Tag: ev-strategy
New York City’s biggest parking provider to deploy 5,000 EV chargers
Icon Parking, the largest parking facilities operator in New York City, with over 200 separate locations, has partnered with Invisible Urban Charging, to bring over 5,000 individual EV chargers to the city.The partnership comes...
Swedish researchers hope to make ‘massless’ EV batteries a commercial reality
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 weighs up opening UK car manufacturing plant
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...
Mercedes-Benz reveals its solid-state EV battery plans
Hot on the heels of announcements on solid-state battery tech from manufacturers such as SAIC Motor and Samsung SDI, Mercedes-Benz has announced that it is partnering up with US battery manufacturer Factorial.The two firms...
Munich Airport’s buses go electric, with order placed for 49 MAN eBuses
As part of German Munich Airport's decarbonisation efforts, which include having 100% zero-emission ground vehicles by the end of the decade, the airport has placed in an order for 49 fully-electric MAN buses.The first...
Aerovolt and SLiNK-TECH partner to create drone delivery system, for healthcare
In a significant partnership between the worlds of emobility and healthcare, electric aircraft charging network, Aerovolt, along with vertiport specialists SLiNK-TECH, will build a drone delivery system to benefit the world of healthcare.A memorandum...
China to begin nationwide vehicle-to-grid charging trial
China's National Development and Reform Commission plans to implement a vehicle-to-grid trial covering every province of the country, in the coming months.The trial will be used to examine the commercial and technical viability of...
Switzerland emobility roadmap extended to 2030, adding electric trucks and buses
The Switzerland government has decided to extend its emobility roadmap until 2030, in a scheme which currently involves 96 measures from 74 individual organisations, including Swiss Post, Tesla, and Ikea, helping to support three...
Illinois announces $25.3m investment to build more public charging infrastructure, on World EV Day™
Illinois Governor, JB Pritzker, alongside the Illinois Department of Transportation, marked World EV Day™ by announcing $23.5m worth of investment to build new charging stations along crucial interstate roads within Illinois.The funding will help...
First non-Tesla EV with NACS port arrives, with updated US-built Hyundai IONIQ 5
After a multitude of EV manufacturers pledged to support Tesla's North American Charging Standard (NACS) in its future North American-bound electric cars, it looks like Hyundai's IONIQ 5 EV will be the first EV...
cylib starts production of German EV battery recycling site, set to be Europe’s largest
German battery recycling startup, cylib, has begun construction of its first industrial plant in Europe, which is set to recycle 30,000 tons worth of end-of-life EV batteries, every year.Built in the German state of...
Konect ready to help achieve rapid global public EV charging growth ahead of 2030, on World EV Day™
With World EV Day™ underway, Gilbarco Veeder-Root's EV charging ecosystem branch and official partner of World EV Day™, Konect, has called for a significant growth in global EV charging infrastructure, ahead of 2030.The firm...
Panasonic joins race with LG, aiming to mass produce energy-dense 4680-type EV cells by 2025
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...
Australia and New Zealand kick off this year’s World EV Day™ celebrations
With Monday the 9th of September underway in Australia and New Zealand, marking the start of this year's World EV Day™, the two nations both have several activations planned.World EV Day™ is now in...
Future Volvo EVs to all be based on single ‘tech stack’
Volvo Cars has revealed the direction that future electric Volvos will take, with the introduction of what it calls the 'Superset tech stack'.By basing all of its future EV releases on the same array...
Toyota adjusts EV plans, reducing planned global output by 30%
Just days after Volvo announced it would no longer aim for a target for 100% of its global passenger car sales to be fully electric by 2030, Toyota announced that it plans to scale...
MG to release solid-state battery EV as soon as 2025
SAIC's MG brand will launch a solid-state battery-based EV, with a release set for the second quarter of 2025.The batteries will debut on a premium MG EV, and whilst this model hasn't yet been...
Karin Rådström to become first female Daimler Truck CEO
Karin Rådström is set to take over from Martin Daum as CEO of Daimler Truck, from October.Rådström will move up from her current position, of both Member of the Board of Management for Daimler...
Volvo pulls back on 2030 100% EV sales commitment
Volvo Cars has pulled back on its goal for 100% of global passenger car sales to be fully electric by 2030, citing 'changing market conditions and customer demands'.Its new goal will be for 90-100%...
Nearly 1/3 of UK BMW cars sold in last 12 months were BEVs
New Automotive's August report on UK EV sales has uncovered a number of encouraging facts for the industry, with electric car sales shooting above expectations for the month of August, including for BMW.The report...
Volkswagen Group to unveil first EVs from electric off-road brand, Scout Motors
Reborn as an all-electric off-roader brand, Scout Motors, which the Volkswagen Group obtained the rights to after acquiring its parent company Navistar back in 2020, will unveil its first EV offerings next month.The reveal...
EV knowledge gap: Average UK ICE driver scores 2/10 in YouGov EV knowledge poll
A poll of petrol and diesel car drivers, undertaken by UK polling company YouGov, has found that the average ICE driver got just two questions correct, on a ten-question quiz on the topic of...
Velocity’s Ecargo bike scheme with UK’s Oxford City Council extended
In a collaboration between Ecargo bike provider Velocity Cycle Couriers and Oxford City Council, a six month trial, allowing local businesses to take advantage of zero-emission deliveries across Oxford, has been extended.In the six...
Volvo Trucks to launch 600 km-capable electric truck in 2025
Volvo Trucks is set to expand its electric offerings, with the manufacturer primed to release a longer-range variant of its current FH Electric.With the upcoming longer range variant capable of hauling for 600 km...