The Spanish electric scooter manufacturer Silence has started production of its first four-wheeled electric vehicle. The Silence S04, first shown in autumn 2021, is now being manufactured in a new plant of the parent company Acciona in Barcelona.
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In Egypt, more than 100,000 internal combustion vehicles are to be converted to electric drives. As a local media news site has reported, the country’s Supreme Council for Vehicle Construction has approved initiatives by two national electric mobility companies.
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Gogoro, known for its e-scooters and battery-swapping ecosystems, has announced an expanded partnership with Bikebank in Korea. The collaboration will bring Gogoro services to Korean consumers under the Dotstation brand, building on earlier B2B advances in the market.
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US-based battery swap startup Ample has revealed its latest station design, marking the second generation of its technology. The new design enables Ample to halve the times it takes to swap a battery, and the company says, the new stations boast faster deployment times.
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Charging infrastructure specialist Mer and Chinese EV manufacturer Nio have joined forces to develop more than 15 sites in Germany and Austria by 2025 that feature Mer’s charging stations and Nio’s battery swap stations.
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Fisker wants to offer its debut model Ocean with replaceable batteries in the future. This is made possible by a cooperation with the US specialist Ample.
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Swobbee, a battery-swapping startup based in Berlin, has raised an extra €2 million in an extended Series A funding round. Polish fund SpeedUp Energy Innovation and Dutch Stichting Clean Future Dividend Fund are new investors.
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Gogoro continues its international expansion, adding the Philippines to its portfolio. The electric scooter manufacturer is rolling out its electric scooters and battery-swapping network there.
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Taiwan’s micro-mobility company Gogoro has partnered with Italy’s Enel X to combine thousands of battery swapping stations into one virtual power plant. The partners claim the VPP already holds 1,300 ‘GoStations’ with another 1,200 scheduled for network deployment shortly.
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The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio has commissioned its first battery exchange station in Denmark. The site is located on the E20 motorway in Slagelse, in the west of the Danish main island of Zealand, about 100 kilometres southwest of Copenhagen.
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Nio delivers an update on plans to expand its battery-swapping network in China. Instead of 400, the EV maker now targets installing 1,000 such stations. Nio also updated the timeline to launch its next-gen battery exchange stations.
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The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio has now installed ten battery swapping stations in Europe, with seven more due to go into operation soon. The ten European battery-swapping stations are located in Norway, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands.
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The Italian energy company Eni has launched the electric carsharing service Enjoy in more Italian cities after Turin. The zero-emission fleet relies on the small car Yoyo designed by XEV in Italy.
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The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio is tackling its next European market with Sweden. After the pilot market in Norway and the recent first deliveries in Germany and the Netherlands, Sweden is the fourth European market for Nio.
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Taiwanese electric scooter maker Gogoro is delaying its expansion plans in China due to geopolitical and economic uncertainty and putting more focus on India and Indonesia, its Chief Financial Officer said in an interview.
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In India, Gogoro has announced a strategic B2B initiative and partnership with the EV-as-a-Service platform Zypp Electric. The two companies have teamed up to electrify logistics fleets and last-mile deliveries using Gogoro’s battery-swapping stations.
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Chinese battery manufacturer CATL has signed up Dongfeng Peugeot Citroën Automobile, a joint venture, as another automotive partner for its Evogo battery swap business.
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German electric vehicle manufacturer Next.e.GO Mobile has started selling the e.wave X, the successor to the Life small electric car unveiled in May. The e.wave X can now be configured by pre-orderers at list prices starting at 24,990 euros. A cargo variant has also been announced.
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In China, the carmaker SAIC, the battery manufacturer CATL and the two oil companies Sinopec and China National Petroleum (CNPC) have founded a joint venture to promote EVs with replaceable batteries. SAIC wants to produce vehicles capable of battery-swapping under several brands at once.
Read moreNio held its European launch in the heart of Berlin on Friday. With its three electric car models headed for Europe, its Nio Home concept replacing car dealerships and showrooms, and its battery swapping stations and subscription models, this young company showed it is capable of disrupting the nascent European electric car market. We report […]
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Chinese battery manufacturer CATL has signed agreements with Swiss electric vehicle manufacturer Kyburz and German company Trailer Dynamics at the IAA Transportation. Announcements on further deals are to follow shortly.
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The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio has opened its production facility in Hungary, where battery swapping stations for Europe are manufactured. Nio announced that the first station produced there was just delivered to Germany in the last few days.
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CATL has introduced a new battery technology called MTB (Module to Bracket) for heavy-duty electric trucks. The MTB technology integrates the battery module directly into the vehicle’s chassis, which, according to CATL, enables a 40 per cent increase in battery system utilisation and a ten per cent reduction in weight.
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Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio has begun testing battery swap stations that can feed power back into the grid. This comes against the backdrop of the current heat wave in China, which has already led to a number of power outages.
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The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio has opened its second battery-swapping station outside China. Like the first, the battery-swapping station is located in Vestby, Norway. But the first stations are soon to be built in Bergen.
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Vitesco Technologies has joined the Swappable Batteries Motorcycle Consortium (SBMC). The consortium was founded in 2021 by the two-wheeler manufacturers Honda, KTM, Piaggio and Yamaha and has now grown to 21 members.
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The Chinese manufacturer Nio plans the third brand for even more affordable electric cars. According to a media report, the third Nio label will cover the EV segment with a price range of 100,000 to 200,000 yuan – equivalent to about 14,500 to 29,000 euros.
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Japanese courier service Yamato Transport and the Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies Corporation (CJPT) have announced that they will work together to standardise replaceable and rechargeable battery cassettes for commercial electric vehicles.
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The Chinese electric carmaker has confirmed its earlier timetables, according to which the first vehicles with the 150 kWh solid-state battery will be delivered this year. There will also be flexible upgrades for existing Nio customers via the company’s battery swap stations.
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At its second Power Day, the Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio has announced that it will start installing a new 500 kW fast charging station in China and Europe this year. The company is also revealing more about its third generation battery swapping station.
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