Tag: development

£40 million funding available for UK businesses developing zero-emission automotive technologies, with APC grants ranging from £2.5 million to £20 million.Open to businesses of all sizes working on late-stage research, aiming to reduce carbon...

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has committed an investment of £300 million into its Goodwood site, the facility where every single Rolls-Royce vehicle is hand built.The investment will help support the brand's transition to an electric-only...

BMW’s Aeroacoustics and Electric Drive Center features the world’s quietest wind tunnel for precise EV noise testing.Engineers use advanced tools like acoustic cameras and laser vibrometry to refine acoustics and vibrations in EVs.The facility’s...

BYD's planned Hungary factory, which will mark the first BYD EVs to be produced both within Europe and the European Union, will begin producing EVs at the facility from late 2025.The news was uncovered...

U.S. electric off-roader manufacturer, Rivian, has announced a conditional loan worth up to $6.6 billion, committed to by the U.S. Department of Energy.The loan is designed to accelerate the growth of EV design, development,...

Electric motor technology firm YASA, which began as a spin out from Oxford University before growing and being acquired by Mercedes-Benz AG back in 2021, has had an ongoing partnership with Automobili Lamborghini since...

Ahead of the updated Mercedes-Benz CLA reveal, which arrives next year and will have the option of a fully-electric powertrain for the first time, the manufacturer has given more details on the all-new EV...

The U.S. State of Michigan has announced a new partnership with wireless EV charging specialists, Electreon, and commercial fleet electrifiers, Xon.The partnership will help deliver wireless charging solutions for commercial EV fleets within Michigan,...

Having already been in the works since the summer, Rivian and Volkswagen's EV-related joint venture has been launched, in a deal worth $5.8 billion - up from the $5 billion originally announced during the...

Five UK-based projects on sustainable transport have been granted funding through the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC)'s Academic Advisory Group and the UK's Department for Business and Trade.These so-called 'Feasibility Sprint' projects are designed to...

Saudi Arabia's first EV brand, Ceer, a collaboration between the nation's sovereign wealth fund and Foxconn, is set to release a number of BEVs for sale across the Middle East and North African region,...

EV and battery tech manufacturer, Rimac Group, has completed the first phase of its new campus, located in its home territory of Croatia.This first phase, which has come from a total investment of around...

Norwegian EV battery material specialists, Vianode, has opened a mass-scale synthetic graphite anode plant in the country, the first of its kind for the firm.Graphite is a key material in lithium-ion batteries, the battery...

At a GM investment event, the automotive manufacturer confirmed that it will drop its one battery for all EVs strategy, Ultium, in favour of differing battery cells depending on the model.The Ultium platform has...

Geely-owned premium EV manufacturer, Zeekr, is launching in Norway this month - becoming the third European territory to take delivery of the EVs.The fully-electric models on offer will include the Zeekr 001, and Zeekr...

Adam Wood has newly been appointed as the Managing Director of Renault Group UK, as of October.It marks a return to Renault for Wood, who after previously leaving Renault Group back in 2021, worked...

Proposed increased tariffs from on imported China-made electric vehicles to the EU are now set to be imposed, after 10 member states backed the motion, which will see tariffs of up to 45%, depending...

Kia has opened its first car plant dedicated to producing EVs, in its home territory of South Korea.The site, named the Gwangmyeong EVO Plant, will have the capacity to produce 150,000 electric cars annually,...

A study carried out by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which focussed on EV charging stations in the state of California, found that EV chargers can effectively pay for themselves, with the spending...

Germany-based electric motor manufacturer and startup, DeepDrive, has announced a successful investment of €30 million, in its Series B funding round.This second round of funding brings the total raised by the firm to just...

The UK's Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), along with the Department for Business and Trade, today announced over £85 million worth of investment for the UK's zero-emission automotive industry.This money, part-funded from both government and...

The Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, has been exploring how batteries could also play a structural role in electric devices to save weight, with some of its researchers having explored the area for...

Chery, the Chinese OEM behind brands such as Omoda and Jaecoo, has expressed interest in opening a car plant in the UK, as it decides on where to place its planned European manufacturing bases.Whilst...

Panasonic Energy, who supply EV batteries to manufacturers such as Tesla, is now finalising preparations to put larger, more energy-dense 4680 cylindrical battery cells into mass production.The announcement comes a week after rival EV...