News Vietnamese EV maker begins construction of Indonesian factory Vietnamese EV-maker VinFast has broken ground on a $200m factory in Subang in West Java. The plant, which will have a maximum capacity of 50,000 vehicles a year, will contain…
News BYD expected to build €1bn EV plant in Turkey Turkish officials anticipate an agreement with Chinese EV and battery maker BYD to build a $1bn plant near Izmir in the west of the country, Automotive News Europe reports. Recep…
Markets China to spend $40bn on flying electric vehicle sector China’s Guangdong province is planning to invest $41.4bn in the emerging “low-altitude economy” over the next 2.5 years. The phrase refers to the nascent industrial sector focussed on electric airborne…
News MVRDV transforms 19th-century Amsterdam building into EV outlet Chinese EV-maker Nio has opened a flagship European showroom in a 19th-century insurance building in Amsterdam. The building on Amsterdam’s Keizersgracht was built in 1891 for the New York Life…
News Construction begins on €800m BMW battery plant in Mexico BMW has announced that construction has begun on an expansion of its factory in San Luis Potosí, central Mexico. The 80,000 sq m extension will make high-voltage batteries for the…
News Eyes on Xi Jinping’s Hungarian visit for possible EV plant Chinese car maker Great Wall Motors plans to build a big electric vehicle plant in Hungary, media there have been speculating. They believe it will time the announcement to coincide…
News Work on VinFast’s $4bn North Carolina EV plant stalled amid downsizing plans Work has paused at Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast’s $4bn factory in North Carolina as officials review the company’s proposals to shrink it. Questions have been asked about the…
News Bosch gets green light to finish its $1bn Chinese research and production centre German automotive supplier Bosch has received permission to start building the second phase of a $1bn research, development and production centre on the western outskirts of Shanghai. Bosch said in…
News European battery contender raises €4.4bn for expansion Automotive Cells Company (ACC), a French firm formed to lead the European battery industry, has secured €4.4bn in credit to fund the construction of three lithium-ion gigafactories in France, Germany,…
News BMW completes electric vehicle plant in Austria Construction has been completed at a BMW Group site in Steyr, northern Austria, which will be dedicated to assembling the company’s “e-drives” for electric vehicles. Work began on the 150m-by-105m…
News Amazon and Hyundai plan autonomous ‘site of the future’ Amazon has joined forces with South Korea’s Hyundai to work on the development of autonomous construction sites. The team will use Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a connectivity platform for…
News Honda ‘considering’ construction of $14bn EV complex in Ontario Japanese automotive company Honda is considering building a $13.8bn EV complex in Canada, reports Nikkei Asia. The project, which may include a battery factory and an assembly plant, would be…
News $5bn electric vehicle plant accelerates in Atlanta Californian EV maker Rivian has selected Chicago contractor Clayco to build a 1,800-acre manufacturing plant outside Atlanta, Georgia. The company, which makes SUVs and pick-ups, had previously planned to build…
News Stellantis in talks to build battery mega factory with China’s CATL Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) and Dutch-based car maker Stellantis Group signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday outlining plans to form an alliance. It sees CATL supplying…
News Hyundai to add $1.5bn EV plant to world’s largest auto factory Hyundai broke ground this week on a £1.5bn EV plant in the South Korean city of Ulsan, its first new domestic plant for 29 years. The world’s third largest car-maker…
News BYD to open first European car factory in Hungary China’s BYD, the world’s biggest electric-car manufacturer, will build its first European factory in Hungary, Reuters reports, citing the Frankfurter Allgemeine.
News Japanese city to pioneer car charging at traffic lights The city of Kashiwa-no-ha on the northeast corner of Tokyo Bay has become the first Japanese city to test wireless charging for EVs, The University Journal reports. The universities of…
News Mitsubishi and Honda join forces to capitalise on ‘new age of the electric vehicle’ Car-maker Honda is planning to team up with Mitsubishi Corporation to begin an electricity supply and storage business using the batteries of EVs. The two companies announced today that they…