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Glasgow-based electric heavy-duty 4WD vehicle manufacturer Munro Vehicles has struck a deal with Wyre, a US electric vehicle sales and leasing specialist. The agreement secures exclusive rights for the sale, leasing and distribution of the Scottish-built EV in the ...

Florida releases $125 m in VW fines to buy electric buses

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is awarding $68 million to purchase 227 electric public transit buses to replace diesel buses in 13 counties across the state. There are further grants given to school districts. The DEP wants ...

GM signs agreement with Posco Chemical for CAM

General Motors has signed a binding off-take agreement for cathode active material (CAM) with Posco Chemical. Under the agreement, which runs from 2023 to 2025, Posco will supply the material from its plant in the South Korean city of ...

Lithuania to install 6,000 charging stations

The Government of Lithuania targets building 6,000 new charging stations for electric vehicles by 2030, starting with 1,200 by 2025. Local media reports that the country’s Ministry of Transport budgeted around 90 million euros. At the same time, free ...

Flashing through 14 European countries in under 24 hours

Two journalists from the British magazine What Car? say they set a new (unofficial) world record by driving a Porsche Taycan through 14 European countries within 24 hours. When the pair started out, Google Maps calculated that they could ...

France preparing 100€/mth EV leasing scheme

The French government is planning to subsidise electric vehicle leasing. Thanks to government support, all-electric vehicles could become available for as little as 100 euros per month. Bloomberg broke the news with reference to a television appearance by Minister ...

ESB launches e-bike sharing pilot in Dublin

Irish energy supplier ESB has launched an e-bike pilot project in Dublin called ESB eBikes. The trial will run for ten months and includes 112 bikes with 14 charging stations in some of Dublin’s busiest commuter locations. ESB also ...

Moving to electric vehicles will dull recessions currently inflated by oil markets

An economic crisis in the making How electric vehicles can slow a recession in its tracks How the Inflation Reduction Act can help Electrek’s Take Can you imagine a future where your daily commute is filled with electric vehicles ...

VW invests 2 billion euros to transform Saltzgitter plant

The Volkswagen Group is investing around two billion euros in the transformation of its Salzgitter site in Germany – from the lead engine plant to the lead cell plant. At the same time, the carmaking giant says it has ...

Honda & LG Energy Solution to build US battery plant

Honda and LG Energy Solution have entered into an agreement to establish a joint venture for the production of batteries in the USA. The batteries will be used in Honda and Acura electric models in the North American market. ...

Electric Vehicles Will Account For Half Of All Cars By 2030

By 2030, the entire car industry will see significant changes. Starting this node, almost all top countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Hainan, China, and China, will stop selling fuel vehicles and switch to electric vehicles. Plus, many top car ...

Mercedes-Benz to offer new EQ models in the USA

In the USA, Mercedes-Benz has announced several new EQ models for the model year 2023. With the addition of the new models, the German carmaker says it is following on from the EQS Sedan with even more all-electric options ...

Toyota-FAW rely on BYD tech for electric car for China

FAW-Toyota, a joint venture between Chinese manufacturer FAW and Japanese carmaker Toyota, plans to launch an all-electric sedan called bZ3 in China. The motors and the battery are to be supplied by BYD. The Chinese Ministry of Industry and ...

Lawrence Hamilton to lead Genesis in Europe

Lawrence Hamilton will become the new European head of Hyundai’s Genesis brand on 1 September. Hamilton takes over from Dominique Boesch, who is leaving the company to pursue new challenges. “With his long-time experience in the auto industry, Lawrence ...

Zeekr first to install CATL’s next-gen Qilin batteries

Zeekr will be the first electric car manufacturer to use CATL’s mass-produced Qilin batteries. The Chinese battery manufacturer and the Geely brand signed a five-year strategic cooperation agreement. The Qilin batteries based on CATL’s third-generation of cell-to-pack (CTP) battery ...

BYD to deliver electric school buses to AVSTA, California

BYD and the Antelope Valley Schools Transportation Agency (AVSTA) plan to bring 20 battery-electric school buses to students in the Antelope Valley. This could help AVSTA to become the first school transport provider in California to operate a complete ...

China targets installing EV charging stations along highways

China’s Ministry of Transport (MOT) wants to boost EV charging along the country’s highways, according to a construction outline seen by the Global Times. The Ministry assumes the new facilities must have the capacity to serve 20 million new ...

First look: The new e-buses for Berlin are arriving at BVG

Berlin’s public transport operator BVG has released information on the incoming new e-buses. The first of 89 Ebusco 2.2 electric buses will join the Berlin fleet this year. Once these arrive in the German capital, the BVG fleet will ...

Renault’s Hippie Caviar Motel targets “glamping” crowd

Renault has announced a purely electric camping van study for the Düsseldorf Caravan Salon starting at the end of August. Called the Hippie Caviar Hotel, the prototype offers a preview of the first purely battery-powered Renault Trafic, which will ...

Panasonic considers another battery plant in the US

Tesla supplier Panasonic is looking to build another battery cell factory in the USA. After the Japanese company confirmed a plant in Kansas in July, media reports suggest Panasonic is looking at a similar facility in Oklahoma. The Wallstreet ...

Xiaomi may build electric cars with BAIC in Beijing

Xiaomi appears in talks with BAIC to collaborate on producing electric vehicles and is exploring options to take a stake in a Hyundai plant, according to media reports. The technology company aims to make electric cars by 2024 but ...

Electric vehicle misconceptions still run rampant, survey shows

A recent survey finds that some hilarious misconceptions still surround EVs. A survey conducted by Leasing Options, which included over 2,000 people from the UK, found that a small minority still hold misconceptions about EVs and their safety. While ...

Highland Electric Fleets coordinates V2G programme with electric school buses

In the USA, Highland Electric Fleets have coordinated a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) programme with technology partners Proterra, Thomas Built Buses, Rhombus and Synop with electric school buses. The programme was conducted in Beverly, Massachusetts, and has provided energy back to ...

Buying an Electric Vehicle? Here’s How to Prepare Your Home

Things to do before buying an electric vehicle Do you get a charger when you buy an electric vehicle? Home charging solutions for your electric car The world of electric vehicles has been changing rapidly over the past few ...

Celgard separators for ABF’s LFP batteries in the US

Separator manufacturer Celgard has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with American Battery Factory (ABF). Celgard will supply 100 per cent of ABF’s demand for separators for LFP battery cells in the US. Celgard and ABF have said they ...

Kia allows sneak peeks of the EV9 to premiere early 2023

Kia has given some insights into the final test programme of the EV9 and announced its world premiere for the first quarter of 2023. Test drives with camouflaged prototypes are currently still taking place in South Korea. Kia announced ...

Audi to join Formula 1 in 2026

Audi will compete in Formula 1 from 2026. As the manufacturer has now officially announced, its own hybrid drive unit is being developed for this purpose at Audi Sport’s Motorsport Competence Centre in Neuburg an der Donau. Around half ...

GAC launches battery subsidiary ‘Lvqingg’

The Chinese car company GAC has announced the foundation of a subsidiary for the industrialisation of its own battery business. The new company, named Lvqingg, will probably focus mainly on LFP batteries and build its own battery factory. The ...

China: Power to the people or to the carmakers?

The current heat wave in China, which marks the worst heatwave since 1961, is now also hampering car production accross the country. After extreme heat and drought led to power outages, the Sichuan province ordered most factories there to ...

Hydrogen fuel cell aircraft – what for and when?

With increasing fuel prices and climate change, the aviation industry is having to look at life after fossil fuels but is facing a particularly tough challenge – passenger aircraft needs to be light and very safe, and what about ...

2022 BMW iX3 vs. 2021 BMW iX3: In Photos [Update]

2021 BMW iX3 reviews BMW iX3 sales BMW iX3 U.S. launch ruled out 2022 BMW iX3 FAQs What is the 2022 BMW iX3 release date? What will be the new BMW iX3 price? Which models are the BMW iX3 ...

Volvo Trucks completes LIGHTS project in the USA

Volvo Trucks North America has announced the culmination of the Volvo LIGHTS project – a three-year project that brought together 14 public and private partners to design and implement a blueprint for the robust support ecosystem necessary to deploy ...

Mercedes kicks off production of the EQS in the USA

Mercedes-Benz has given the go-ahead for the production of the EQS SUV. The SUV offshoot of the all-electric EQS is now being produced at the US plant in Tuscaloosa for the global markets. The Stuttgart company had already started ...

California sets the course for ICE exit

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has now passed the regulation ‘Advanced Clean Cars II’, which defines the path for the ban on internal combustion engine (ICE) cars in the US state from 2035 onwards, which was enacted by ...

Tesla Model Y with RWD now available in Germany

Tesla has added a new basic version with rear-wheel drive to the configurator for the Model Y in Europe. In Germany, the new model variant costs 53,990 euros. It is unclear whether the new variant will come from Grünheide ...

Mazda has sold out of BEVs in the USA

Mazda has announced that its only electric model, the MX-30, is now sold out in the USA. Only 505 units of the BEV model were sold by the Japanese carmaker within ten months of availability there – and all ...

Which electric vehicles are the most expensive to service?

Source: Tesla Electric vehicles are generally cheaper to service than combustion engine cars, but how much does it cost to service an EV – or does it need to be serviced at all? The topic came very much to ...

Chinese EV brand BYD to enter UK market by December 2022

BYD? Who’s that? Tell us more about the BYD’s electric platform Does BYD have any other clever technology? BYD Atto 3 front driving BYD Atto 3 interior BYD e-Platform 3.0 BYD Tang front three quarter ► Already available in ...

Revel, NineDot Energy & Fermata Energy initiate V2G in New York City grid

In the USA, Revel, NineDot Energy and Fermata Energy announced that the first Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) program connected to New York City’s grid is now live at Revel’s Red Hook, Brooklyn warehouse. Revel is an electric mobility and infrastructure company ...

Stagecoach goes for all-electric bus fleets in Perth & Inverness

UK public transport operator Stagecoach has announced plans to introduce the UK’s first all-electric city bus fleets in two Scottish cities in late 2022 and 2023, respectively. The company is investing over 14 million euros in this endeavour. The ...

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