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4 days ago | 
electrive.com | Chris Randall
According to the initiators, this is the first such partnership in the north of Scotland to be an inter-council contract awarded as part of the Scottish Government’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund. Furthermore, this also marks the largest grant awarded in Scotland since the fund was launched.
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electrive.com | Chris Randall
So far, Nio’s presence in Europe is still limited: the Chinese manufacturer’s electric cars are only available on the continent in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. Outside of China and Europe, the vehicles are still available in the United Arab Emirates. However, there is nothing to suggest that Nio will actually reach the target of 25 foreign markets in 2025 that was set three years ago.
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4 days ago | 
electrive.com | Chris Randall
According to the automotive supplier, the electric motor rotor temperature sensor (eRTS) delivers significantly more precise measurement results than the current software-based temperature simulation, with a tolerance range reduced from 15 to just three degrees Celsius, as Continental reports. However, the possibilities that this opens up for the development of new electric motors are greater than a smaller tolerance range of a few degrees would lead the layman to expect.
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4 days ago | 
electrive.com | Chris Randall
With the innovations from the eMobility Tech Day in Zweibrücken, ZF wants to offer a comprehensive product programme for electrified drives in order to meet the requirements of a “dynamic, volatile and technologically differentiated market,” as the supplier announces. This is because the market for e-mobility continues to grow globally.
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4 days ago | 
electrive.com | Chris Randall
The 53-year-old Bialkowski was most recently Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Stellantis in Germany before Opel CEO Florian Huettl also took over the management of all Stellantis brands in Germany in December 2024 as part of the replacement of some management positions, and Bialkowski left the Group. He had previously worked at Nissan and Renault. “With Lars Bialkowski, we are setting another milestone in strengthening our management team for BYD in Germany.
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4 days ago | 
electrive.com | Chris Randall
The International Energy Agency (IEA) traces the development of the global electric vehicle battery market in 2024 and reveals details on geographical market distribution, chemistry and price trends. It was already known from a previous IEA publication that battery demand in 2024 exceeded the one terawatt-hour mark for the first time. The International Energy Agency counts batteries of all types together.
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4 days ago | 
electrive.com | Chris Randall
As Handelsblatt writes, citing data from the two market research companies Dataforce and Marklines, Mercedes is said to have sold only 1,450 units of the G580 with EQ technology, as the model is officially called, by the end of April 2025 – worldwide. By comparison, Mercedes dealers sold around 9,700 vehicles of the combustion model, which in the case of the G-Class is offered with six- and eight-cylinder engines, in the same period, i.e. almost seven times as many.
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4 days ago | 
electrive.com | Chris Randall
The French Stellantis subsidiary DS unveiled the new DS N°4 in mid-May and has now also announced the prices for the French market. The battery-electric offshoot DS N°4 E-Tense starts in the Pallas equipment line at a list price of 46,900 euros. Leasing starts at 419 euros per month. This puts the electric DS N°4 a few hundred euros below its sister model, the Peugeot e-408, for which the French company charges 46,600 euros, or £42,175 in the UK.
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5 days ago | 
electrive.com | Chris Randall
JEM has already supplied the first batch of electric mini trucks to Pickkup as part of the new agreement. The company is using its one-tonne model, the Tez, for this collaboration. Before commencing deliveries this week, JEM conducted extensive pilot runs to demonstrate the capabilities of the Tez across intra-city and intercity routes. The company was able to achieve a range of up to 220 km during the testing phase.
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5 days ago | 
electrive.com | Chris Randall
According to Shell, Germany’s most powerful test centre for heavy-duty charging infrastructure is currently being built in Hamburg. As the company announced, the new centre at the Shell Technology Centre Hamburg will enable charging capacities of up to five megawatts in future – a dimension that is particularly relevant for electrically powered trucks, buses, tractors, construction vehicles and ships.
