It marks a significant step towards commercial production for Sion’s Licerion battery cells, which are expected to reduce the cost of 200kWh battery packs by 35%. The company claims its Licerion technology offers twice the energy of traditional lithium-ion batteries for the same size and weight. Read more…
Xiaomi EV sales keep rising, but fatal crash sends stock tumbling
Xiaomi’s electric vehicle (Xiaomi EV) division continues to see strong sales, with monthly deliveries flying past 20,000 units with ease for the sixth consecutive month. The company remains confident in reaching its ambitious 2025 delivery target of 350,000 units. In March alone, Xiaomi EV reported delivering over 29,000 cars. The Xiaomi SU7 was launched in March 2024 and is offered… Read more…
Norway sees bump in hybrid sales in March
In Norway, a one-off effect has resulted in relatively high sales of hybrid cars. Purely electric cars therefore achieved a market share of ‘only’ 84 per cent in March – a downward outlier for Norwegians, who are otherwise constantly turning to electric cars. Read more…
Coulomb Solutions launches ‘Super Long Life’ commercial vehicle battery
Coulomb Solutions has just revealed its latest commercial EV battery system for US trucks, buses, trains and more. The ‘Super Long Life’ (SLL) system comes with a large 900,000 mile, 15-year warranty. Read more…
Hyundai Insteroid EV Concept Looks Like A Modern Group B Rally Car
They have turned the cutesy Inster into an aggressive road racer, and it looks fantastic. Read more…
This Tesla Model S Was Bricked After Sitting For Six Months. Here’s How It Was Revived
Yes, it has a manual release for the hood. But after 450,000 miles, it was so corroded that it snapped. Read more…
Brose sells e-bike drive business to Yamaha
The German manufacturer Brose is selling its drive and system business for electric bikes. Yamaha is the buyer. If the antitrust authorities give the green light, the Brose unit will become part of Yamaha’s subsidiary Motor eBike Systems GmbH. Read more…
MAN batter-electric eTGX completes test drive to the Arctic Circle
Called the MAN Polarexpress, the 32-tonne electric eTGX has completed its 3,400-kilometre journey from the tip of Sweden to Munich. Among other things, engineers looked at the trucks’s energy consumption and charged exclusively using public EV infrastructure. Read more…
Zeekr Group delivers 40,715 cars in Mar, up 30.18% from Feb
The deliveries included 15,422 vehicles under the Zeekr brand and 25,293 vehicles under Lynk & Co.
In the first quarter, Zeekr Group delivered 114,011 vehicles.
Nio delivers 15,039 cars in Mar, up 14% from Feb
BYD sells 377,420 NEVs in Mar, overseas sales hit new high
BYD sold a record 72,723 vehicles overseas in March, an increase of 89.22 percent year-on-year and up 8.50 percent month-on-month. Read more…
Wayne Griffiths has left Cupra
Wayne Griffiths, CEO of Seat and Cupra, has left the company at his own request with effect from 31 March 2025. Seat’s Chief Production Officer Markus Haupt will take over the management on an interim basis. Read more…
Li Auto delivers 36,674 cars in Mar, up 39.64% from Feb
In the first quarter, Li Auto delivered 92,864 vehicles, near the upper end of its previous guidance of 88,000 to 93,000 units.
Li Auto’s L series is expected to achieve the milestone of delivering its 1 millionth vehicle soon.
Daimler Buses acquires 49% stake in software company Sinos
German software solutions company Sinos has a new investor. Daimler Buses has taken over nearly half of the company, strengthening the companies’ cooperation. Sinos has developed, among other things, an intelligent charging management software. Read more…
Nio continues to offer 5-year, 0-interest financing for car purchases in Apr
Nio Inc continued to offer a five-year, zero-interest financing plan in April for both the Nio and Onvo brands.
This could result in interest savings of RMB 23,612 to RMB 44,341 for car buyers.
Northvolt cuts nearly 3,000 jobs in Sweden
Northvolt can continue its operations, albeit not to full capacity. The company’s bankruptcy trustee has secured the necessary agreement with key shareholders. A number of employees will be forced to leave. Read more…
Rivian receives €3.5 million from Serbia
Serbia’s Ministry of the Economy has promised Rivian SE Europe 3.5 million euros in subsidies. The money will be used to support its European technology centre and set up centres of excellence in Belgrade. Read more…
Going full Wall-E: This new Japanese device does all the walking for you
In a world where personal mobility devices are getting sleeker and more compact, Cocoa Motors has unveiled the WALKCAR 2, a device that might just make you question the need for walking altogether. Imagine a laptop-sized gadget that lets you glide through the streets or mall with zero effort. It sounds like something straight out of a sci-fi movie, right. Read more…
The Chevrolet BrightDrop Van Gets A Massive $25,500 Discount
The Canadian-built electric van may also be eligible for the $7,500 federal tax credit. Read more…
Nio signs new deal to build 100 swap stations in Changsha with partner
This is the second such partnership Nio has entered into in the past few days as it continues to push forward with the construction of battery swap stations.
Nio signed a similar deal in Beijing on March 26 to build 100 battery swap stations together.
