EV Battery Swapping Startup Ample Charges Up Operations In Japan, NYC
EV battery swapping startup Ample has locked in two partnerships this month that will help fuel an expansion into Japan and New York City after years of working on the technology. The startup, which was founded in 2014 and came…
Foxconn Invests $36 Million In EV Partnership With Gigasolar
Taiwan’s Foxconn said a subsidiary has invested T$995.2 million ($36 million) in Gigasolar Materials Corp to develop electric vehicle (EV) battery materials. Foxconn, Apple’s main iPhone maker, said the investment via a private placement through a Taiwan-based subsidiary will make…
Loop Energy And GreenCore Partner To Combine Best-In-Class Technologies In Next Generation, Hydrogen-Powered EV Chargers
GreenCore and Loop Energy announced a partnership to develop and build hydrogen powered EV charging stations. The Parties anticipate the first pilot installation to be completed within calendar year of 2021 with more than 1,500 EV charging and hydrogen refueling…
Foxconn To Partner With PTT On Electric-Vehicle Production In Thailand
Foxconn Technology Group and Thailand’s state-owned oil company PTT PCL will set up an open platform for electric-vehicles production in the country, with an aim of accelerating the industry’s growth. The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to enter…
Siemens Partners With Murray Engineering On Australia-Made Electric Vehicle
Siemens and Western Australian partner Murray Engineering have unveiled a new light electric vehicle (eLV) designed and built in Australia. The vehicle was unveiled at the Austmine 2021 conference taking place in Perth, and follows the announcement of a new…
SP Group Partners With SMRT Subsidiary To Provide EV Charging Solutions Across Singapore
SMRT subsidiary Strides Transportation has signed an agreement with utilities provider SP Group to offer its electric vehicle (EV) drivers and fleet customers access to SP’s high-speed chargers across the island. This will provide greater convenience and a quicker turnaround…
Nissan To Invest $1.8 Billion In New EV Battery Plants In Japan And UK
Nissan will invest more than 200 billion yen ($1.8 billion) in building new electric-vehicle battery plants in the U.K. and Japan, according to a report. The Japanese automobile giant and a Chinese-owned battery maker aim to start delivering batteries to…
Fasset & NEC Payments Partner To Pilot Tokenising Tesla Supercharger Network In The Middle East
Fasset, a provider of a tokenisation and financing platform for sustainable infrastructure assets, and authorised to participate in the Central Bank of Bahrain’s (“CBB”) Regulatory Sandbox, has announced its Proof-of-Concept (PoC) tokenisation of a Tesla Supercharger charging unit, a decisive…
SK Innovation Works With Kia To Recycle Spent Electric Vehicle Batteries
SK Innovation, a major electric vehicle battery maker in South Korea, will work with Kia Motors to establish an industrial ecosystem for recycling spent batteries from EV6, a new electric vehicle to be released by the car company in the…
Suzuki, Subaru, Daihatsu, Toyota, And Mazda To Develop Joint Technical Specifications For Next-Generation Vehicle Communications Devices
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Subaru Corporation (Subaru), Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd., Toyota Motor Corporation, and Mazda Motor Corporation reached an agreement to develop jointly technical specifications for next-generation vehicle communications devices. They also agreed to promote the common use of communications…
