Rivian eyes third assembly plant after talks with UK ministers

Electric car company Rivian, based in Normal, Illinois, is eyeing its third vehicle assembly plant to be in the United Kingdom after talks with ministers in the region. The construction of an electric vehicle factory could include a sizeable aid support package, offering Rivian notable subsidies to build a vehicle manufacturing facility. Rivian is backed […]

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Daimler Truck to realign production strategy

Daimler Truck and the works council have agreed on key points for the future orientation and safeguarding of the aggregate plants. The three locations Gaggenau, Kassel and Mannheim will specialise in different components of electrified drives. In the future, they will drive the global production of battery-electric and hydrogen-based drive systems in a production and […]

UK reservations open for the Peugeot 308 SW

The first hybrid Peugeot 308 is now available to order in the UK, with two different hybrid powertrains available upon launch. Deliveries of the PHEV are expected in early 2022. Prices start at £34,200. For the two variants available from launch, customers have a choice between two plug-in hybrid powertrains a hybrid 180 e-EAT8 or […]

VW to upgrade Emden factory over summer break

Volkswagen has announced that it will be pushing ahead with a number of construction projects at the Emden site during the upcoming plant holiday. More than 1,000 employees and external workers are to work on around 300 construction sites between 2 and 27 August for the transformation to an EV production site. According to Volkswagen, […]

Riding the wave: Toronto Island ferry electrification one of several zero emission marine projects

Toronto Island Airport will soon be serviced by an all-electric ferry, while work is advancing on several other zero-emission vessel projects across the country

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Podcast: Tesla record earnings/delays, big software update, retail shift, Elon Apple CEO? more

This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla’s record earnings but coming with delays, a big new Tesla software update, Tesla’s retail shift, and…