Auto Added by WPeMatico
Porsche and the Aachen recycler cylib have produced pilot battery cells in which 100% of the cathode active material, the lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese, came from Porsche’s own end-of-life packs. The EU Batteries Regulation will require only 6% recycled lithium and 6% recycled nickel in a new battery from August 2031. Porsche and the […]
This story continues at The Next Web
Tesla will install more than 100 megawatt-capable charging stalls at 21 sites in Germany, France, the UK, Sweden and Benelux to support the Semi, its Semi development head told the IAA Transportation fair in Hanover. Milence, the joint venture owned by Daimler Truck, Traton and Volvo, has EU funding to build 284 megawatt charging points […]
This story continues at The Next Web
Tesla’s European Megacharger rollout covers 21 sites and over 100 stalls Read More »
Toyota has confirmed a hydrogen fuel cell Hilux for 2028, the first commercially available fuel cell mid-size pickup in Europe, targeting 400km of range, 2,500kg of towing and a five-minute refuel. Europe and the UK have 179 hydrogen stations between them, one more than in 2023, and the 700-bar dispensers a car needs are being […]
This story continues at The Next Web
Porsche has opened orders in Germany and other European markets for an 11 kW wireless charging pad for the Cayenne Electric, at EUR 6,961.49 for the floor pad and the car-side hardware together, with efficiency of up to 90%. The pad must be permanently installed in the ground, and Europe’s rules on installing home charging […]
This story continues at The Next Web
Porsche’s wireless charging pad is on sale in Europe, and it bolts to the floor Read More »
GM is overhauling its infotainment interface on the 2027 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, giving Apple CarPlay and Android Auto their own window alongside native apps rather than the whole screen, after saying phone mirroring would be removed from its cars. Euro NCAP’s 2026 protocol asks for separate physical controls on five functions, which a […]
This story continues at The Next Web
GM’s new UI for trucks gives CarPlay its own window Read More »
Tesla has built a prefabricated Supercharger unit that ships pre-assembled with eight stalls and a 1.2MW power cabinet, cuts installation cost by 20% and can be unloaded with a forklift, with the first site live in Bavaria. A single unit exceeds the 1,050 kW that European rules will require from every pool on the core […]
This story continues at The Next Web
Tesla’s new “Accordion” Superchargers pack eight stalls into one delivery Read More »
Elon Musk again teased combining Tesla and SpaceX, telling the All-In Summit “who could imagine what action one might take when there’s so much close collaboration in so many areas“. Any such deal would very likely cross the EU merger thresholds, which would stop it being implemented until the European Commission cleared it. Elon Musk […]
This story continues at The Next Web
BMW will merge navigation and driver assistance into a single 3D view from October, on cars running its Operating System X, and says it will begin navigation-guided semi-automated urban driving in Germany in 2027. The UN regulation covering these systems only extends to system-initiated manoeuvres on urban roads from its 02 series, expected in force […]
This story continues at The Next Web
BMW will show navigation and driver assistance in one 3D view from October Read More »
New York City has selected it’s electric, a Brooklyn company that manufactures in Queens, to replace its curbside electric vehicle charging pilot with a permanent network across all five boroughs. The buildout runs for three years and takes the city from 88 curbside charging points to roughly 700. The award follows the transport department’s August announcement of […]
This story continues at The Next Web
Volkswagen’s Mission Efficiency concept set three certified records, including a 0.158 drag coefficient and a 1,278 km run from Wolfsburg to Vienna on one charging stop. European rules count every battery car as zero at the tailpipe, and the proposed incentive for small electric cars excludes anything longer than 4.2 metres. Volkswagen says it has […]
This story continues at The Next Web
Volkswagen says it has built the most efficient electric car ever tested Read More »