BYD continues its European expansion with the launch of the Atto 2, a compact electric SUV. This new model, known as the Yuan Up in China, represents BYD’s ninth offering in the European market. The Atto 2 has a good chance to capture a decent chunk of the competitive B-segment SUV market, offering a lot of modern technology, practicality, and… Read more…
Lynk & Co wins Volvo as a distribution partner in Europe
Volvo Cars has received approval from its shareholders to sell its 30 per cent stake in Lynk & Co to Zeekr. At the same time, Lynk & Co has gained Volvo as a distribution partner for Europe. This gives Lynk & Co access to selected Volvo dealers in Germany and other European countries. Read more…
Stellantis plans to close UK plant in Luton by the middle of the year
Stellantis confirmed to the British media that the van plant in Luton near London will close in the second quarter of 2025. That means the announced production of electric vans in Luton will obviously not take place. Read more…
Airbus pauses its air taxi project
The German air taxi startups Lilium and Volocopter both had to file for insolvency and are now trying to reorganise themselves. Now the major aviation group Airbus is also putting its air taxi project on hold. The once-hyped technology is finding it extremely difficult to take off. Read more…
China Jan NEV wholesale at 900,000, down 40% from Dec, CPCA estimates show
In January, China’s wholesale sales of passenger NEVs were estimated at 900,000 units, up 31 percent from a year earlier but down 40 percent from December.
The Chinese New Year holiday, and the fact that many consumers completed their pre-holiday car purchases early in December, contributed to the weak performance in January.
Dongfeng Voyah’s Zhiyin SUV reportedly to be 1st model to feature DeepSeek
Voyah’s cockpit has completed integration with DeepSeek and is scheduled to kick off DeepSeek knowledge distillation training on February 14.
In addition to Zhiyin, Voyah’s Dream MPV will also feature DeepSeek’s AI models.
Tesla China sells 63,238 cars in Jan, down 33% from Dec
That’s down 11.49 percent from 71,447 a year ago and down 32.56 percent from 93,766 in December.
A previous report said Tesla planned to suspend some of its production lines in Shanghai for about three weeks during the Chinese New Year to optimize its equipment.
Porsche wants to build more combustion engines
Porsche is planning extensive measures “to strengthen the company’s profitability in the short and medium term.” That also includes “expansion of the product portfolio to include additional vehicle models with combustion engines or plug-in hybrids.” Read more…
Nio sees record 136,720 single-day battery swaps during Chinese New Year break
Between January 22 and February 5, there were 12 days with more than 100,000 battery swap services in a single day.
The busiest station provided 183 services in a single day.
Hyundai to suspend Ioniq 5 production in South Korea
Due to weak sales figures, Hyundai will allegedly suspend production of the Ioniq 5 and Kona Electric at its South Korean plant in Ulsan for a week in February. Along with Kia, the carmaker launched discount campaigns for their electric models in South Korea to boost sales. Read more…
Dürr, Cellforce and LiCAP team up for dry electrode tech
Dürr Systems and LiCAP Technologies are working together to revolutionise the production of battery cells, traditionally reliant on wet coating, with the sustainable Activated Dry Electrode technology. Read more…
Ziegler Energy Solutions and Kempower partner to offer EV charging solutions
Ziegler Energy Solutions, a manufacturer of EV charging and microgrid equipment, has announced that it has become a Kempower Certified Partner. “This certification and partnership enables ZES to deliver advanced electric vehicle fast-charging solutions tailored to meet the needs of commercial fleet services and charging infrastructure projects,” the company said, adding that the partnership will… Read more…
Lyteflo closes $3-million seed round to help dealers sell EVs
Lyteflo, a new electric vehicle (EV) merchandising company, has received $3 million in seed funding. Lyteflo’s platform integrates into auto dealership web sites to help them move their EV inventory faster and appraise EV batteries with precision. It provides data-backed sales tools to answer customers’ most prominent questions. Lyteflo’s EV Revenue Platform provides a suite… Read more…
China EV insurance registrations for 2 weeks ending Feb 2: Nio 3,300, Tesla 13,400, BYD 68,100
Xpeng at a record 11,100 units, Li Auto at 11,000 and Xiaomi at 8,500. Read more…
Port of Long Beach to deploy InductEV wireless EV chargers for electric cargo handling equipment
Wireless EV charging specialist InductEV will deploy its high-power inductive chargers in partnership with port terminal operator International Transportation Service, (ITS) at the Port of Long Beach. ITS recently secured a $3.3-million grant from the California Energy Commission for project, titled Hands-free Charging for Battery Electric Cargo Handling Equipment, that will demonstrate charging technology solutions… Read more…
Pipistrel Nuuva V300 eVTOL aircraft completes first flight
Slovenian light aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel has announced that its Nuuva V300 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft went aloft in its first successful test flight last week. The flight took place on January 31 in Ajdovščina, Slovenia, a town in the Vipava Valley where the company’s headquarters is located. “This milestone marks an advancement… Read more…
Nio Onvo ramps up promotions in renewed price war
Onvo continues to offer a zero down payment, three-year interest-free financing program, and additionally started offering option discounts.
Tesla, Xpeng announced promotional programs for car purchases two days ago.
Xiaomi working on boosting car production capacity, says CEO
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun is discussing with colleagues responsible for vehicle manufacturing how to further increase production capacity.
Customers who order the SU7 now will still have to wait about six months for delivery.
New York wants to trial electric construction equipment
The city of New York is looking to work with manufacturers and suppliers of light-, medium-, and heavy-duty electric construction equipment. But before committing, it wants to test the vehicles – free of charge. Read more…
Ceva Logistics introduces 23 new electric trucks to its fleet
French freight forwarder Ceva Logistics is expanding its fleet with 23 battery-electric trucks. These are intended to help reduce the environmental impact of transport. Ceva Logistics already had 518 electric trucks and vans in operation. Read more…
