Daimler presented its updated plans for the upcoming switch to electric mobility at an investor day. The goal: Mercedes-Benz is preparing with new platforms and battery factories to become fully electric before the end of the decade – with one caveat.
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Enel X is working with Biogen to electrify the biotechnology company’s employee commercial fleet. The cooperation will see Biogen employees supplied with an Enel X JuiceBox smart home charging station, and software to manage the electric fleet.
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The kick-scooter rental company Bird is entering the sharing business with e-bikes. The provider will initially launch the Bird Bike this year in “select cities” in North America, and Italy, Spain, Germany, Ireland, and France in Europe.
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Honda’s first all-electric model based on General Motors’ Ultium platform for North America will be called Prologue and will be launched in early 2024. This has now been officially announced by Honda. Further details on the Prologue electric SUV are to be published in the coming months.
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The VW brand is planning to phase out internal combustion engines in Europe by 2035 at the latest, thus taking a more moderate course than its sister company Audi, which recently announced its intention to stop selling cars with internal combustion engines by 2033 at the latest.
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Lion Smart and Vicinity Motor Corp. are expanding their cooperation as Lion receives a follow-up order to integrate a customized battery system solution. The total order volume is in the upper six-figure range, the company reports.
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Following Ford’s recent announcement of an increase in its investment in electric mobility to over $30 billion by 2025, Ford’s Lincoln brand is now giving details of its electric strategy. Lincoln plans to electrify its entire model lineup by the end of the decade.
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Freyr, the Norwegian battery manufacturer, planning a 32 GWh battery cell factory in Norway, is also considering building production capacity in North America. There is talk of potentially setting up a joint venture with an unnamed “large multinational industrial group”.
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Electrify America’s charging equipment outlet, Electrify Home, announced that its fastest to-date Level 2 charger, HomeStation, is now on sale on its website for $649. The Volkswagen subsidiary specifies charge power at 9.6kW at 40 amps.
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Nuvve and Romeo Power have announced a collaboration to integrate communication protocols between Nuvve’s vehicle-to-grid (V2G) platform and Romeo Power’s battery management system (BMS). This should enable Romeo Power battery systems to become V2G compatible, regardless of the commercial vehicle platform.
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Stelco and Primobius have agreed to build a facility to recover and recycle metals from lithium-ion batteries. Stelco is a Canadian steel company and Primobius is a joint venture founded by the Australian company Neometals and the German SMS Group.
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The Canadian commercial vehicle manufacturer Lion Electric has won its largest-ever single order for electric school buses. Lion Electric will deliver 260 LionC to First Student, a provider specialising in school transportation.
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Swiss charging infrastructure provider Juice Technology is expanding into the USA and founding the subsidiary Juice Americas Inc. with headquarters in Delaware. The market in North America will be served from there.
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Rocsys, which specialises in robotic charging solutions for electric vehicles, has raised 6.3 million US dollars (5.25 million euros) in a new financing round from existing investors. This will be used to drive expansion in the EU and North America.
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Motor Coach Industries (MCI) has unveiled its first battery-electric luxury coach in the North American market. The new J4500 Charge leverages EV technology from New Flyer and delivers over 200 miles of range.
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Ballard Power Systems and Canadian automotive supplier Linamar Corporation have agreed to a strategic alliance to develop and sell fuel cell powertrains and components for light-duty vehicles. Their chosen markets will be in North America and Europe.
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General Motors has announced that it will invest one billion US dollars in the expansion of its plant in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico. Initially, battery packs and electric motors will be assembled there, followed by electric cars starting in 2023.
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General Motors has presented its concept for simplifying electric car charging for US customers under the name ‘Ultium Charge 360’. The “holistic approach” is supposed to cover all charging scenarios, public and private.
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Hubject and Saascharge, a provider of electric vehicle charging software, have announced an international partnership that will enable roaming for their respective customers in Europe and the US.
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Charging infrastructure provider Jolt Energy and infrastructure consultancy AECOM have announced an agreement to roll out ultra-fast charging stations in major European and North American city centres.
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In preparation for the split-up of Daimler AG, the truck division has announced a new organisational structure. Effective 1 July, all major technology and powertrain activities will be bundled into a new business unit, the Truck Technology Group (TT).
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Honda’s new global CEO, Toshihiro Mibe, announced a tougher electric course for the manufacturer at a press conference. In his statements and targets, however, Mibe referred primarily to North America and China.
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The new 14-brand car company Stellantis has given more details about its electrification plans. These include four platforms for electrified models and more battery factories.
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Volvo Trucks North America has received its largest electric truck order to date. Customer Quality Custom Distribution (QCD), a national foodservice logistics supplier, will deploy 14 Volvo electric trucks in Southern California over the next two years.
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Mercedes-Benz Vans has announced that it will build the next generation of the eSprinter in a total of three plants from 2023, with two of them in Germany. Additionally, the vehicle will then also be based on a new platform.
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Lion Electric has received a purchase order from Pride Group Enterprises for the acquisition of 100 all-electric Lion6 and Lion8 trucks. The Canadian company says this order represents Lion’s largest single order of zero-emission trucks to date.
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Australian power conversion technology specialist Rectifier Technologies (ASX: RFT) has unveiled its latest isolated power converter, the RT22. The 50kW Electric Vehicle (EV) charger module has been developed for high-powered EV chargers (HPC).
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Vietnamese electric car startup VinFast has announced a joint venture with Taiwanese battery cell manufacturer ProLogium to accelerate the commercialisation of solid-state battery-electric cars in Vietnam. The cells are expected to be used in VinFast’s electric cars as early as 2023.
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Fisker has announced a large-scale electric vehicle project with the Apple contract manufacturer Hon Hai aka Foxconn. The model, which will apparently not be an ordinary electric car, will be Fisker’s second model after the Ocean electric SUV.
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After Amazon announced in September 2019 that it would order 100,000 electric delivery vans from Rivian, the e-commerce giant has now begun testing the new e-transporters on delivery routes in parts of Los Angeles. The trials are right on (record) time.
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