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Komatsu to take over American Battery Solutions (ABS)

Japan’s Komatsu says it has agreed to acquire American Battery Solutions, a battery manufacturer for heavy-duty vehicles headquartered in Detroit. Komatsu aims to develop and produce electric construction and mining machines with ABS battery technology.

Renault may get battery cells made in Spain from China’s AESC

Smart to release the #3 with a smaller battery

VW launches pre-sales of the ID.7 in China

Nissan to produce electric Qashqai & Juke in Sunderland

Great Wall Motor to convert Ora and Wey to product names in Europe

Octopus includes Fisker Ocean in the lease offering

Tesla opens select Superchargers in South Korea for all EVs

VinFast launches the VF7 in Vietnam

National Library of Wales opts for Tritium chargers

Kite-powered wind energy to charge electric vehicles

Ionity tests new kWh pricing model

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Double bendy tram buses built by Skoda and Solaris arrive in Prague

Izivia will install 2,000 high-power charge points at McDonald’s in France

Tobias Hüppe moves from Northvolt to Skeleton

AEM collects over £20 million in funding

Electreon to test inductive charging with an Iveco Daily

Hyundai opens innovation centre in Singapore

Ampere to build compact SUV for Mitsubishi

VW to launch high-voltage battery production in China

EU Parliament votes against complete ban on combustion trucks