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Preview: VW ID.7 Tourer may become the company’s next Passat, only electric

Only some previews are worth reporting, particularly when the car's camouflaged, but with Volkswagen showing its incoming ID.7 Tourer, we make an exception. Hardly any other VW model is as synonymous with the company car as the Passat Estate, and the ID.7 Tourer has ambitions to take the Passat's place with electric power.

Infineon & Eatron team up to improve battery management systems

Ford plans to launch the F-150 Lightning in Switzerland

Upcoming Enyaq to be first SSP-based Skoda

Toyota pours another 8 billion dollars into US battery production

Stellantis and Leapmotor JV to be based in the Netherlands

Commercial Vehicles

GreenPower Motor unveils the Mega Beast

XPeng Aeroht presents lofty concepts designed to (also) stay on the ground

EVBox implements OCPP 2.0.1

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Large bidirectional charging park opens in China

Ireland’s EV charging specialist EasyGo gets capital boost

Ford grows BlueOval network by 25 per cent

StoreDot sees no additional cell ageing after fast-charging

Commercial Vehicles

First zero-emission buses arrive in Norfolk

Chevrolet Equinox EV price higher than announced

Kia prepares to repurpose EV batteries with Infinitev in Australia

Henkel battery

HENKEL’s high-performance battery sealing technology

Tesla receives building permit for Giga Mexico

Asahi Kasei expands global separator production capacity

Panasonic’s battery division lowers profit forecast

EU approves nearly €660 mn in state aid for French battery firm Verkor