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5 days ago | 
electrive.com | Chris Randall
The fact that countless car manufacturers in North America, including Mazda, rely on the NACS charging standard developed by Tesla is nothing new. However, the Japanese car manufacturer has now concluded an agreement with Tesla that new electric Mazdas in Japan will also use NACS from 2027. The brief announcement from the Japanese company states that Mazda Motor Corporation has reached an agreement “with Tesla, Inc.
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5 days ago | 
electrive.com | Chris Randall
In contrast to the previous year’s programmes, the main funding will be provided in the form of loans, which account for 1 billion euros of the total amount, while the remaining 250 million euros will be granted as direct subsidies. Another new feature is that the State Corporation for Industrial Promotion and Enterprise Development (Sepides) will be responsible for managing this new PERTE funding round.
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6 days ago | 
electrive.com | Chris Randall
The team led by Professor Thomas F. Fässler from the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich, specialising in new materials, replaced some of the lithium in the lithium antimonide compound with the metal scandium. “This creates specific gaps, so-called vacancies, in the crystal lattice of the conductor material,” the researchers explain. These gaps should help the lithium ions in the solid-state batteries to move more easily and quickly.
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6 days ago | 
electrive.com | Chris Randall
The G3 is not an EV Polytron designed or engineered itself, but one of the several rebadged and renamed versions of Chinese automaker Skyworth’s EV6. The company redesigned the original model’s front fascia and gave it an upper grille for a distinctive, more conventional look. Needless to say, it also changed the branding at the front and rear and on the inside.
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6 days ago | 
electrive.com | Chris Randall
In the future, you may encounter electric trucks without drivers on Interstate 45 in Texas. Aurora Innovation recently launched a regular transport service with self-driving articulated trucks on the north-south corridor between Houston and Dallas. The Pittsburgh-based company, which was founded in 2017, claims to be the first company ever to operate a commercial service with heavy, self-driving trucks on public roads.
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6 days ago | 
electrive.com | Chris Randall
According to Vinfast, this is “significant milestone in VinFasts strategy to accelerate its sales model through dealerships globally, while reaffirming the Companys strong commitment to driving the green transition in Europe,” as it wrote in a press release. In fact, it is another step in a turbulent week for the company in Europe. Last Friday, it was reported that all VinFast’s European locations (showrooms and service centres) would be closed on 9 May.
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6 days ago | 
electrive.com | Chris Randall
If BYD’s plan works out, the company would be on a par with Western car manufacturers such as VW, Toyota, Stellantis and GM on the global market. BYD is already dominating its home market, where it overtook VW last year. This was achieved exclusively with electric cars and plug-in hybrids, as BYD has already discontinued the production of pure combustion models in 2022. Growth is to be fuelled by expansion in Europe and Latin America, as the US market has been ruled out.
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1 week ago | 
electrive.com | Chris Randall
Construction is set to begin in the third quarter of 2025, and the gradual expansion in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and other European countries will continue in 2026. However, the planned number of units is not specified. The announcement was accompanied by a photo of a Chimero charging station at the Allego charging park in Meerkerk in the Netherlands, although this location has already existed for several years.
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1 week ago | 
electrive.com | Chris Randall
The ALIKE project, which is subsidised by the German government with 26 million euros, aims to create the basis for the future commercial provision and scaling of ridepooling services with autonomous vehicles. To this end, the first shuttle vehicles are to be put on the road this year in an operational area from Stadtpark to the Elbe and from Schlump to Wandsbek. Two vehicle models will be used: the Holon Urban (until recently called the Holon Mover) and the VW ID. Buzz AD.
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1 week ago | 
electrive.com | Chris Randall
The more flexible CO2 fleet targets are one of the measures with which the EU Commission wants to improve the competitiveness of the European car industry. The proposal gives car manufacturers the option of not having to achieve the known CO2 fleet targets for 2025 directly this year, but instead only in the three-year average between 2025 and 2027. This is one of the results of the EU strategy dialogue on the future of the car industry, which was launched at the beginning of the year.
