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1 week ago | 
electrive.com | Carla Westerheide
Known as the Flexpole Plus, the updated model maintains a 150 kW charging capacity without requiring grid upgrades and introduces several technical improvements aimed at simplifying deployment and enhancing compatibility. Elli has yet to disclose battery capacity details for the Flexpole Plus.
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1 week ago | 
electrive.com | Carla Westerheide
Zenobē, the UK-based provider of fleet electrification and battery storage solutions, is expanding into the Canadian market with a CA$48 million debt facility for 7Gen, a company offering electric vehicles and infrastructure as a service. The financing will support the lease and deployment of 400 and 500 commercial EVs across Canada and refinance part of 7Gen’s existing fleet.
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1 week ago | 
electrive.com | Carla Westerheide
The base model, Ioniq 9 RWD S, starts at $60,555 (including the destination fee) and offers an EPA-estimated range of 335 miles (about 540 kilometres). The AWD Performance Limited variant, delivering 422 horsepower and equipped with 21-inch wheels, is priced from $72,850 and provides a range of 311 miles (500 km). The top-tier AWD Performance Calligraphy Design trim, featuring matte paint and 21-inch turbine wheels, is available at $78,090.
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1 week ago | 
electrive.com | Carla Westerheide
According to the latest data from BOVAG, RAI Vereniging, and RDC, fully electric cars accounted for 33.9 per cent of all new passenger car registrations in the Netherlands in April. A total of 9,206 BEVs were registered—up just 1.5 per cent year-on-year—pointing to a stagnating trend. This figure also sits slightly below the Q1/2025 BEV share of 35.3 per cent. Leading the overall passenger car ranking across all powertrains was once again the Kia EV3, with 871 units registered in April.
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1 week ago | 
electrive.com | Carla Westerheide
Ford has reportedly shelved its programme to develop a next-generation in-house electronics architecture. The US carmaker had previously invested heavily in the software system internally referred to as FNV4, which was intended to serve as the 'brain' of its future smart cars. According to Reuters, citing insider sources, Ford is stepping back from its previously ambitious programme to create an advanced E/E architecture under the working title FNV4 (‘fully-networked vehicle’).
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1 week ago | 
electrive.com | Carla Westerheide
As reported by the German portal Elektroauto-News.net, all European sites are expected to shut down this Friday. Two insiders reportedly confirmed that around 90 per cent of staff were informed of their dismissal in early May. An internal staff meeting is said to have taken place on 2 May to outline the next steps. The timeline presented during the meeting appears very concrete: a ‘showroom shutdown’ is scheduled for 9 May, with severance agreements to be finalised by 22 May.
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1 week ago | 
electrive.com | Carla Westerheide
In light of higher tariffs, Audi’s plans for local US manufacturing are beginning to take shape. According to the German Automobilwoche, the electric SUV Q4 e-tron or future successor models could be built at VW’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, ‘as the MEB platform has already been installed there.’ Volkswagen has been producing the ID.4 for the US market in Chattanooga since July 2022. The plant operates with a partially localised supply chain, which Audi could join in on.
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2 weeks ago | 
electrive.com | Carla Westerheide
The two locations, specifically Kettleman City, CA and Lebec, CA, will offer charging rates of at least 200 kW and will be able to charge 64 electric trucks simultaneously. Moreover, each site will be equipped with 5.1 MW of solar power and 8 MWh of battery energy storage to minimise the impact on the grid and secure operationality.
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2 weeks ago | 
electrive.com | Carla Westerheide
Tritium has unveiled its latest DC charging solution, the TRI-FLEX platform, at ACT Expo 2025 in Anaheim. Designed to address scalability and flexibility challenges in EV infrastructure, TRI-FLEX introduces a distributed architecture that allows operators to scale from four up to 64 charge points using a modular hub-and-dispenser system. At the centre of the system is the TRI-FLEX Hub, a power conversion unit supporting AC input from 400 kW to 1.6 MW, and delivering up to 3.2 MW of DC output.
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2 weeks ago | 
electrive.net | Carla Westerheide
Während seiner Präsentation auf der Advanced Clean Transportation Expo (ACT) in Kalifornien erläuterte Dan Priestley, Leiter des Semi-Programms bei Tesla, die nächste Phase der Elektrifizierungsstrategie des Unternehmens. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei die Einführung der V4-Supercharger von Tesla, die über eine kompakte, modulare Ladeeinheit eine Leistung von bis zu 1,2 Megawatt liefert.
