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Siemens is launching the e-Line OnBoard series, a particularly quiet charging pantograph for electric buses, suitable for charging powers of up to 600 kW. The pantograph charger can be used for occasional charging for a short time with high ...

Volkswagen wants to use dry coating in large-scale production

Volkswagen is aiming to bring a new production process for electric car batteries into large-scale production. A dry coating is to reduce the energy consumption in the production of battery cells by 30 per cent and lower the costs ...

E1 racing series to premiere in January 2024

The E1 racing series for electrically powered racing boats initiated by Formula E founder Alejandro Agag will start its premiere season in January 2024, about a year later than last announced. Jeddah in Saudi Arabia has now been set ...

VW, Stellantis & Glencore invest in Brazilian mines

Volkswagen, Stellantis and the mining company Glencore support the purchase of two mines for battery raw materials in Brazil by the financial company ACG. The latter wants to buy a nickel sulphide and a copper mine for one billion ...

EcoG to present V2G technology in Munich

In Germany, the Munich-based e-mobility start-up EcoG will present its standard-compliant technology for bi-directional charging with its cooperation partner Infineon at the Power2Drive industry trade fair in Munich this week. EcoG is offering a solution tested with vehicle manufacturers ...

Trucksters to electrify long-distance logistics from Spain

Spanish transport company Trucksters has closed a €33 million Series B funding round and announced plans to electrify parts of its long-distance freight transport service. The new investors include Continental, Volvo and the European Investment Bank. Trucksters offers long-distance ...

German online supermarket orders 1,000 electric vans

In Germany, the online supermarket Flaschenpost has purchased 1,000 new electric vehicles. The aim is to complete around half of all deliveries with electric vehicles by the end of the year. The new delivery vehicles will come from various ...

Nio remains in the red over Q1 of 2023

Nio has presented its balance sheet for the first quarter of 2023. The Chinese electric car manufacturer delivered 31,041 vehicles between January and March and also announced that it would reduce the base prices for all its models in ...

Kore Power scores financial support from Washington

The US battery developer Kore Power has received a conditional commitment for a loan of 850 million US dollars from the US Department of Energy. The loan is intended to support the domestic production of battery cells for electric ...

Lucid Motors to launch in China with Zhu Jiang

Lucid Motors is making moves to enter the Chinese market. The US electric car manufacturer has hired Zhu Jiang to head its business in China. Zhu Jiang previously worked for Nio, Ford and Jidu Motor, the electric car division ...

BYD & Huaihai planning Na-ion battery factory in China

BYD is going to set up a production facility for sodium-ion batteries in China. In cooperation with the Huaihai Holding Group, BYD wants to become the world’s largest supplier of sodium battery systems for small electric vehicles. BYD’s battery ...

Fisker is bringing the Ocean to China

Fisker has presented its plans for the Chinese market. A delivery centre is to be opened this year and deliveries of the Fisker Ocean are to begin in China in the first quarter of 2024. Fisker also announced plans ...

Trailer Dynamics & Mars Logistics to deploy 500 eTrailers

In Europe, Mars Logistics has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Trailer Dynamics to reserve and deploy 500 eTrailers for fully zero-emission routes from Turkey to Germany. The use of eTrailers enables intermodal transport between trains and trucks on ...

VoltAero receives financial support from France

The French government is supporting the domestic hybrid aircraft developer VoltAero with a grant of 5.6 million euros. The money is to go towards the development of the Cassio 330 hybrid aircraft. VoltAero is planning three variants: The five-seat ...

eCitaro fuel cell buses to grace hilly Italian roads

The Mercedes-Benz eCitaro hydrogen fuel cell electric bus will be used in northern Italy from the end of this year. The public transport operator SASA has ordered nine examples of the 18-metre-long articulated version of the electric bus with ...

Wrightbus financed to pump up exports

A guarantee from UK Export Finance (UKEF) has provided Northern Ireland-based bus manufacturer Wrightbus with £50 million in financing to support its export strategy. The Export Development Guarantee sees the UK’s export credit agency guarantee 80 per cent of ...

Toyota invests $50m in US battery lab

In the USA, Toyota is investing almost 50 million US dollars in a new battery laboratory. This will be built at the research and development headquarters in York Township and will go into operation in 2025. The investment illustrates ...

Seoul places massive FC bus order with Hyundai

South Korea’s capital Seoul wants to replace a total of 1,300 existing buses with new fuel-cell buses from Hyundai by 2026. This was agreed upon by Hyundai Motor, the Seoul city government, the South Korean Ministry of the Environment ...

Ontario funds Li-Metal to develop lithium metal production technology

Li-Metal, a Canadian developer of lithium metal and lithium metal anode technologies for next-generation batteries, has been awarded over CAD$1.4 million (approx 975,000 euros) from the Government of Ontario to develop and commercialise its lithium metal production technology. The ...

London to install 80 new rapid chargers

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced that more than 80 new rapid charging points are to be delivered across the capital. Before launching the initiative, TfL will be inviting bids from suppliers for two delivery contracts which include ...

EVBox opens the order books for 400 kW charger

EVBox has presented its currently most powerful charging station: The EVBox Troniq High Power can deliver up to 400 kW of power. It has a scalable architecture with up to ten 40 kW power modules and is available with ...

NEV registrations continue to rise in China over May

Sales of electric cars and plug-in hybrids in China increased again in May. Around 717,000 of the so-called New Energy Vehicles (NEV) were sold, according to data published by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). As reported, 636,000 ...

Porsche reveals Mission X study

Porche has revealed Mission X, a study of an all-electric hypercar, to mark the company’s 75th anniversary. Statements from Porsche on the possible road approval of the model suggest the two-seater with gullwing doors is likely to be more ...

ID. Buzz headed to the tuners

The German vehicle tuner Irmscher also modifies the electric VW ID. Buzz. Now the electric van can be completely revamped by the Remshalden-based company, turning it into a more leisurely version of the electric van. The Irmscher conversion includes ...

General Motors to use Tesla charging standard from 2025

From 2025, General Motors will rely on Tesla’s charging port in the USA and Canada – exclusively. GM wants to provide adapters so that all cars equipped with the North American Charging Standard (NACS) can also charge at CCS ...

US DoE invests in lithium battery recycling programmes

The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office has announced a funding pot of $2 million for the recycling and reuse of Lithium-ion battery programmes, administered through the ReCell Center located at Argonne National Laboratory. Through ...

2023 Global Public Transport Summit highlights electric buses

In urban transportation, electric buses are no longer a rarity. The Global Public Transport Summit (GPTS), the meeting of the international public transport scene, is expected to boost the industry further because there has never been so much “E” ...

Oslo opts for new charge point manager in Czech ChargeUp

The Climate Agency of Oslo has selected the Czech company ChargeUp to supply a control system for the city’s charging network. ChargeUp will remotely manage and monitor more than 2,300 public charging points in Oslo and all future charging ...

TotalEnergies to install 500 charging points in Berlin

French oil and gas corporation TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with the city of Berlin to install up to 500 public AC charge points with a capacity of 11 kW over the next three years. Under the deal, the ...

Ascend Elements announces major battery material order

The US company Ascend Elements, which specialises in sustainable battery materials, reports a major order worth up to $5 billion. The order is worth around $1 billion and will deliveries are expected to start at the end of the ...

Schneider National completes charging depot to power e-truck fleet

US logistics company Schneider National has announced the completion of a huge charging depot at its South El Monte Intermodal Operations Center in Southern California. The facility will support Schneider’s nearly 100 zero-emission trucks currently on order with Freightliner. ...

Livista announces plans for lithium refinery in Germany

The Luxembourg-based company Livista Energy Europe is planning a lithium refinery in Germany. This is to go into operation in 2026 and produce up to 40,000 tonnes of battery-grade lithium products per year – enough for the batteries of ...

Hurtigruten Norway introduces electric cruise ship

The Norwegian shipping company Hurtigruten Norway has presented plans for an emission-free cruise ship. It is to become the most energy-efficient cruise ship in the world. The first ship is scheduled to set sail in 2030. The electric cruise ...

Deutsche Bahn receives funding for 250 zero-emission buses

Deutsche Bahn, the German railway company, is on track to replace its fleet of diesel buses with electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles. The first new buses have been ordered and will complement the existing electric bus fleets in several states. ...

Silence kicks off production of the compact SO4

The Spanish electric scooter manufacturer Silence has started production of its first four-wheeled electric vehicle. The two-seater Silence S04, which will be presented in autumn 2021, is now being manufactured in a new plant of the parent company Acciona ...

Germany may abandon target for public infrastructure rollout

In a surprise move, the German government appears to have scrapped its target of establishing one million charging points by 2030, at least internally. News agencies quote insiders familiar with the matter, revealing that the goal is no longer ...

Mercedes to source ‘green’ steel from Sweden

Mercedes-Benz has signed a supply contract with the Swedish start-up H2 Green Steel (H2GS) for around 50,000 tonnes of virtually CO2-free steel per year for its European press plants. The steel is to be used in various series models ...

Volvo takes select PHEVs off the UK market

Volvo has taken several plug-in hybrid variants of some of its most popular models off the market in the UK as part of a major cull. The Swedish brand announced that it will affect PHEV variants of its XC40 ...

AESC kicks off construction of battery plant in South Carolina

Battery cell manufacturer AESC (formerly Envision AESC) has begun construction of its new factory in the US state of South Carolina, which will supply BMW with cylindrical cells in the future. Announced in December 2022, the production facility in ...

AESC breaks ground South Carolina plant to supply BMW

Japan-headquartered battery maker AESC broke ground on its plant in South Carolina, USA, on June 7. The facility, expected to become fully operational in 2026, will support BMW EVs made in the same state. According to AESC, the battery ...

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