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Rivian officially gets green light for its EV factory in Georgia

The US carmaker received final approval from the relevant authorities for the construction of its plant in the US state of Georgia. It has now leased a site around 40 miles east of Atlanta for a period of 50 years for the plant announced in 2021.

VW ID.7 goes on sale in the UK

Commercial Vehicles

Pau discontinues H2 project – and buys battery buses in future

EVCS and Lyft announce partnership programme in the US

Still builds its own FC systems for intralogistics vehicles in Hamburg

Kempower receives certification for US production

Commercial Vehicles

Magtec to retrofit Tootbus double-decker tourist bus fleet in London

Quantron and Oilinvest form a hydrogen joint venture

EG Group orders fast chargers from Tesla

Commercial Vehicles

Daimler Truck North America integrates Freightliner eM2 with Hexagon Purus

Mahindra opts for electric drives from Valeo

Lilium to commission InoBat with series production of its battery cells

BMW no longer builds combustion engines in Germany

Construction kicks off at Hyundai’s all-electric car plant in Ulsan

Volvo EM90 gets a 116 kWh battery

Posco pushes motor and battery business with over half a billion dollars

Volvo to build electric cars with Tesla-style “gigapresses”

German newcomer selects latest Plug&Charge software by Switch

Volvo Group purchases Proterra

VW pauses electric car production in Emden

Mercedes announces another location partner for its HPC network in the US