According to a German media report, the all-electric VW ID.2 will start at less than €25,000 when it launches in 2025. And the carmaker allegedly has plans for an even cheaper EV, currently referred to as the ID.1, which could launch in 2027 and start at less than €20,000.
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South Korean chemical company LG Chem has a clear message for its competitors: It wants to “dominate” the global market for advanced EV batteries and – if it has to – enforce its patent rights for cathode materials with a high nickel content in court.
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Chinese electric car manufacturer Xpeng is preparing to launch its already anticipated coupe-like electric SUV – but not under the name G7, as initially planned. Instead, the new EV will be called G6. Regarding looks and dimensions, the model resembles the Tesla Model Y.
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Swedish tech company Candela has secured an additional 210 million Swedish Krona ($20 million) to bring its hydrofoil water vessel to mass production. The P-12 is said to launch this summer.
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Electrify America has opened its first DC fast-charger on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The station has four charging points and can deliver up to 150 kW.
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Forsee Power, Blue Solutions and Bluebus, both subsidiaries of the Bolloré Group, join forces. Together, they want to develop a solid-state battery made in France, which should be ready to launch in 2026.
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In Spain, parcel delivery company SEUR, part of the DPD Group, is partnering with oil company Repsol to install and operate more than 150 charging points for electric vehicles at 55 branches nationwide.
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When it comes to extracting lithium for EV batteries from geothermal brine, Vulcan Energy Resources is getting competition from France. Lithium de France, a company founded in October 2020 and based in Bischwiller, Alsace, has announced the closing of a €44 million Series B financing round.
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Mazda is getting new management, as the current Representative Director President and CEO Akira Marumoto is stepping down and handing the reins to Masahiro Moro in June.
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In China, Polestar has launched its first electric SUV, the Polestar 3, at significantly lower prices than initially announced. The Polestar 3 will start in China from 698,000 yuan (about $101,159). That is 182,000 yuan ($26,380) less than what was announced at the world premiere.
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Volvo Buses has announced that it is closing its plant in Wroclaw, Poland, in the first quarter of 2024. The site is home to the production of electric buses, among other vehicles.
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Britain’s Morris Commercial has completed a funding round, securing new investment for the production Morris J-Type, a small van initially produced in the 1950s. The BEV was to hit the road in 2021, but has yet to make it to production. The new launch date is set for early 2024.
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Stuttgart Airport is continuing with the electrification of its manoeuvring area with the finalise! project, funded by the German government. The electric fleet will grow by more than thirty heavy-duty vehicles – including a 52-ton refuelling vehicle with electric drive.
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BP has partnered with real estate company Compagnie de Phalsbourg in France to build more than 25 HPC hubs by 2025. The venture marks the market debut of charging infrastructure subsidiary BP Pulse in France.
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Berlin’s public transport operator BVG is preparing to purchase 350 electric-powered articulated buses with pantographs and plans to install new occasional chargers for electric buses at up to 90 locations in the German capital.
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The Finnish energy company Fortum has started recycling traction batteries from electric vehicles in Germany. The recycling plant in Finland is also scheduled to start commercial operation in a few weeks.
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Skoda will install another assembly line for MEB battery systems at its main plant in Mladá Boleslav this year, increasing production capacity to 1,500 units per day. The first assembly line went into operation there in May 2022.
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The first all-electric motorcycle of Harley-Davidson’s LiveWire brand can now be pre-ordered in Europe. Just in time for the motorcycle season. For a €100 down-payment, customers in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the UK can reserve a LiveWire One and “secure priority delivery beginning later in April”.
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Cake, the Swedish manufacturer of lightweight electric motorcycles, has signed new distribution and production partnerships to sell more than 200,000 electric motorcycles in China, Mexico and Greece.
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Volkswagen Group Components is expanding its plant in Kassel in central Germany, opening a new competence centre for power electronics there. It will bundle all areas relevant to the development of pulse inverters for e-drives. At the same time, the site is preparing to produce the new APP 550 electric drive.
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Blink Charging announced the introduction of its redesigned mobile charging station. The free-standing mobile charging station supports 240-volt AC charging and provides up to 7.7kW of charge to electric vehicles.
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Tesla has submitted the first application for the expansion of its plant in Grünheide in Brandenburg, Germany, to the State Office for the Environment. According to Tesla, it primarily concerns changes to the existing plant to further ramp up production.
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The US Energy Department (DOE) has allocated $750 million for research, development and demonstration efforts to lower the cost of green hydrogen. One of the areas of interest is onboard storage systems for liquid hydrogen to enable low-cost, energy-dense storage on medium- and heavy-duty on-road trucks using fuel cells.
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Tesla has plugged in its first fourth-generation fast-charging stations. The 16 V4 Superchargers are located in Harderwijk in the Netherlands. The site will open up to third-party brands soon.
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The EU will provide nearly €189 million for constructing some 2,000 new charging points along the trans-European transport network TEN-T and for 63 new H2 refuelling stations. Twenty-six projects were selected for implementation.
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IBU-Tec Advanced Materials AG is responding to the increasing importance of the battery materials business and has founded IBUvolt Battery Materials GmbH. The wholly-owned subsidiary focuses on developing, producing and selling battery materials.
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Denza, BYD’s Chinese joint venture with Mercedes-Benz, is preparing to launch a new model. According to the registration application with China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the vehicle is an electric SUV called the Denza N7.
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The lights threaten to go out at National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), the Swedish electric car subsidiary of the Chinese real estate group Evergrande. NEVS is laying off 320 of its 340 employees.
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Rivian wants to offer its electric delivery vans to others in the future and is therefore negotiating with Amazon to lift the exclusivity clause that is part of the companies’ deal. This comes as Amazon’s orders remain allegedly below expectations.
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Vietnamese EV manufacturer VinFast will be opening its first US plant later than it had hoped. About a year ago, the carmaker publicised plans for the facility in Chatham County, North Carolina, saying that operations would begin by July 2024. But the opening date has now been pushed back to 2025.
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