Sunday, 9 August 2026

South Korea's Ministry of the Interior and Safety, the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) and the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment signed a memorandum of understanding on 30 July at Gangnam Police Station in Seoul to shift new police vehicles to electric and hydrogen models, electrive reported.

The pilot attached to the agreement is small. According to electrive, 22 internal combustion vehicles operated by police substations under Gangnam Police Station will be replaced with EVs, and nine 200 kW fast chargers will go in across six substations.

That leaves a wide gap against the national fleet. South Korea's police fleet numbers roughly 17,600 vehicles, electrive reported, and as of the end of June 2026 only 2,185 of them, or 12.4%, were electric or hydrogen models.

The replacement rate sets the pace. Procurement data from 2023 to 2025 shows the KNPA buys or leases about 1,908 new vehicles a year, according to electrive. At that turnover, an all-electric and hydrogen intake for new purchases works through the fleet gradually rather than at once.

Charging capacity is the second constraint the pilot addresses. Nine chargers at 200 kW spread over six substations gives the Gangnam sites dedicated fast-charging rather than reliance on public infrastructure, per electrive's account of the plan.

Czech transport operator Dopravní podnik Ostrava has committed to as many as 70 Urbino 12 battery-electric buses under a framework contract with Solaris, electrive reported.

The vehicles are due to reach the operator across two years, 2027 and 2028, according to electrive.

Two battery configurations sit inside the 12-metre platform. The higher-capacity version is rated at up to 350 kilometres between charges, and the second targets duty cycles needing no more than 250 kilometres, electrive reported.

Solaris vehicles are already common on Ostrava's network: the manufacturer has supplied the city with over 450 buses and trolleybuses to date, according to electrive.

DPO's earlier battery order dates to 2021, covering 24 Urbino 12 electric buses plus charging equipment. It was the first electric bus contract Solaris won in the Czech Republic, electrive reported.

Fleet operator Moove has closed a Series C round of USD 250 million, with the capital directed at expanding its autonomous vehicle fleets and building out the charging and depot infrastructure those fleets require, according to electrive.

The round prices the company at USD 2.1 billion, electrive reported. Mubadala Investment Company led the investment, joined by Woven Capital, Toyota's growth fund, and Ion Pacific.

Moove runs autonomous vehicle fleets on behalf of Waymo, with services already launched in Phoenix and Miami. London is set to become the first European city to host the robotaxi service under that partnership, according to electrive.

The depot and charging spend sits at the point where robotaxi operations meet electricity demand: fleets that run continuously need dedicated charging capacity and servicing sites rather than public infrastructure.

Marks & Spencer is putting ten battery-electric DAF XD trucks into its UK logistics network, according to electrive. Five are already running, and the other five are due to enter service later this year.

One unit carries an inverter system that draws power from the truck battery to run a refrigerated trailer, removing the diesel refrigeration unit that normally does that job, electrive reported. M&S says this is the first application of the technology on a DAF truck in the UK, and that it came out of the eFREIGHT 2030 project under the UK government's Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator (ZEHID) programme.

The DAF XD Electric tractor units use a 525 kWh battery pack, of which 462 kWh is usable, according to electrive.

Each vehicle is expected to cover around 100,000 kilometres a year, electrive reported.

Ferrari's first electric car has taken orders for every unit it planned to build this year, a run of just under 500 cars, with the target met in under two months, Electrek reported citing the Financial Times.

Pricing starts at EUR 550,000, about USD 640,000, which puts the Luce among the most expensive cars Ferrari sells, according to Electrek.

Investors were unimpressed at the unveiling. Electrek reported that Ferrari (RACE) shares fell 6% in the days around the Rome launch on May 25.

No customer has taken a car yet. First deliveries are set for October, and Electrek reported that Ferrari would not discuss the sales numbers, pointing instead to its half-year results on July 30 for a fuller account of how the Luce has been received.

The Luce runs four independent motors for more than 1,000 hp, drawing on a 122 kWh battery built around an 880-volt architecture, per Electrek. Peak charging is 350 kW, range tops 530 km, and the car hits 100 km/h in 2.5 seconds.

Electrek reported that Chinese buyers account for a large share of demand, and quoted chief executive Benedetto Vigna saying the order book was stretching toward the end of 2027.

The order intake arrives after Ferrari scaled back its electric ambitions, having roughly halved its 2030 EV sales target last year, Electrek reported.

Pony.ai's fourth-generation heavy-duty truck cut autonomous driving hardware costs by about 70% compared with the previous generation, according to Electrek.

The company plans deployment of 500 to 1,000 Gen-4 autonomous heavy-duty trucks over the next two to three years, Electrek reported. Those units are earmarked for three uses in China: long-haul freight, bulk commodity transportation and port logistics.

Robotruck-driven revenue exceeded USD 10 million in Q1 2026, up more than 30% year over year, per Electrek.

The fleet foundation is already in place. More than 200 trucks have been deployed since November 2025, and they have handled more than a billion tonne-kilometres of freight since then, Electrek reported. The hardware cost reduction applies to the latest generation of that platform.

Pony.ai has worked on autonomous trucks in China and the Middle East since 2018, partnering with SANY for series production, according to Electrek.