News Aecom to help LA Metro roll out fleet of electric buses Aecom has won a contract to help the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (aka Metro) make its bus fleet zero emission.
News US to spend $3bn boosting domestic battery supply chain The US Department of Energy (DOE) on Friday said it would allocate over $3bn in grants and loans for 25 projects in 14 states to boost advanced battery and related…
News Volvo delays start of EV battery plant by up to two years Truck maker Volvo has postponed the start of work on its Swedish battery factory by between 12 and 24 months as demand for its product weakens.
News Northvolt may postpone $5bn Quebec battery plant by up to 18 months The construction of a US$5.2bn EV battery plant in Montreal could take up to a year-and-a-half longer than planned, Canadian broadcaster CBC reports. The factory was being developed on the…
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…