In the Dauerpower project, Fraunhofer IZM is working with project partners from the automotive industry to develop an electrical inverter with improved cooling. It is designed to optimise continuous load capacity and costs. Read more…
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BYD dealer Rêver to build electric commercial vehicles in Thailand
BYD granted its Thai dealer Rêver a licence to build a factory for electric buses and trucks in Thailand. This is according to a Thai media report. Read more…
Mercedes partners with cargo bike provider Onomotion
Mercedes is cooperating with the cargo bike provider Onomotion in a pilot project for last-mile deliveries. The Sustaineer test vehicle has also been further developed for this purpose, with which Mercedes-Benz Vans is providing an insight into what sustainability could look like in the delivery traffic of the future. Read more…
West Auckland to launch electric double-decker buses in April
West Auckland’s bus service, the WX1, will be run by fully electric double-decker buses from next April. A new $166 million contract has been signed between Auckland Transport (AT) and bus operator Tranzit Group. Read more…
Redwood Materials announces technical advancements in recycling
The US company Redwood Materials, founded by ex-Tesla CTO JB Straubel, provides insights into its progress in battery recycling. Read more…
VinFast reports major production increase in Q1 of 2024
The Vietnamese EV startup VinFast managed to deliver a total of 9,689 vehicles in the first quarter of 2024, marking an increase of 444% year-over-year. Next, the company plans to expand internationally. Read more…
Estonia: Solaris delivers 15 electric buses to Tallinn
Solaris has delivered 15 of its Solaris Urbino 12 electric to the Estonian capital of Tallinn. According to the manufacturer, these are the first electric buses in all of Estonia. Read more…
Tritium files for insolvency and is on the lookout for a buyer
The Australian fast charging station manufacturer Tritium is insolvent. Self-appointed administrators and insolvency administrators appointed by creditors have taken control and begun the search for lenders and buyers. Read more…
Mexico may cut subsidies for Chinese manufacturers
Under pressure from the US, the Mexican government could stop incentivising Chinese EV manufacturers when building a factory there. BYD will be one of the manufacturers affected by this new policy. Read more…
Milence commissions its first truck charging hub in France
Milence, the electric truck charging joint venture between Daimler Truck, the Traton Group and the Volvo Group, has opened its first site in France. It is located in Heudebouville in Normandy, around 40 kilometres south of Rouen. It is the company’s second charge hub to date. Read more…
Tata and JLR to build 200,000 EVs per year in Ranipet
JLR and its Indian parent company, Tata Motors, want to produce EVs on a large scale in India. Tata Motors will likely build its new EV plant in Ranipet in the state of Tamil Nadu. Read more…
electrive LIVE: High Power Charging networks in Europe
As high power charging (HPC) networks are expanding across Europe, charge point operators, manufacturers, and users are facing new and existing challenges. For the first global edition of our online conference electrive LIVE, we asked a CPO, legal experts, a manufacturer, and a political lobbyist: What is the status quo, and where are we headed? A summary. Read more…
Germany: BMW expands production of EV components in Landshut
BMW will invest 200 million euros in its component plant in Landshut, Germany, and expand production capacity there. Specifically, production of the central housing for the electric drive unit of the Neue Klasse will be carried out there. Read more…
VW has to defend its ‘ID’ name in court
The company Identytec from Hildesheim has filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen at the Hamburg Regional Court. The medium-sized company believes its trade mark rights have been infringed by the ‘ID’ element. Interestingly enough, VW itself used to be a customer of Identytec. Read more…
SAIC-GM & Nio announce charging partnership in China
In China, SAIC-GM and Nio have entered into a charging partnership that will see more than 10,000 Nio charging terminals join SAIC-GM’s Ultium charging network. Read more…
BMW receives planning permission for battery assembly plant
On Thursday, BMW officially received planning permission for the new battery assembly plant in Lower Bavaria. With the announcement, BMW now has the legal basis for the construction of the new site. Read more…
South Africa considers truck charging network based on solar island solutions
A truck charging network is to be set up in South Africa that will only supply locally generated solar power to trucks. Approval procedures for the first six locations are already underway. We shed light on the location concept the initiators have in mind. Read more…
Tesla lowers basic charging fee for 3rd-party vehicles at Superchargers
Tesla has changed the pricing structure for its fast-charging network in Europe. The membership fee, which allows electric cars from other brands to be charged at Superchargers at a reduced rate, has been reduced from €12.99 to €9.99 per month. Alternatively, there is a new annual membership for 100 euros per year. Read more…
Switch Mobility to deliver 2,500 small electric trucks to MoEVing
Indian logistics provider MoEVing is expanding its electric fleet. It signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Switch Mobility, according to which the latter will deliver 2,500 units of its IeV4 electric light commercial vehicles. Read more…
Piedmont Lithium receives mining permit in North Carolina
Tesla supplier Piedmont Lithium has received an important mining permit in North Carolina to develop one of the largest lithium sources in the USA. Read more…