Electric Vehicle

The Norwegian electric car association Elbil has provided their more than 110,000 members with a charging card and app called Ladeklubben. With access to 300,000 charging points, Ladeklubben is one of the largest EMPs (e-mobility providers). While among European ...

Ireland orders up to 800 Wrightbus electric buses

The National Transport Authority (NTA) of Ireland has entered into a framework agreement with Wrightbus for the supply of up to 800 battery-electric double-decker buses over a five-year period. Under this agreement, 120 StreetDeck Electroliners have already been placed ...

ONE and BMW announce iX planned with almost 1,000 km range

US battery start-up Our Next Energy (ONE) has signed an agreement with BMW to integrate its Gemini battery technology into a BMW iX. The vehicle prototype is to be completed by the end of this year – and will ...

QuantumScape Head of Production Mikolajczak leaves the company

Solid-state battery specialist and Volkswagen partner QuantumScape is losing its previous head of production Celina Mikolajczak, who has previously worked for Tesla and Panasonic. Her duties will be taken over by QuantumScape CEO Jagdeep Singh. Mikolajczak resigned from her ...

CharIN shows megawatt charging system for heavy EVs

The CCS initiative CharIN has demonstrated the Megawatt Charging System (MCS) for the first time at the Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS35) in Oslo. This is to become a future charging standard for heavy commercial vehicles. The prototype design of ...

VinFast prepares to set up shop in Europe

The Vietnamese electric car manufacturer VinFast has announced the opening of more than 50 stores in Germany, France and the Netherlands. Specifically, more than 25 VinFast stores are to be built in Germany, 20 in France and five in ...

LG Energy Solution to build 4680 cells in Ochang

LG Energy Solution has announced the construction of a new production line at its Ochang plant in South Korea for 4680 round cells. The line is expected to have an annual production capacity of 9 GWh – and apparently ...

Electric car makers write open letter to US Congress

The CEOs of General Motors, Ford, Stellantis and Toyota Motor North America are urging the U.S. Congress to lift the federal government’s cap on the number of vehicles that are eligible for a tax credit of up to $7,500 ...

Hyzon is taking over Orten from Germany

The US manufacturer of fuel cell commercial vehicles Hyzon Motors is acquiring the German company Orten, including conversion specialist Orten Electric Trucks. The purchase brings three production facilities and a team of over 80 employees under the Hyzon umbrella. ...

The British government has stopped subsidizing new electric cars

The British government is ending its subsidy programme for electric cars with immediate effect. The sudden move only affects newly purchased electric cars. Subsidies for electric vans, electric taxis and electric motorbikes are to continue. All existing applications for ...

UK Government scraps Plug-in Car Grant

Plug-in Car Grant: background and how it’s fallen from £5000 per EV to nothing Which cars qualified for the Plug-in Car Grant subsidy before its withdrawal? Electric car grants: how they work BMW i3 – qualifies for the Plug-in ...

Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: 50 MPH Chinese electric ‘motorbike’ for $600

The wonderful thing about Alibaba is that you can find just about any type of vehicle under the sun, especially electric vehicles. Want to explore the seas? Have an electric boat. Want an entire backyard train set to drive ...

What’s the best electric vehicle for sleeping in?

Electric You’ll spend so much time sitting around in your EV – why not get an Ioniq 5 and have a snooze? Usually when a carmaker launches a new car it will make a big fuss about how amazingly it ...

Off-Road Mustang? Should a Mach-E Badlands or Timberline be Ford’s Next Electric Vehicle?

Off-Road DNA A Simple Formula Will it Happen? Medium As more and more battery electric vehicles, mainly CUVs and crossovers, hit the market, we’ve increasingly seen automakers work to differentiate these EVs by giving them unique personalities and capabilities. ...

Lorraine Complains: Electric vehicles' heavy cost to road safety

We need to talk about what moving from traditional ICE vehicles to EVs will mean for vulnerable road users — and even other drivers. There’s a one-two punch in the offing, and we’re not talking about it enough. jQuery(function(){ if ...

Arena del Futuro circuit charges EVs as they drive

Stellantis and its project partners, after months of testing at the “Arena del Futuro” circuit, have demonstrated the capability of Dynamic Wireless Power transfer (DWPT) technology to wirelessly recharge electric vehicles (EVs) as they travel over specially equipped road ...

SVOLT to build industrial battery park in Dazhou

Battery cell manufacturer SVOLT is planning to build a new industrial park in the city of Dazhou in China’s Sichuan province. According to an agreement signed with the city, almost the entire production chain for LFP batteries will be ...

Ford F-150 Lightning comes well adapted to Tesla cars

Ford’s F-150 Lightning EV now include charging adapters that can charge a Tesla should it require on-road assistance. Ford CEO Jim Farley on Twitter dismissed any suggestions that they were “trolling” Musk or Tesla owners. Instead, he says the ...

Stellantis & Iveco confirm successful inductive charging tests

On the “Arena del Futuro”, a test track for inductive charging while driving, Stellantis, Iveco and the other project partners have made important progress. Based on the initial results, Stellantis says DWPT (Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer) technology has the ...

Schaeffler introduces 4-1 electric axle drive

Automotive supplier Schaeffler presented a range of electric drive solutions at the Electric Vehicle Symposium in Oslo. Among them is the 4in1 electric axle drive, which is still under development and which Schaeffler describes as its most comprehensive drive ...

Power Storage Applications For Your Electric Vehicle

Power Storage Devices For Electric Vehicles: Lead Acid Battery Lithium-Ion Batteries The preservation and storage of power for later use is an important growing trend in today’s world. Solar power, hydroelectric, and other forms are entering the sustainable energy ...

Nio manages to contain Q1 financial expenditures

The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio has presented its business figures for the first quarter of 2022. Nio was able to increase deliveries and consequently sales, but is still in the red. Nio delivered 25,768 electric cars in the ...

Honda creates Striemo venture for micro-mobility

Honda announces a dedicated micro-mobility business called Striemo Inc. The new venture has already designed the first product, a three-wheeled scooter of the same name. The kickscooter features a special balance assist mechanism for more stable riding. Honda says ...

BMW considers marketing electric Mini from China in the USA

The electric Mini planned together with Great Wall could also be exported to the US market, according to a media report. According to previous plans, the cars were to be sold primarily in China. fter a non-public presentation of ...

Nikola Tre gets green light for incentives across New York State

Nikola Motor announced that its Tre battery-electric truck has been deemed eligible for the New York Truck Voucher Incentive Program. The NYTVIP provides impressive financing to those who purchase or lease medium- and heavy-duty battery electric vehicles. With this ...

CATL looking to gain billions by floating new shares

China’s battery giant CATL is looking to collect billions on the stock market. According to Bloomberg News, the company has kicked off a private placement that could raise about 45 billion yuan ($6.7Bn; €6.4Bn). The fresh capital is to ...

Electric bendy buses by BYD are en route to Iberia

BYD announces its first order for 18-meter-long electric buses on the Iberian Peninsula. The public transport operator Moventis has ordered four articulated e-buses from BYD and expects delivery at the end of 2022. The new customer will deploy the ...

Netherlands already exhausted 2022 EV subsidy pot

In the Netherlands, the budget for government subsidies for new electric cars has been exhausted for this year. The government had set aside 71 million euros for this purpose – enough for 22,000 electric cars, which were subsidised with ...

DKV Mobility integrates 285k charge points in the app

DKV Mobility, a B2B platform for on-the-road payments, now offers access to around 285,000 public and semi-public charge points across Europe. They integrated all charge points into the company app that many drivers know from fuel card services. Concerning ...

CEO to set out Ferrari's route into electric vehicle era

MILAN: Nine months after taking the top job, Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna will be expected this week to explain how the carmaker will preserve its cachet — and top tier prices — in a future of electrified cars. The ...

GM & Lockheed confirm lunar BEV model series

Following last year’s NASA contract with General Motors and Lockheed Martin to develop the next generation of EVs for future lunar missions, there is now an update: both companies have now announced that they plan to produce a series ...

Polestar begins delivering electric vehicles to Hertz

Polestar has begun delivering new Polestar 2 electric cars to Hertz, as part of the agreement announced in April 2022, under which Polestar will supply the rental company with 65,000 cars over the next five years. The partnership between ...

Vigna To Set Out Ferrari's Route Into Electric Vehicle Era

Nine months after taking the top job, Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna will be expected this week to explain how the carmaker will preserve its cachet – and top tier prices – in a future of electrified cars. The Italian ...

Ford teams up with dealers to train next generation of auto technicians to service ICE and electric vehicles

Dealers are lining up to partner with Ford to mentor students interested in a career as a highly trained automotive technician

VW resumes three shift operations in Zwickau

Volkswagen resumed three-shift operations at its MEB plant in Zwickau on Monday. With the start of the Ukraine war, production had been interrupted for around three weeks in March due to disrupted supply chains before restarting on a reduced ...

Can Driving an Electric Vehicle Reduce Your Anxiety?

The study shows that hybrid and electric car owners feel less stressed What is DS Automobiles? How to destress while driving According to D.S. Automobile’s study, driving an electric vehicle can reduce your anxiety compared to driving a gas-powered ...

SamTrans purchases 30 zero-emission buses

The San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans), a public transport agency in and around San Mateo, California, will replace 30 diesel buses with 20 battery-electric buses and 10 hydrogen-fuel cell electric buses. The purchases award a $13.9 million contract ...

Canada Post to electrify entire fleet by 2040

Canada Post has announced plans to convert its fleet of nearly 14,000 vehicles to all-electric vehicles by 2040. Already by 2030, at least half of the fleet should be electric. Canada Post has said it is currently testing a ...

Vitesco reveals motor with coils, not a magnet

Vitesco Technologies has announced it will be presenting several innovations for vehicle electrification at the 35th International Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS) in Oslo from 11 to 15 June. Among these is a separately excited synchronous electric motor that is ...

Qiantu Motor reveals slim electric car model

The Chinese car brand Qiantu Motor is back with an affordable compact electric car. The Qiantu K20 has now gone on pre-sale in China at prices between 86,800 and 149,800 yuan (the equivalent of around 12,200 – 21,100 euros ...

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