Energy

Hyundai and LG unveil plans to build U.S. battery cell plant
Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution have announced their partnership to build an EV battery cell manufacturing Joint Venture in the U.S today. The battery cell plant received a total investment of over $4.3bn, in which Hyundai and LG will respectively hold a 50...

Hawaiian Electric launches EV charging programme
Hawaiian Electric is partnering with global electric vehicle software provider ev.energy to create a smart charging mobile app. The service will enable EV drivers to optimise their charging sessions while helping inform Hawaiian Electric’s future charging programs and...

FlixBus partners up with Bouden Coach Travel
Press release provided by Flixbus Leading European coach company FlixBus has teamed up with Bouden Coach Travel, offering daily travel between Birmingham and London. After teaming up with Stanley Travel last week - enabling transport between Newcastle, Leeds,...

Gotion reveals new 621-Mile battery to start production next year
A battery start-up from China, Gotion High Tech, has unveiled a new lithium-manganese-iron-phosphate (LMFP) Astroinno battery, called the L600. The battery was announced at its annual technology conference in Hefei, Anhui Province. Gotion has claimed that the battery...

Tata Motors draws nearer to securing gigafactory in UK
The Asian automotive manufacturing company, Tata Motors, is closing in on deal with UK government to secure funding for a new gigafactory, in Somerset. The factory will be a battery plant that will provide batteries to JLR (Jaguar and Land Rover) vehicles. The Indian...

Sunshine-powered fuel could be the new future for automobiles
A research group has successfully produced clean fuel using an innovative solar-powered method. The revolutionary technology produces clean fuel by converting carbon dioxide and water into liquid fuel. Using photosynthesis, researchers from the University of Cambridge...

Rolec EV and Wattif EV have announced a new partnership
A new collaboration between Rolec EV and Wattif EV has been announced as part of a strategic plan to accelerate electric charging (EV) infrastructure across the UK and Ireland. The charging points manufacturer, Rolec EV, will be partnering up with Wattif EV, an...

onsemi and ZEEKR announce long-term supply agreement
onsemi and ZEEKR have announced a long-term supply agreement. Through this partnership, onsemi will provide its EliteSiC silicon carbide power devices to increase the powertrain efficiency of ZEEKR’s smart electric vehicles. This aims to increase the power-train...

Bosch to expand its semiconductor business to the U.S
Bosch has announced that it will be expanding its semiconductor business with silicon carbide chips. The technology company plans to acquire assets of the U.S. chipmaker TSI Semiconductors, based in Roseville, California. The company will have a workforce of 250 and...

General Motors and Samsung SDI to invest $3bn in battery cell manufacturing facility
General Motors and Samsung SDI have revealed all new plans to invest $3bn to create a joint venture to manufacture battery cells for electric vehicles in the US. The all-new U.S EV battery plant is expected to begin mass production in 2026 and will have an annual...

Israel’s launches largest solar project in the country
Teralight has announced the launch of a 250MW solar plant. This is said to be Israel’s largest. The project has been valued at NIS 900 million and was initiated by Teralight company and developed with support from the Moshavim Movement cooperative, an initiative aimed...

Octopus Energy to launch U.S’s first-ever Fan Club
Octopus Energy has launched the US’s first-ever Fan Club, a unique electricity rate that provides savings when local wind turbines are spinning. When there is high wind power accounting for 45 percent or more of the Texas grid’s generation during a given period,...

South Korean government to invest $1.5bn into advanced battery manufacturing sector
South Korea’s government and electric vehicle battery makers have decided to ivest $1.5bn to strengthen the country’s advanced battery manufacturing sector. The investment will be used through 2030 to support the development of solid-state batteries. According to a...

StoreDot enters into agreement with VinES
StoreDot had entered into an agreement with VinES which will see a strategic investment of VinFast into StoreDot. This will mark a new milestone in the cell technology development between both companies and will help to promote advanced battery technology and...

Northvolt and Scania to develop battery cell for heavy electric vehicles.
Northvolt and Scania have announced that they will be joining forces to jointly develop a battery cell for heavy electric vehicles. In validation tests, the lithium-ion cell has demonstrated an outstanding lifetime resulting in the capacity to power trucks for 1.5...

IKEA invests £4.5million investment in a nationwide electric charging infrastructure
IKEA has announced a £4.5 million investment in a nationwide electric charging infrastructure. The new network will provide charging points for electric delivery vehicles across the country to enable more emissions-free deliveries. The new infrastructure will source...

Austin Energy’s implements new initiative: the EV Buyers Guide
Austin Energy has implemented a customer driven initiative that is removing barriers of EV adoption by improving the consumer EV buying experience through the recently launched initiative, Austin Drives Electric Dealership Program. Austin Energy is a publicly owned...

Hyundai CRADLE and itselectric partner to deploy curbside chargers for electric vehicles in New York City
This will be itselectric’s first pilot, in partnership with the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and Steiner Studios, with support from Hyundai Motor North America Six chargers have been deployed at the Brooklyn Army Terminal and the Brooklyn...

Volkswagen joins EV battery ecosystem partnership in Indonesia
Volkswagen has announced that it will join the partnership of Vale, Ford and Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt to create an electric vehicle battery ecosystem in Indonesia. Indonesia’s minister of investment Bahlil Lahadalia revealed that the German car manufacturer would be...

XPeng reveals all new SEPA 2.0
On Sunday, XPeng revealed its new platform architecture for making vehicles that will set the foundation for future production models and hopes to reduce the cost of development and manufacturing. The Smart Electric Platform Architecture (SEPA) 2.0 is aiming to...