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Panasonic plans to improve Tesla cells

Panasonic is working to increase the capacity of its 2170 round cells. Panasonic CTO Shoichiro Watanabe expects the new cells to enter production this year or in 2025 at the factory the company jointly operates with Tesla in Nevada.

Eberspächer sells brand new plant for HV heaters to GG Group

Commercial Vehicles

Electric refuse collection vehicles to power UK homes through V2G

BMW partner Brilliance considers withdrawing from joint venture BBA

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CCV: Flexible Payment Solutions for Charging Stations

Siemens finalises acquisition of Dutch charging specialist Heliox

Germany: E.On opens TestingLab to manufacturers

Vienna prepares to replace commercial vehicle fleet with EVs

Volkswagen Group increases electric sales by a third

Siemens joins US start-up in optimising battery manufacturing at scale

Commercial Vehicles

DHL US fleet now encompasses 50 Orange EV yard trucks

SK On considers starting LFP battery production in 2026

Tiamat to build a 5 GWh factory for sodium-ion batteries in France

Nissan presents new flagship model Ariya Nismo

Sainsbury’s launches ultra-rapid charging network

Polestar delivered 54,600 electric cars in 2023

Tesla production in Germany to pause at the end of January

Nio sings battery-swapping agreement with JAC and Chery

Hertz backtracks on fleet electrification

Renault withdraws Zity EV sharing scheme from Paris

Mercedes-Benz EV sales to grow by 73 per cent in 2023