Tag: batteries

The BMW Group and E.ON have announced the first pan-European cooperation for intelligent electric vehicle (EV) charging at home. The respective industry giants plan to create "Connected Home Charging" – a holistic charging ecosystem that...

Scottish Forestry announces its plan to fund a three-year trial project to test state-of-the-art electric timber trucks as an alternative mode of transport. This flagship commercial electric vehicle (EV) project is the first of its...

Daimler Truck has announced a new brand of medium-duty electric trucks for the US market called Rizon. The Rizon truck will come in two variants: the L-model with three 124 kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP)...

The UK’s electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure is set to double in size this year, as part of a £6 billion investment unveiled by ChargeUK, the new trade association for the UK’s EV charging...

Maxus, the commercial vehicle arm of China’s largest car-maker, SAIC, and Commercial Vehicle Sector Lead for World EV Day, has introduced its latest all-electric van, the eDeliver 7. This is Maxus' third electric vehicle (EV)...

Fisker's Ocean SUV electric vehicle (EV) receives European certification, with deliveries set to begin on May 5th. All Ocean One orders are expected to be fulfilled by September in North America and Europe, with the...

Electric vehicle (EV) sales are expected to reach a record high this year, according to the latest report from the IEA.Over 14 million units are projected to be sold, accounting for 18% of the...

Could the latest model from Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, VinFast, be the solution to EV affordability?VinFast, a Vietnamese automaker, has delivered the first orders of its most affordable EV model, the VF 5...

General Motors (GM) and South Korea's Samsung SDI have announced a new joint venture to build a $3bn electric vehicle (EV) battery cell plant in the US.The plant is set to initiate operations in...

London Ambulance Service (LAS) is leading the charge towards eco-friendly healthcare by investing £31m in a decarbonisation program that includes the UK's largest fully electric Fast Response Unit fleet.The fleet comprises 42 electric...

StoreDot, the pioneer of extreme fast charging (XFC) battery technology for electric vehicles (EVs), will soon be manufacturing silicon batteries that enable car makers to design and produce cheaper, lighter and more sustainable EVs. With...

German-Canadian startup Rock Tech Lithium Inc. has broken ground for its lithium plant in Guben, Brandenburg. With this Mercedes-Benz is taking the next step towards localisation and greater vertical integration in drive technologies for...

Winnebago Industries, a leading outdoor lifestyle product manufacturer, today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Lithionics Battery (Lithionics), a lithium-ion battery solutions provider to recreational equipment and speciality vehicle markets.Back...

Build Your Dreams (BYD), the world's leading manufacturer of new energy vehicles and power batteries, has announced it is introducing a range of electric vehicles (EVs) to consumers in Spain. Three BYD models make...

Set to be unveiled in 2024, the future Renault 5 electric vehicle (EV) offers a glimpse of its future self through insight into its genesis and development. To further develop and fine-tune the future...

Volkswagen Group and its battery company PowerCo have announced that they have selected St. Thomas in Ontario, Canada to establish Volkswagen’s first overseas electric vehicle (EV) battery gigafactory. This will produce sustainable unified battery...

British electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Tevva has announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with Ecobat, the global leader in battery recycling, for the repair, repurposing and recycling of its lithium-ion batteries. The...

EVE Energy, one of the world's leading battery technology companies which produces lithium cells used in electric vehicles (EVs), has announced it is increasing production at four new factories in Jingmen, Hubei province in...

Stellantis, a global mobility player with 14 brands including Vauxhall, Peugeot, Fiat, Citroën and Jeep, have posted record full year 2022 results with €16.8 billion net profit and €23.3 billion adjusted operating income (AOI)....

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has announced an investment into battery pack production at its excavator plant in Changwon, South Korea. This signals once again the company’s ambition to drive industry transformation with sustainable...

Ford has announced it is investing $3.5 billion to build the US’s first automaker-backed lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery plant. This will offer customers a second battery technology within Ford’s electric vehicle (EV) lineup.This...

Good news for battery technology pioneer, Britishvolt, which collapsed into administration in January, is that the company is to be bought by Australian startup Recharge Industries. Britishvolt had planned to build a giant gigafactory...

The BMW Group has announced it’s accelerating its ramp-up of electric vehicles (EVs) and is poised to gain even more momentum with its next vehicle generation, the NEUE KLASSE, expected in 2025. The company’s...

Stellantis, a global mobility player with 14 brands including Vauxhall, Peugeot, Fiat, Citroën and Jeep, have announced today an agreement with Terrafame to supply nickel sulphate for use in electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Beginning in...