Tesla has also started to open Supercharger stations in Italy for electric cars of other brands. The Supercharger map in Italy now also includes the note, “This Supercharger is open to Tesla vehicles and Non-Tesla vehicles with CCS compatibility”.
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Milan’s public transport company ATM has invited tenders for the procurement of 340 low-floor battery buses worth around 330 million euros. The tender is comprised of three different lots for different electric bus lengths, floor and door configurations
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Four hydrogen buses are to be used in Venice and the surrounding area from mid-2023. The transport companies AVM Venezia and ACTV SPA Venezia, which are responsible for public transport in Venice and the municipalities of Venice and Chioggia, have ordered four Urbino 12 hydrogens from Solaris.
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FPT Industrial, the powertrain brand of Iveco parent Iveco, has opened a new electric drive factory in Turin, Italy. At full capacity, it will employ about 200 people to produce more than 20,000 electric axles and battery packs per year.
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FastWay is an Italian startup with €50 million backing to install fast-charging infrastructure in Italy. They plan to install 15,000 charge points, delivering between 150 kW and 400 kW throughout the country in the next ten years.
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Italian coachbuilder Caselani has transformed the Citroën Berlingo into a retro van in the style of the 1950s 2CV AU. Like the standard Berlingo model, the Berlingo 2CV Fourgonnette will also be offered with an all-electric drive and marketed by Caselani, officially licensed by Citroën.
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Stellantis has announced investments in the Mirafiori plant in Turin to produce, among other things, gearboxes for electrified vehicles in the future. The plant will complement the existing transmission production in France.
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Lars Carlstrom, CEO of Italvolt and Statevolt and cofounder of Britishvolt, has revealed more details about Italvolt – the announced 45 GWh battery cell factory in the north-western Italian region of Piedmont. Carlstrom expects to receive the building permit in spring 2023.
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Free to X, the high power charging project by Autostrade per l’Italia Group (ASPI), has provided an update to electrive. Their DC ultra-rapid charging network, lining main highways in Italy, now operates 24 HPC hubs between Milan and Bari, with more under construction.
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Elli, the Volkswagen subsidiary responsible for charging and energy businesses within the Group, expands its wall box reach. The three white label home charging models are now available in Italy, Sweden and Spain.
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Italian luxury carmaker Automobili Pininfarina has begun production of its all-electric GT supercar, the Battista. The Battista is now being hand-built in a 2,300 square metre hall in Cambiano in the Italian region of Piedmont. A maximum of 150 examples will be built and deliveries will begin at the end of summer 2022.
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The EU-funded Flow project has just kicked off in Barcelona. Among other things, the initiative aims to test, validate and improve vehicle-to-X for exchanging energy between vehicles, buildings and the grid to inform wider European application.
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British electric vehicle developer Arrival has teamed up with Enel X to test its battery-electric bus in Italy. They will carry out the tests at the Vallelunga circuit. If successful, Arrival will become part of Enel X’s portfolio for public transport providers.
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Stellantis has invested €33Mn in two of its test centres to advance the development of electric vehicles and autonomous driving functions. The capital will support a safety test centre in Italy and a wind tunnel in the USA.
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Germany’s uncertain position on the phasing out of internal combustion vehicles (ICE) in the EU from 2035 appears to embolden other governments to make their own demands. If Germany abstains in the EU Council of Ministers, countries could succeed in watering down the incoming regulation on transport decarbonisation.
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ABB E-Mobility has opened its largest-ever production site for DC fast-charging stations in Valdarno, Tuscany. The plant will manufacture ABB’s entire portfolio of DC charging stations.
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With Rome, the next European capital is planning to reduce the number of electric kick-scooters. After Oslo already reduced the number of electric scooters in the city from almost 25,000 to 8,000, Rome plans to allow only 9,000 of the small electric vehicles in future.
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Iveco has announced its intention to resume bus production in Italy. Among other things, battery and fuel cell buses will be assembled at the Iveco plant in Foggia and engineering and production capacities for batteries will be set up in Turin.
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On the “Arena del Futuro”, a test track for inductive charging in motion, Stellantis, Iveco and the other project partners have made important progress. Based on the initial results, Stellantis says DWPT (Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer) technology may “power our electrified future”.
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The Italian electric motorbike manufacturer Energica has presented its new Experia model. It is the first model of a new platform called ‘Energica Green Tourer’. The electric motorbike is supposed to be lighter and more rideable.
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The DeLorean Motor Company has given a first full look at its battery-electric Alpha5 model and published the first key technical data of the sports coupé with gullwing doors. There is also initial information on other models.
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The small electric car Yoyo from the Italian start-up XEV is now in car-sharing use. Enjoy, Eni’s car-sharing service, is deploying 100 examples of the XEV Yoyo in Turin.
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With the activation of the configurator, the pre-sale of the VW ID. Buzz and the ID. Buzz Cargo will commence in Germany and other select European markets this Friday, 20 May.
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After several delays, the start of series production of the Microlino electric light vehicle is apparently imminent. According to Micro Mobility Systems, the assembly line in Turin, Italy, has been put into operation. Currently, the last pre-series vehicles are still being produced.
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Milan’s public transport operator ATM is continuing the conversion of its bus fleet to electric vehicles: ATM has ordered a further 75 electric buses from Solaris – the company’s Urbino 12 electric buses are due to arrive in Milan later this year.
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This is a trip down memory lane to first encounter the electric edition of BMW’s iconic Isetta. Micro Mobility Systems was the first to clone the bubble car, only to be taken over, with some hostility, by Artega and their version of the Microlino running as Karo. Now, there’s a third attempt to finally relaunch […]
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Turkish electric bus manufacturer Karsan has booked further orders from Romania and Italy. A total of 16 e-buses are to be delivered to the Romanian city of Focsani and 42 units to Italian operations.
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Croatia’s EV powerhouse Rimac has received another 120 million euros from Investindustrial. The Italian investment fund first took a stake in Rimac in 2021. The renewed investment could be about more than “just” profit since Investindustrial also holds a stake in British sports carmaker Morgan.
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Autoguidovie, a transport company operating in northern Italy, has reportedly launched a tender for the procurement of 120 battery-electric buses. The buses are scheduled to start service in early 2023 and will be the first electric buses that the company has put into service.
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Mitch Evans won Rounds 4 and 5 of the season in the Italian capital. With the two victories, the Jaguar driver moves up in the overall standings, but the lead in the championship has been taken over by the two-time Formula E champion Jean-Eric Vergne (DS Techeetah).
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