Carrie Hampel

Glasgow-based Tual Technology is launching swappable batteries for electric heavy goods vehicles (eHGVs). The PowerBank Pro-Charging offering comes in 120kWh and 180kWh versions and can add up to 120 miles of range, depending on the application.

Californian startup Joby Aviation has received a $500 million investment from the Japanese automotive group Toyota. The money will help with the certification and commercial production of Joby's electric flying taxi.

Northvolt Ett Expansion AB, the company responsible only for expanding the Northvolt Ett battery cell factory in Skellefteå, Sweden, has filed for bankruptcy. All work on the expansion project has been suspended.

The South Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution has apparently concluded a long-term purchase agreement with Mercedes-Benz. An official document reveals that the deal involves batteries with a total capacity of 50.5 GWh, which are to be supplied from 2028.

At the Paris Motor Show, Renault is presenting the Emblème, a vision of a family vehicle with a combined battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell drive. The Renault Emblème is meant to show how it is possible to minimise a vehicle's CO2 emissions over its entire life cycle.

In the UK, Go-Ahead is investing £500 million in decarbonising its public transport fleet. Over the next three years, the public transport provider plans to purchase 1,200 new zero-emission buses from Northern Irish manufacturer Wrightbus.

An analysis of patent applications for charging technology for electric mobility has revealed that China dominates research in this area internationally. More than 62,000 charging technology patents have come from China compared to just between just under 4,000 and under 6,000 from Japan, Germany, South Korea, and the USA.

The US fast-charging provider EVgo and Taiwanese charging station manufacturer Delta Electronics have signed a letter of intent to jointly develop a ‘next-generation charging architecture’. The two companies are mainly focussing on making the new charging stations cheaper and more reliable.

Emergency response organisations can now order the new aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) vehicle, the Panther 6x6 electric. The Austrian manufacturer, Rosenbauer, says the Panther is capable of faster acceleration and top speed than a corresponding fossil-fuelled vehicle.

India is laying the foundations of a hydrogen economy with huge governmental support. pv magazine spoke to Jakson Green CEO Bikesh Ogra about the company’s manufacturing and production activities in light of India’s ambitious hydrogen plans and the central role electrolyzer manufacturing is set to play.