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Wholesaler Metro has opted for electric trucks from Sweden’s Volta to join the fleet in Germany in 2023. Five 16-tonne Volta Zero vehicles are scheduled to arrive later this year to be deployed at four Metro locations. The first ...

KEMA Labs: New Tests for Improved EVs Affordability

EVs sector is growing fast and there are many ongoing initiatives focus on various areas such as developing vehicles with efficient, lightweight batteries capable of exchanging energy with electrical grids; establishing a widespread charging infrastructure with easy access (smart ...

Project REVAMP looks at battery assessment for utility vehicles

In the REVAMP project, a consortium of nine partners wants to create a process to automatically assess the condition of used commercial vehicle batteries. This should make it possible to remanufacture batteries economically. REVAMP stands for “Remanufacturing of variant ...

A Casual Visit To The Nürburgring

Saturday morning, 6:00am. I’m making coffee in my Rubystone Porsche cup, preparing for a 100km drive to a village in the middle of Eifel, Germany. The destination? Nürburgring. The event? None. No races, no shows, just a casual visit to ...

VW opens German pre-order books for the Touareg R eHybrid

VW has started the pre-sales of the new Touareg R eHybrid in Germany. According to VW, the hybrid SUV features the most powerful drive of all series models by the company so far. Prices in Germany start from €93,870. ...

Hamburg & Rotterdam airports sign hydrogen cooperation

Hamburg and Rotterdam The Hague airports are cooperating to explore the feasibility of a flight route for hydrogen-powered aircraft between Hamburg and Rotterdam. The MoU also includes cooperation on the development of a hydrogen infrastructure. The cooperation assumes 2026 ...

Bavaria promotes battery development at MAN

MAN has received four funding decisions from the Bavarian government worth almost €25 million. The sum is part of a technology funding programme to further develop high-voltage batteries for electric trucks and buses. According to MAN, four of five ...

Smart to release all-wheel variant of the #01

Smart has announced another variant of its Smart #1 electric model. The #1 Pulse is planned to hit German roads in 2023. Orders can be placed now at prices starting at 46,490 euros. Other European markets will follow soon. ...

Tesla considers acquiring German wireless charging startup

Tesla is said to be interested in buying a German specialist for inductive charging technology. According to a media report, the company in question is Wiferion from Freiburg. Apparently, the deal is already close to being finalised. As the ...

Kostal take over of Compleo clears next hurdles

In Germany, the Dortmund District Court has confirmed the insolvency plan from charging infrastructure manufacturer Compleo Charging Solutions. All creditor groups have approved the insolvency plan, so the takeover of Compleo by the Kostal Group is almost complete. Comleo ...

Ebusco receives follow-up order from Germany

Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe AG (NIAG) has ordered 31 new electric buses from the Dutch manufacturer Ebusco. Ebusco has thus received a follow-up order even before the first vehicles from the previous order have been delivered. The current order for the ...

Human Horizons: HiPhi X and Z now available in Germany and Norway

Chinese carmaker Human Horizons has started expanding its premium electric car brand HiPhi to Europe. The electric SUV HiPhi X and the electric coupe HiPhi Z are now available in Germany and Norway. Both models come with a six-figure ...

Vestas orders over 100 VW ID. Buzz Cargo

In Europe, wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has ordered more than 100 VW ID. Buzz Cargo. The first examples of the electric model were already put into service in February 2023. The electric combi vans will be used for the ...

Maersk is growing the EV fleet with Volvo electric trucks once more

Maersk, the logistics company, has awarded Volvo Trucks a contract to deliver 25 electric trucks for container transport in Germany. Maersk expects the first two trucks of type Volvo FH Electric by the end of this year, with the ...

German project to let consumers choose energy tariffs when charging

In a pilot project, users of electric vehicles in Germany may soon have the freedom to apply their own tariffs and energy mix at public charging stations. The collaboration between four key players could decouple the operators from pricing ...

Renault introduces bidirectional charging with the Renault 5

The all-electric Renault 5 will be the first Renault vehicle equipped with a bi-directional charger. The associated V2G service will be available from the launch of the Renault 5 in France and Germany in 2024 and in the UK ...

Ford opens EV centre in Cologne

Ford has opened its ‘Electric Vehicle Center’ in Cologne. The Ford plant in Cologne-Niehl was converted for the production of electric cars with an investment of two billion US dollars. The annual production capacity will be 250,000 electric cars ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

Schuler and partners begin ENLARGE battery value chain project

In Germany, the official go-ahead has been given for the project called “ENLARGE – Interoperable Production as Enabler for a Data-Driven Battery Value Chain.” The project, involving the collaboration of German and European institutes, companies and universities, aims to ...

TSMC identifies two challenges with German plan

TSMC has revealed the latest progress of its German fab plan at its shareholder meeting held today. According to TSMC chairman Mark Liu, the pure-play foundry is still talking to the German government regarding subsidies. Based on TSMC’s evaluation in ...

Daimler Buses creates infrastructure subsidiary

Daimler Buses is setting up a subsidiary specialising in the design and construction of infrastructure for electric buses. In collaboration with its partners, Daimler Buses Solutions GmbH will provide customers across Europe with the complete infrastructure from a single ...

Bosch takes over fuel cell production for PowerCell

Bosch is taking over the production of the S3 fuel cell stack for PowerCell. Under the new agreement, Bosch will integrate the S3 into its own production facilities in Germany and deliver finished 100 kW stacks to PowerCell’s plant ...

Mercedes launches the EQT electric transporter

Mercedes-Benz has given the sales release for its electric models EQT and eCitan after the presentation three weeks ago. The EQT will launch in Germany at gross list prices starting at €49,444. The eCitan for commercial customers starts at ...

Great Wall Motor to build EV plant in Europe

The Chinese manufacturer Great Wall wants to build cars in Europe in the future and is also looking at Germany. But other countries in Eastern Europe are probably also in the running. At this stage, different concepts for the ...

Allego to install 1,500 charge points at furniture stores in Germany

Allego will install 1,500 charge points at furniture stores by the Porta Group. The German family business, which includes outlets in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, has opted for a mix of 50 and 150 kW chargers accessible to ...

Manz joins Customcells Group

Manz AG becomes a shareholder of the Customcells Group. The German engineering company is taking a rather unusual route – through its investment in the subsidiary Customcells Tübingen GmbH. For about a year, Manz has held a 40 per ...

ACC opens battery factory in France

Automotive Cells Company (ACC), a battery cell joint venture by Stellantis, Total and Mercedes-Benz, inaugurated its first factory in France. However, the “Grand Opening” of the ACC Gigafactory in Billy-Berclau/Douvrin in the Hauts-de-France region is not synonymous with commissioning, ...

A long wait is over for Volkswagen employees

Volkswagen employees can now, finally, order electric cars as company cars again. The company has insisted employees wait two years before they can get electric vehicles from their own company as company cars. Back in 2021, the group informed ...

Easee temporarily restricts wall box sales on its own account

After Sweden banned the sales of Easee wall boxes due to potential safety deficiencies, authorities in other countries have become active. In Austria, Easee is now temporarily restricting the sale of two products itself, and the situation also appears ...

Infineon heads semiconductor project with gallium nitride

The new EU research project ALL2GaN, led by Infineon Austria, aims to exploit the energy-saving potential of highly efficient power semiconductors made of gallium nitride (GaN) so that they can be easily and quickly integrated into many applications. The ...

BYD eyes European locations for electric car plant

BYD is aiming to produce electric cars in Europe from 2025 onwards and is currently looking for locations in France, Spain and Germany. Although the Chinese automotive giant has not yet revealed a preference for these locations, one country ...

i-skaB: Research project on automated fuel cell production

The joint project i-skaB wants to further develop fuel cell production. The goal is to fully automate what is currently primarily a manual production process. According to a statement by Fraunhofer IPM, it should increase annual production by a ...

Driveco secures €250 mn in funding from APG to expand in Europe

Driveco, a French electric vehicle charging company, has announced a €250 million fundraising round from APG, one of the world’s largest institutional investors. The investment represents the most significant funding round in France’s charging infrastructure sector. Driveco, founded in ...

Lucid brings two more Air variants to Europe

US electric car manufacturer Lucid Motors announced pricing for two more Lucid Air luxury sedan variants for Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Norway. These are the Air Pure AWD and the Air Touring, which feature the smaller 92 kWh ...

Volvo Trucks secures major electric truck deal with Holcim

Volvo Trucks has secured a landmark deal with Holcim, a global building solutions provider, to sell 1,000 electric trucks by 2030. This agreement marks the largest commercial order for Volvo EVs to date. The first batch of 130 Volvo ...

VW core brand launches savings programme

The Volkswagen Group is planning a billion-euro savings programme for its core brand VW to bolster profitability and generate money for investments in the transformation to electric mobility. The group will present its overhaul plans to investors at a ...

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