Lithium shortage of 390,000 tonnes in 2030In the race to procure key battery metals, European automakers have secured only 16% of the key metals they’ll need to meet their sales goals by 2030, according to Transport & Environment (T&E), a campaign...Read more
CollaborationGerman car manufacturers Mercedes-Benz and BMW will jointly set up a fast-charging network for electric cars in China. The first stations should be opened next year.
In three years, at least a thousand stations with 7,000...Read more
30 hubs planned in Europe by the end of 2024Mercedes-Benz has opened its first own charging hub in Mannheim, Germany. This is also the first of 30 planned fast-charging parks in Europe that will offer more than 200 charging points by the end of...Read more
Exploring home storage batteriesCharge point operator Pod Point is branching into battery energy storage systems and flexibility services with a raft of new deals.Read more
batteriesThe French government has been given the go-ahead from the EU Commission to subsidise research and development of solid-state batteries for electric vehicles with the Taiwanese company ProLogium. The European Commission has approved funding of...Read more
BMWBMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, and Stellantis — announced a planned joint venture today to erect easy-to-activate DC fast chargers along US and Canadian highways and in urban environments.Read more