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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

China’s BYD, the world’s biggest electric-car manufacturer, will build its first European factory in Hungary, Reuters reports, citing the Frankfurter Allgemeine.

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…

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…

The Ford Motor Company has suspended work on its $3.5bn electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in the city of Marshall, Michigan, over concerns that it will not be able to run the factory at a profit.

French battery start-up Verkor has secured over €2bn to fund an electric vehicle (EV) battery factory in Dunkirk.

A joint venture between South Korea’s LG Electronics and Canada’s Magna International has become the latest EV venture to announce building plans in Hungary.

The University of Illinois will build a research and development centre for autonomous construction technologies at the facility’s Grainger College of Engineering. The Center for Autonomous Construction in Manufacturing at…

Canada’s SNC-Lavalin has won a C$141m initial works contract to prepare for a C$1.2bn cathode-active-material plant in Bécancour, Québec that will produce components for Ford electric vehicle batteries.

American chemicals giant Albemarle has awarded a A$330m contract to Cimic group company UGL to double the size of its lithium hydroxide plant near Bunbury, Western Australia. UGL will build…

Dutch heavy-lift specialist Mammoet has launched the world’s first electric heavy-lift vehicle for moving bridges, wind turbines, and big power station components. It developed a retrofit kit to electrify its…

Vietnamese car maker VinFast says it will break ground on its $4bn electric vehicle factory in North Carolina on 28 July. VinFast is a subsidiary of construction, technology, and property…