Carrie Hampel – electrive.com

April Fools hits the world of electric mobility

Once again this year, we have discovered a few April Fool's jokes with an eMobility connection. We have collected some of the best and biggest, for your reading pleasure, starting with charging stations speed dating to new truck regulations from Germany.

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Vauxhall cuts EV prices in UK in response to tax changes

Ehang receives green light for commercial VTOL operation in China

Commercial Vehicles

Xplore Dundee receives twelve new electric buses

India’s OMCs now offer nearly 26,000 chargers

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Sion Power builds production line for lithium-metal batteries

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Coulomb Solutions launches ‘Super Long Life’ commercial vehicle battery

Norway sees bump in hybrid sales in March

Brose sells e-bike drive business to Yamaha

Commercial Vehicles

MAN eTGX completes test drive from the Arctic Circle to Germany

Wayne Griffiths has left Cupra

Commercial Vehicles

Daimler Buses acquires 49% stake in software company Sinos

Rivian receives €3.5 million from Serbia

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Northvolt cuts nearly 3,000 jobs in Sweden

The benefits and challenges of bidirectional charging

Commercial Vehicles

Esslingen public transport operator orders 48 electric buses from Skoda

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Abarth 600e now available to buy in the UK

Renault and Nissan redefine partnership

Ionity introduces new pay-as-you-go UK charging tariff ‘Ionity Go’

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Protests target hundreds of Tesla showrooms worldwide

Hyundai presents new software subsidiary ‘Pleos’