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EV battery manufacturer Northvolt files for bankruptcy in Sweden

Swedish EV battery manufacturer startup, Northvolt, which includes significant shareholders such as Volkswagen, Scania, and Goldman Sachs, has filed for bankruptcy in the country.It follows Northvolt filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S., back...

EV Leaders: Seb Inglis-Jones, Co-Founder, Maeving

Seb Inglis-Jones is the Co-Founder of British electric motorcycle manufacturer, Maeving. Founded in 2018, the manufacturer offers fully-electric takes on classic motorcycle design, and sells its bikes across both European countries and the United...

UK APC report outlines how LFP battery production could boost EV adoption

The UK's Advanced Propulsion Centre has released a new report called 'L(M)FP batteries for EV adoption from a UK perspective' - which outlines how utilising LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate) batteries and localising supply chains...

Volklec brings independent battery manufacturing to the UK, creating 1,000 jobs

Volklec becomes the UK’s only independent battery manufacturer, partnering with China’s Far East Battery (FEB) to produce lithium-ion cells at UKBIC.Production begins in 2025, with two types of 21700 cylindrical battery cells for e-mobility...

Dacia Spring successor under development, with sub-€18k price tag

Renault Group's Dacia brand has begun development of a new low-price electric car, likely to take the place of the current €17k/£15k Dacia Spring, once it goes on sale in under two years time.Unlike...

BMW postpones MINI Oxford Plant’s EV upgrade

BMW Group, who previously planned to begin production of the latest fully-electric variants of the MINI Cooper and MINI Aceman at its Oxford plant in the UK from 2026, have now postponed the plans...