design regional passenger models, it’s certain that anything of that sort will not appear ...

H3Dynamics presents decentralised H2 aviation solution

H3Dynamics from Toulouse, France, has presented a decentralised hydrogen propulsion solution for aviation. The company’s concept relies on housing hydrogen and smaller fuel cells in a series of so-called propulsion nacelles under the wings, initially for drone use. The ...

Only 1 Automaker Has 5 Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs)

This is what a PHEV is 1. 2023 Volvo XC60 Recharge Plug-in Hybrid 2. 2023 Volvo XC90 Recharge Plug-In Hybrid 3. 2023 Volvo S60 Recharge Plug-In Hybrid 4. 2023 Volvo S90 Recharge Plug-In Hybrid 5. 2023 Volvo V60 Recharge ...

California invests $2.6 billion in decarbonising transport

In the USA, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has approved a $2.6 billion investment plan for the state’s transition to zero-emission transportation. The projects that have been supported range from incentives for cleaner trucks and buses and mobility ...

Roland Berger: Automotive Disruption Radar: Electric vehicle boom undeterred by economic downturn

Share of electric vehicle sales in ADR countries rises to 13.2 percent

Keolis e-bus order extensions in Denmark & the Netherlands

The public transport operator Keolis has received two contract extensions in Denmark and the Netherlands, involving the deployment of a total of 24 new electric buses. It is still open which models Keolis will order for the two fleets. ...

Polish city of Lodz orders 8 articulated Solaris electric buses

Poland’s fourth largest city, Lodz, has ordered eight electric buses from Solaris, including the necessary charging infrastructure. The eight Urbino 18 Electric articulated buses will hit the city’s streets in the second half of 2023. The vehicles ordered are ...

Siemens to provide electric car charging in Saudi Arabia

Siemens has received an order to supply charging stations for electric vehicles for Electromin’s planned charging network in Saudi Arabia. This includes the ultra-fast Sicharge D chargers that use direct current and the smart VersiCharge AC wall or pole ...

Recharge to enable card payments for Nordic charging stations

In the Nordics, Recharge will be the first major operator to integrate card payment terminals at its charging stations. The launch will take place in Norway in 2023. The Norwegian parliament is also currently debating the introduction of corresponding ...

Apollo presents specially developed all-season EV tyre

Apollo Tyres has launched the Vredestein Quatrac Pro EV, an all-season tyre specially developed for electric and hybrid vehicles. It is said to be characterised above all by a significantly lower rolling resistance and better driving comfort with a ...

BYD to build 20 GWh battery plant in China

BYD is further expanding its battery production capacities in China with a new plant in Wenzhou in Zhejiang province. The new factory will have an annual capacity of 20 gigawatt-hours and is scheduled to start production in 2024. The ...

H3Dynamics persents decentralized H2 aviation solution

H3 Dynamics from Toulouse, France, has presented a decentralised hydrogen propulsion solution for aviation. The company’s concept relies on housing hydrogen and smaller fuel cells in a series of so-called propulsion nacelles under the wings, initially for drone use. ...

Caterpillar presents massive electric dump truck

Construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar has completed the development of the prototype of its first large battery-electric 793 dump truck. With a prototype ready to go, Caterpillar demonstrated the new model to customers on a seven-kilometre track. These customers, who ...

Philippines drops import duties for electric vehicles

In order to boost demand for electric vehicles in the face of high fuel costs, the Philippines has abolished import duties on electric vehicles. The scheme will apply not only to cars, but also buses, delivery scales, trucks, motorbikes ...

Faraday postpones FF 91 production kickoff once again

The Californian electric car start-up Faraday Future has still not been able to raise the necessary capital to start production of its debut model FF 91, which was already postponed in July, this year. According to Reuters, the company, ...

Renault’s heavy electric trucks are now available to order

Renault Trucks is showing the design of its two all-electric heavy-duty trucks, the E-Tech T and E-Tech C, and has opened reservations for both models. Announced in March with initial technical specifications, the electric truck models will roll off ...

GM to launch EV offensive in China by 2025

General Motors has announced the launch of more than 15 electric models based on its Ultium platform in China by 2025. Following the already available Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV, GM is planning a broad range of Ultium-based models across ...

Tesla finds a maintenance partner in General motors

General Motors has a “new business” servicing Tesla electric vehicles at its dealerships. Since 2021, GM claims that its dealers have fixed over 11,000 Tesla EVs in the US. This apparently benefits both sides: General Motors gets a stream ...

Mathew Qui becomes new Aiways CEO

The Chinese electric car manufacturer Aiways has made changes to key management positions. Matthew Qiu, the current Chief Production Officer, will become the new CEO of Aiways, replacing Charlie (Yang) Zhang in this role. In turn, Charlie Zhang is ...

London’s Hounslow Borough expand charging infrastructure

In London, the Borough of Hounslow will expand its electric vehicle charging infrastructure in a series of stages by 2026. Houndslow Council decided to install 2,000 new EV charging points by 2026. The charging infrastructure rollout is part of ...

Tesla reduces Supercharger tariffs in Europe

According to user reports, Tesla has significantly reduced the tariffs at its Superchargers in Germany and other European countries. The new tariffs are said to be around 15 cents per kilowatt hour lower than the previous price. As the ...

More Compleo chargers & service for Apcoa Parking UK

Apcoa Parking UK has signed a multi-million-pound contract with Compleo UK to supply Apcoa Parking with charging stations. As part of the existing collaboration, Compleo UK will supply a further 1,000 AC charging stations by the end of 2024. ...

EVR partners with EKA for commercial EVs in India

Israeli startup EVR Motors has partnered with India’s EKA Mobility to design small, lightweight electric motors for their e-buses and Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) in India. The new commercial agreement stipulates that EVR will design and develop electric motors ...

Hyperion Motors presents 1.5 MW fuel cell hypercar

The Californian start-up Hyperion Motors has presented a hydrogen-electric supercar at the Los Angeles Auto Show. On paper, the XP-1 offers enormous driving performance and an outstanding range. The company also presented the required infrastructure solution. Powered by four ...

Redwood launches recycling cooperation with Lyft

Recycling startup Redwood Materials, founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, has entered into another collaboration. US ride broker and sharing provider Lyft will work with Redwood Materials to recycle end-of-life batteries from its e-bike and electric scooter-sharing fleets. ...

Insolvent Moove GmbH reorganizes into Cubonic

After the Aachen-based Moove GmbH (formerly e.Go Moove GmbH) recently filed for insolvency, the provisional insolvency administrator Dirk Wegener succeeded in presenting a viable reorganisation concept for the company, which specialises in electric shuttles, to the competent Aachen District ...

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