The City Council of Houston, Texas, has approved purchasing 97 battery electric vehicles. The new EVs will replace ICE vehicles ageing out of the official fleet. The Houston Climate Action Plan aims to convert all non-emergency, light-duty municipal vehicles to electric by 2030. “With today’s purchase approval, we more than triple the number of EVs […] More…

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is not only having a devastating impact on the local population but is also affecting global supply chains. Missing parts are bringing assembly lines in Germany, the UK and the Czech Republic to a standstill. Volkswagen felt the effects of the conflict almost immediately when parts made in Ukraine could […] More…

Chevron and Iwatani have announced an agreement to develop and construct 30 hydrogen fueling sites in California by 2026. The petrochemical company and longstanding hydrogen specialist firm also envision serving heavier fuel cell trucks in the future. However, first, the new hydrogen sites will fuel light-duty vehicles at Chevron retail locations across the state. Accordingly, […] More…

Hyundai relies entirely on renewable energies for its Charge myHyundai service with immediate effect. Using Digital Charging Solutions’ (DCS) green charging option, the company will ensure all charging activity is “counteracted” by 100 per cent wind energy. After every charge, the corresponding amount of green electricity is fed into the grid from one of the […] More…

The electric bus boom in Europe continues, as the registration figures in 2021 show. After 2,210 electric buses in 2020, a further 3,282 electric buses (in each case excluding trolleybuses) were newly registered in 2021, with manufacturers competing for market shares. So who is leading the charge? * * * In contrast to coaches, business […] More…

The first models of BMW’s ‘New Class’ planned for 2025, which will be designed primarily for electric cars, will be an SUV-like model and a flatter sedan based on the three-series, according to media reports. Planned production start in Hungary is 2025. Last fall, the internal designation NK1 was already circulating for the “electric three”; […] More…

The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio has concretised its expansion plans in Europe and beyond. By 2025, Nio plans to expand its presence to over 25 countries and regions worldwide. Nio already briefly mentioned the 2025 goal in December at “Nio Day 2021”. At that time, however, the focus was on the premiere of the […] More…

California-based electric car startup Mullen Technologies plans to equip the second generation of its ‘Five’ electric SUV with solid-state batteries and is aiming for initial vehicle tests with the technology in 2025. The first-generation Mullen Five, planned for 2024, on the other hand, will still use conventional lithium-ion cells – in other words, liquid electrolyte. […] More…

Li-Metal, a Canadian developer of lithium metal anodes, has signed a development and marketing agreement with Bolloré subsidiary Blue Solutions for battery anodes. A joint anode production plant is also planned. Blue Solutions itself manufactures solid-state batteries, which are used in the Mercedes eCitaro, among other vehicles. The aim of the cooperation agreement concluded by […] More…

Chinese startup ChingTao Energy Development has begun constructing a solid-state battery production facility in Kunshan, in eastern China’s Jiangsu Province. The new factory is designed for an annual capacity of 10 GWh and is the company’s second battery plant. It is not yet known when construction will be completed. As reported by the CN EV […] More…

Lucid Motors plans to start building its announced factory in Saudi Arabia before the end of the first half of 2022. The US electric car manufacturer has also confirmed the location officially – the same goes for production capacity. Lucid says that the plant, which was only announced this January, will be wholly owned by […] More…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating whether share sales by Elon Musk and his brother Kimbal Musk “violated insider trading rules”. What exactly happened, was that Kimbal Musk sold Tesla shares worth 108 million US dollars exactly one day before Elon Musk let Twitter users vote on whether he should give up […] More…

In the USA, the German chemicals group Lanxess is conducting a study with Standard Lithium to examine the construction of a lithium carbonate production plant. This should be located at the Lanxess’ site in El Dorado in the state of Arkansas. Lanxess says they have already been running test operations at the plant for the […] More…

The German government wants to cover Germany’s entire electricity supply with green electricity by 2035. This goal would greatly support the uptake of electric mobility since CO2 reductions are only achieved when green energy is used. According to the coalition agreement revealed in November last year, a share of 80 per cent renewable energy was […] More…

Daimler Truck has handed over the first eActros to German logistics companies around five months after Daimler started series production in Germany’s carmaking region of southwestern Germany. DB Schenker will use the eActros 300 to transport palletised consignments in the Leipzig area, while the  Dachser has also taken delivery of another unit. The eActros is […] More…

Copenhagen Airport (CPH) plans to build 1,350 charging stations for electric vehicles within the next ten years. The majority of these will be AC charging points, but HPCs for short-term parkers are also planned. The agreement now signed with the Danish energy company EWII stipulates that the charging stations will be built in cooperation with […] More…

The Scottish Government has awarded over £62 million in the first phase of its Zero Emission Bus Challenge Fund (ScotZEB) to replace 276 old diesel buses with new electric buses and the necessary charging infrastructure. 137 of these electric buses will be built by ADL in Falkirk. The sum of 62 million pounds is the […] More…

Panasonic has now officially announced that it will set up a production facility for the new 4680 cells at its plant in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. These are to be suitable for use in electric cars. The company has thus confirmed a corresponding rumour. At the end of January, it was reported that Panasonic would start […] More…

Volvo Cars has provided insights into its model planning at a dealer conference in the USA. Battery-electric cars dominate the lineup. However, the Swedish company also plans to launch two new plug-in hybrids. Volvo was one of the first carmakers to focus on an electrified model range. However, with the planned phase-out of the internal […] More…

Fisker has now presented its Ocean electric SUV in Europe for the first time at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. With the European premiere, the first final euro prices for the Ocean are also known. When Fisker presented the series design of the Ocean at the LA Auto Show in November 2021, there was […] More…