On a number of occasions, SEAT has managed to provide enough details about the Mii Electric which is bound to be launched to the market this year. Today, the brand teased the vehicle once again with photos in a lengthy press release that did not unveil any new specifications. The model has two trims - the Mii Electric and the Mii Electric Plus. Each has a front-mounted electric motor with 61kW power output and 212Nm...

26 March 2020

LG Chem Wroclaw Energy will receive a €480 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The money will be used for the construction and operation of highly automated and innovative manufacturing facilities for advanced lithium-ion cells and batteries for battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs). The EIB financing will cover around a third of the total project costs, estimated at €1.5 billion. The remainder...

26 March 2020

DigiTimes cites an unnamed report from China, according to which may expand EV production in China. After a certain turmoil with the authorities, Tesla suspended its production in the US because of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. However, it might expand its capacity in Gigafactory Shanghai. Production in this factory has begun in Q4 of 2019. It was shut down on January 31 due to the novel coronavirus outbreak...

25 March 2020

Wuling, a GM brand in China, published the first official photos of the exterior of its first all-electric vehicle. It unveils an obvious inspiration - the K-Car that's widely popular in Japan. The two-door four-seat sedan is created especially for daily urban commuting. Its compact body with a short wheelbase is characterized by straight lines and square elements. Additional details about the vehicle, including its...

25 March 2020

Xpeng has fully acquired Guangdong Foday Automobile - a Foshan-based car manufacturer. This move is an attempt on behalf of Xpeng to gets its own license for manufacturing cars by having the Foday Automobile in its portfolio. Xpeng has been constructing a new factory in Zhaoqing where it is expected to launch and assemble its upcoming model P7. "The transaction is a critical step of our long term strategic plan," an...

25 March 2020

MG Motor UK has announced that it will provide up to 100 electric MG ZS EVs to NHS agencies throughout the UK as they fight the COVID-19 in the country. The vehicles will be supplied by the company's dealers in the UK for six months free of charge. The first six cars have already been supplied to Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Trust by MG dealer Chorley Group. Daniel Gregorious, Head of Sales & Marketing at MG...

25 March 2020

South Korean news outlet The Guru reports that according to industry sources, Audi is prepping a battery assembly plant near its production facility in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. In February, Audi had to pause the production of the e-tron due to battery supply shortages. With its ambitious plan to invest 12 billion euros i in developing electric vehicle lineups, battery supply must be overcome as a bottleneck. By...

25 March 2020

According to the latest reports from South Korea, LG Chem has introduced a production process that can increase the production of EV batteries. The new process increases the capacity of the equipment for battery materials. Along with the wide-range and high-speed technologies used in the assembly process, it is expected to help significantly in enhancing battery productivity. According to industry reports from...

25 March 2020

mPLUS is a South Korean producer of battery equipment and is mostly supplying notching and stacking equipment. South Korean media, The Elec At a shareholder's meeting the head of the company, Kim Jong-sung, said that mPLUS will target European companies and joint ventures for placing its production. The Volkswagen-Northvolt and Saft-Total projects are possible customers. mPLUS will begin launch its marketing...

25 March 2020

According to a report from Nikkei Asia Review, Nissan will start offering an electric version of all of its new and redesigned models in Japan starting in the second half of 2020. The first model will be an SUV and an electric version of the Dayz minicar will follow in 2021. The hybrids will be more, including the Kicks SUV (Japan availability from this summer), the Note, the X-Trail (next year). Each will feature...

25 March 2020

For several weeks, the development team of Mercedes-Benz has been testing the first purely battery-electric premium MPV from the brand. The tests have been held in Arjeplog, Sweden under severe climatic conditions - minus 30 degrees Celsius, icy roads, deep snow. This marks the end of one of the last milestones before the EQV market launch in the second half of 2020. A team of over 30 engineers, electronics experts...

25 March 2020

Polestar has officially announced that the production of the Polestar 2 has begun in Luqiao, China. This is just a month's delay from the previous plans to start in February 2020. The first units will be delivered to customers in the summer of 2020. The company has also shared some photos from the factory, which you may see at the end of the text. Initially, the company will sell the Polestar 2 Launch Edition and...

24 March 2020

BMW has unveiled that the next generation of the BMW 7 Series will be available in four variants - petrol, diesel, PHEV and for the first time - BEV. The latter will be equipped with a fifth-generation electric drivetrain. This move is part of BMW's plan to have 25 electrified models on the roads by 2023. More than half of those should be all-electric. BMW predicts that by 2021, demand for electrified vehicles will...

18 March 2020

Volkswagen has concluded the first phase and is now starting with the second phase of its TRANSFORM 2025+ strategy. This phase is about bringing electric vehicles for the masses on the roads. The ID.3, the first all-electric car based on the new MEB electric platform, is set to be delivered to customers starting this summer. The brand's first all-electric SUV, the ID.4, will follow afterward. By 2022, the brand will...

18 March 2020

Various Korean media report that LG Chem will supply between 10GWh and 13GWh of EV batteries to Tesla for its Gigafactory in China. This exceeds CATL's supply to Tesla in China. Last year LG Chem was approved as a Tesla battery supplier for cylindrical NCM811 batteries. This type of batteries has a ratio of nickel, cobalt, and manganese of 8:1:1. It is characterized by increasing the nickel content to improve energy...

16 March 2020