Author name: Till Backes

Xiaomi, the manufacturer known for its smartphones, has also been producing its first electric vehicle, the SU7, since the beginning of 2024. The company’s target for 2024 was 100,000 units of the electric sedan. According to Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi, this target will now be reached in November, two months before […]

Honda is being supplied with the axle drive for its new CR-V e:FCEV by Vitesco Technologies. This marks the first time that a drive system from Vitesco has been integrated into a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. In the CR-V e:FCEV, Honda combines a fuel cell system with a 17.7 kWh battery as energy storage to

According to a report by automotive magazine “CarNewsChina”, Chinese electric car manufacturer NIO has started series production of its newly developed 900-volt drive system. The ET9 vehicle model, which was presented to the public for the first time in December 2023, is set to be the first to be launched on the market with the

US-based BorgWarner Group plans to start manufacturing rotors and stators for electric motors for the Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Xpeng in the third quarter of 2024. The new components will initially be used in the X9 MPV models Xpeng presented at the last Guangzhou Auto Show as well as in Xpeng’s next B-segment sedan, which

BMW has completed construction work it began in September 2022 to build production halls for electric drives in Steyr, Austria. Next, almost 300 units with a total value of more than 500 million euros are to be built on an area of 60,000 square meters. Pre-series production for the all-electric “New Class” will begin in

Automotive technology supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG has exceeded the threshold of three million electric motors produced. The machines are motors for purely battery-electric passenger cars and plug-in hybrids as well as for electric commercial vehicles. Half of all motors produced to date have been manufactured in the period from July 2022 to the end of

Electric motor manufacturer Nidec India has opened the second building of its existing factory in the small town of Neemrana in the state of Rajasthan. While machines for motor vehicles, household appliances, trade and industry are produced in the first building complex, production of drive motors for electric two-wheelers with an output of up to

Audi has started production of electric drives for the “Premium Platform Electric” (PPE) in Győr, Hungary. The electric motors will initially be used in the Q6 e-tron series and, according to a report by “electrive.net”, also be used in the Porsche Macan, which will be manufactured in 2024. Production of 2,000 motors per day In

Bosch Power Tools has announced a 130-million-dollar expansion of its production facility in Lincolnton, North Carolina, for the manufacture of power tool accessories. The expansion is expected to create 400 new jobs over the next five years. The project will be supported by the Job Development Investment Grant and North Carolina’s Customized Training Program. The

German company ZF-Division Commercial Vehicle Solutions has started series production of its “CeTrax lite” electric central drive in Friedrichshafen. The drive was developed for light commercial vehicles in global zero-emission urban and intercity transportation. The first customer to use the drive is Japanese truck manufacturer ISUZU. “CeTrax lite” is intended to enable manufacturers of commercial

ercedes-Benz is planning to double its production capacity for electric drives at the Untertürkheim site. Originally, up to 500,000 units per year were to be manufactured there. Now the company is aiming for annual production of up to one million units. Daimler has officially confirmed the expansion and signed a works agreement between the works

The Renault plant in Cléon, France, has opened a new production line for electric motors. Through an investment of 620 million euros since 2018, the Cléon site had been developed by the Renault Group as a center for the production of electric and hybrid motors. By 2024, the plant is expected to have an annual

Starting in 2025, BMW plans to produce the next generation of electric drives at its Steyr site in Austria. According to the car manufacturer, it is investing around one billion euros to equip BMW’s largest motor plant for the production and development of electric drives by 2030. The plant in Steyr produces engines for around