Chris Randall – electrive.com

Asahi Kasei expands global separator production capacity

Asahi Kasei continues to invest in its separator business for EV batteries and plans to install new coating lines at its LIB separator plants globally. The capacity expansion will enable the Japanese technology group to supply coated battery separators for up to 1.7 million electric vehicles.

Panasonic’s battery division lowers profit forecast

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

UAW settles with the ‘big three’ in the US

Princeton team sets new electric boat speed record

SkyDrive is about to launch eVTOL production at Suzuki plant in Japan

VW to continue research cooperation with University of Tennessee

Next.e.GO Mobile plans microfactory in the US

Ola Electric closes funding round to build battery plant

Osprey invests in charging the East of England

EU approves one-billion-euro fast-charging business by BP and Iberdrola

Commercial Vehicles

Swiss freight company Dreier to procure 50 electric trucks

France boosts EV infrastructure budget; incoming changes to bonus schemes

Zeekr opens order books for the 001 in China

Mitsubishi hands over China joint venture to GAC

Volkswagen-backed 24M shows battery without cells and modules

VW’s Cariad may be facing personnel issues

New CATL factory outputs one cell per second

Commercial Vehicles

MAN has started accepting orders for the eTruck

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Autonomous Driving

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