New Energy Vehicle Parts & Accessories

24M recently released new testing results for its transformative battery separator—Impervio—that addresses the growing concern of battery safety for electric vehicles (EV), energy storage systems (ESS) and consumer applications (earlier post). The new data coincides with mounting concerns after recent battery fires in the United States and internationally. Impervio, announced…

Volvo Cars reported global sales of 62,458 cars in September, up 1%compared to the same period last year. The company’s sales of electrified models—fully electric and plug-in hybrid models—grew 43%compared to the same period last year and accounted for 48% of all cars sold during September. The share of fully…

Driving the new all-electric ID.7 Pro S, the Volkswagen Team Switzerland headed by project lead Felix Egolf, an expert in long-distance driving with electric cars, successfully covered a total of 794 kilometers (493.4 miles) with a single battery charge in a net driving time of 15 hours and 42 minutes….

Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) reported US September sales of 162,595 vehicles, down 20.3% on a volume basis and down 9.9% on a daily selling rate (DSR) basis versus September 2023. September electrified vehicle sales consisting of hybrids, plug-in hybrids, pure electrics and fuel cells were 48.4% of total sales…

Mitsubishi Motors has updated the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) model of the Outlander crossover SUV and premiered it in Europe. The new model will be available in showrooms in Japan this fall and in 20 European countries in spring 2025. Update for the gasoline model is planned to follow…

At IAA Transportation in September, Ford unveiled the Ranger PHEV pickup for the European market. The new model offers full Ranger towing, payload and off-road performance with electric-only driving ability. The Ranger PHEV offers up to 690 N·m of torque—the most of any production Ranger—and an EV-only driving range of…

Audi of America released full pricing and specifications for the all-new 2025 Q6 e-tron model line and announced that an additional range-leading rear-wheel-drive (RWD) entry will join its line-up before the end of the year. With this announcement, Audi will have 11 distinct battery electric vehicles on offer across its…

UK car market up 1% in September

Toyota BEV plans for US.

Next gen Mercedes electric vans prototypes being tested on public roads.

Leapmotor introducing new models to Europe.

Leapmotor Europe launch plans

The four year project is supported by the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy under its LFP Battery Technology Development initiative

UK car output down again in August.

Group14 Technologies, the world’s largest global manufacturer and supplier of advanced silicon battery materials, is shipping its SCC55 material, produced from an EV-scale joint venture (JV) factory based in Sangju, South Korea. Group14 has completed shipments to more than 100 electric vehicle (EV) and consumer electronics (CE) battery manufacturing customers…