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Ford acquires BMS specialist AMP

Ford has bought Auto Motive Power (AMP), a California-based specialist in battery and power management and charging solutions. AMP will be broken up and integrated into Ford's Model e electric car division following the deal.

BMW starts series production of the iX2

Commercial Vehicles

ADL launches electric bus models in the UK & Ireland

IBU-Tec launches cathode material for sodium-ion batteries

Norway: 7,516 new electric cars in October

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VW still hesitant about Eastern European battery factory

Subaru to offer Tesla NACS ports in several new electric cars

Liverpool seeks to spend another £10m on street-side chargers

ABB and Carnival cooperate on electric ship maintenance

Commercial Vehicles

First eActros 300 handed over in Germany

ADS-TEC wins PowerGo as a new client and builds up order log

Israel to heavily expand HPC network

A huge charge park is now open in the small German town of Merklingen

LG Chem and LX Hausys introduce extra flame retardant material

FAA to work with US Air Force towards licensing eVTOL to fly

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

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