Mercedes To Source Cobalt And Lithium With “Standard For Responsible Mining”
In future, Mercedes-Benz will only buy battery cells with cobalt and lithium from certified quarries. The Stuttgart-based automaker also intends to reduce the cobalt content of the next generation of battery cells to less than ten per cent and, in…
Volvo To Build Electric Motors In-House For Its Next-Generation EVs
Volvo makes no secret of its plans to become a fully electric carmaker and wants to be able to build as many of the necessary components in-house. The company has announced significant investments to “allow for the in-house design and…
Polestar Recalls Almost All Polestar 2 Electric Cars Over Inverter And Battery Issues
Polestar announced today that it is recalling almost all Polestar 2 electric cars that it has delivered globally over an issue with its power inverter and its battery pack coolant heater. It’s not easy to be an EV startup. Polestar…
Aston Martin Gets Access To Mercedes EV Tech In Exchange For Bigger Stake
Mercedes-Benz will increase its stake in Aston Martin to up to 20 percent from 2.6 percent as part of an expanded technology partnership between the automakers. Aston Martin will get access to advanced Mercedes technologies, including next-generation hybrid and electric…
TÜV & ConAC To Open Test Lab For EV Batteries
The German certification service provider TÜV Rheinland and the Aachen-based start-up ConAC have announced a test laboratory for electric car drive batteries. The laboratory, which is to become one of the “largest and most modern independent battery test centres in…
UK: Plug-in Pledge Raises EV Uptake Forecast
Two years after launching the Plug-in Pledge in the UK, the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) has updated its forecasts for the uptake of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The speed with which road transport is decarbonising has…
Renault Electric SUV Riles Unions In France
Renault unions are raising hackles about the French carmaker producing a new electric mini-SUV in China and selling it in Europe, a clash that could become more common given how many companies have similar plans. Labor groups are assailing Renault…
InoBat Auto: World-First Battery Customization For Electric Vehicles
After one year of design and development, Slovakia-based company InoBat Auto recently unveiled its Gen1 lithium battery, which is reportedly the first electric vehicle (EV) battery created with both artificial intelligence (AI) and high-throughput technology. InoBat developed its electric vehicle…
BlackRock Invests $118 Million In UK Electric Vehicle Startup Arrival
British electric vehicle startup Arrival said it has raised $118 million from U.S. funds manager BlackRock Inc. Five-year-old Arrival is focused on development of electric commercial vehicles, including vans and buses. It previously had raised $111 million from Korean automaker…
More Investment In EV Battery Cell Manufacturing Required To Meet Emissions Targets: IEA
More investment needs to be made in electric vehicle battery manufacturing in order for the world to meet net-zero ambitions, the International Energy Agency said in its latest World Energy Outlook. The widely anticipated report looked at a variety of…
