Utrecht to plug in 500 V2G-capable Renaults as backup battery

November 28, 2024

The all-electric Renault 5 E-tech is one of the first Renault vehicles equipped with a bidirectional charger capable of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2GThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Replacing an EV battery becoming cheaper than fixing dead ICE?

November 26, 2024

By 2030, replacing an electric car’s battery might be cheaper and easier than replacing a dying classic combustion engine (ICE). At least, tThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Northvolt founder steps down, restructuring started (update)

November 25, 2024

Battery manufacturer Northvolt has appointed restructuring expert Paul O’Donnell as head of the Northvolt Ett factory. The company’s onlThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

More than 1,000 smart charging hubs in Flanders by 2030?

November 22, 2024

Flanders has the potential to realize 1,096 ‘smart charging hubs’ or ‘charging plazas’ by 2030–around 6,600 individual charging points. ThThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Honda readies pilot production line for solid-state batteries

November 22, 2024

Honda is joining the pioneering car group that takes solid-state battery technology from the lab to a demonstration production line. VerificThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

BMW greenlights its Wackersdorf battery test facility

November 19, 2024

German carmaker BMW announced in September of last year that it was investing an extra €100 million in its Innovation Park Wackersdorf camThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

CATL’s new sodium-ion battery no longer fears extreme cold

November 19, 2024

Chinese CATL, the world’s biggest battery maker, claims a breakthrough in developing its second-generation sodium-ion (Na-ion) batteries. ThThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Umicore slashes 260 jobs in its battery materials division

November 07, 2024

Belgian multinational Umicore, a company specializing in materials technology for electric car batteries, is cutting about 260 jobs worldwidThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Engie to build new battery park in port of Antwerp

November 05, 2024

Energy provider Engie will start the construction of a new battery park in Kallo, in the port of Antwerp, at the beginning of next year. TheThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Chinese battery maker Svolt to cancel European operations

October 28, 2024

Chinese battery maker Svolt, a spin-off from Great Wall Motors since 2018, has confirmed to local media Yicai that it will end its European This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

CATL’s 400 km-range PHEV battery brushes aside range anxiety

October 25, 2024

Chinese CATL, the world’s biggest battery maker, has presented a new type of battery for extended range (EREV) and plug-in hybrids (PHEV) toThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Enough lithium in Arkansas to supply the world’s EVs

October 24, 2024

Is lithium the new gold mine for Arkansas after oil? Researchers have discovered that an underground brine reservoir in the southern US statThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Mercedes opening its own NMC battery recycling plant a safe bet?

October 22, 2024

Mercedes-Benz has finally opened its own battery recycling plant in Kuppenheim, southern Germany, using Primobius’s technology. It’s Europe’This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Mining giant Rio Tinto buys US lithium producer Arcadium

October 10, 2024

Rio Tinto Group, the world’s second-largest mining group, is to buy U.S. lithium producer Arcadium Lithium Plc. The British-Australian groupThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Honda’s new generation 0 Series BEVs starts taking shape

October 10, 2024

Honda is gearing up to unveil its highly anticipated 0 Series EV lineup, marking a highly anticipated leap forward in the company’s electrifThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

CATL and BYD deliver 53.5% of the world’s EV batteries

October 09, 2024

According to figures from Korean consultancy firm SNE Research, from January to July 2024, batteries for electric vehicles (EV, PHEV, HEV) rThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Eneco builds Belgium’s largest battery park in Wallonia

October 01, 2024

Sustainable energy producer Eneco has built Belgium’s largest battery park in Ville-sur-Haine in the province of Hainaut (Wallonia). Last FrThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Peugeot bumps e-3008 and e-5008 range to near 700 km

September 24, 2024

French carmaker Peugeot has finished homologating the new Long-Range versions of its electric SUVs. Thanks to a larger 96,9-kWh battery, theThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Northvolt to cut 1,600 jobs over EV cooldown

September 24, 2024

Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt, Europe’s unicorn start-up in the electric vehicle (EV) battery market, announced it will cut 1,600This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Febelauto collected 150 tons of used HEV batteries in 2023

September 20, 2024

Last year, Febelauto, the management body for waste vehicles and industrial batteries, collected almost 150 tons of high-voltage batteries fThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

BMW and Zagreb University use AI to streamline battery production

September 13, 2024

BMW Group’s Battery Cel Competence Center  (BCCC) in Munich and the University of Zagreb’s Regional Center of Excellence for Robotic TechnoThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Mercedes bets on Solstice solid-state battery for 1,000 km range

September 12, 2024

Mercedes-Benz is betting on solid-state batteries, co-developed with US-based Factorial, for its future electric car range. The companies prThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Fimatec demonstrates mobile charging park at Matexpo Demo Days

September 09, 2024

During the upcoming Matexpo-powered Demo Days, a two-day event with over 100 building construction machines (6-8 September 2024), Fimatec wiThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

MG to integrate solid-state batteries in its range by 2025

September 06, 2024

MG is beating rivals to the punch in the race for solid-state batteries in electric cars. The company has announced that it will start equipThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

1,000-hp Nissan GT-R EV successor getting solid-state battery?

August 28, 2024

Nissan has unveiled some of its plans concerning solid-state battery technology, which will launch in a series-production EV by 2028. The JaThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Neta S Kombi is first car on CATL’s 800-volt platform

August 26, 2024

Neta has officially launched the S Kombi, an all-electric estate made in China. It is offered in both range extender and full-electric versiThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

South Korea wants carmakers to disclose their battery suppliers

August 16, 2024

A fire incident with an EV caused the South Korean Ministry of Transport to ask carmakers to disclose the names of their battery suppliers. This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Now the old Mercedes G-Class is going all-electric

August 16, 2024

While Mercedes is fully concentrated on launching the all-electric G-Class EV, the engineers from Arcade Cars are feasting on a throwback toThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Thousands of Serbs keep protesting against lithium mine project

August 12, 2024

On Saturday, thousands of people demonstrated in Belgrade against Rio Tinto’s controversial mining project to extract lithium in western SerThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Samsung shows solid-state battery that lasts 20 years

August 06, 2024

Samsung is upping the stakes in the race to commercialize solid-state batteries. At the SNE Battery Day 2024 event in Seoul, South Korea, thThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Study: how hot summer affects your EV’s range

August 05, 2024

As is commonly known, freezing cold temperatures affect an EV’s range. But how do extreme summer temperatures affect its battery capacity? This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

AkzoNobel develops protective powder coatings for EV batteries

July 30, 2024

Dutch paints company AkzoNobel’s Resicoat brand has developed innovative powder coating technology that provides improved electrical protectThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

NIO rounds cape of 2,500 battery swap stations

July 30, 2024

Chinese premium carmaker NIO has officially rounded the cape of 2,500 Power Swap Stations (PPS), of which 2,454 are located in China and 51 This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Turkey to bet $15 billion on EV production support

July 29, 2024

Turkey wants to become a significant player in producing batteries for electric cars. That is what President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Japan cracks down on rideable suitcases

July 29, 2024

The growing popularity of rideable electric suitcases to get people quickly around airports and train stations has alarmed Japanese authoritThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Luminus to build large battery park in Ghent

July 15, 2024

Energy provider Luminus, a subsidiary of the French EDF, intends to build a giant battery park on its site in Ghent. On Friday, the company This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Mercedes pools battery research in its new eCampus

July 09, 2024

Mercedes-Benz has opened the eCampus at its headquarters in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim, Germany. The manufacturer will pool battery research tThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Brussels Sibelga calls to register private charging stations

July 08, 2024

Under the slogan ‘Proud of your terminal’, Sibelga has launched an information campaign to alert Brussels citizens to the mandatory declaratThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Renault’s Ampere secures LFP batteries to lower EV prices

July 02, 2024

Ampere, Renault Group’s electric vehicle department, has secured the supply of lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries from LG Energy SolutioThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Chinese e-truck builder Windrose settles HQ in Belgium

June 27, 2024

According to the business newspaper De Tijd, Chinese electric truck builder Windrose is to establish its European headquarters and first worThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Belgium’s Elia warns for too much electricity this summer

June 24, 2024

Belgian high-voltage operator Elia is calling on the market to be vigilant this summer. There is a chance that Belgium will produce too muchThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.

Audi launches sportier and more powerful E-tron GT

June 18, 2024

Audi is following the slipstream of the recently facelifted Porsche Taycan and unveiling an updated version of its all-electric sports car, This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.