Tuesday, 18 August 2026

Ebusco cut its EBITDA loss to EUR 17.9 million in the first half of 2026 from EUR 36.2 million a year earlier, according to electrive, even as the bus maker handed over fewer than half as many vehicles as in the comparable period.

Deliveries fell to 16 buses from 47 a year earlier, electrive reported. Turnover came in at EUR 22.0 million, down from EUR 28.2 million in the same period the previous year.

The cost base shrank alongside the order book. Full-time positions were reduced from 282 at the end of 2025 to 248 by the end of June, according to electrive.

On the funding side, the company secured a financing package worth approximately EUR 27.4 million in April, electrive reported.

A fresh dispute weighs on the pipeline. Verkehrsbetriebe Potsdam cancelled an order for 23 battery-electric buses, and Ebusco disputes the validity of that cancellation, according to electrive.

Hyundai has opened orders for the IONIQ 3, with the entry-level Advance trim carrying the 42 kWh battery priced from £22,245, according to Electrek.

Electrek put the equivalent figure at roughly $30,000 for that base trim. Pricing on the continent starts at €27,995 in the Netherlands, the outlet reported.

Range splits along battery size. The Standard trim's 42 kWh pack delivers up to 213 miles on the WLTP cycle, while the Premium, Ultimate, and N-Line Evo trims run the 61 kWh pack rated at up to 308 miles, per Electrek.

The electric hatch departs from the IONIQ 5 on electrical architecture. Electrek reported that the IONIQ 3 uses a 400V system rather than the 800V setup found in the IONIQ 5, a choice made to reduce costs.

Production has already started. Hyundai began building the IONIQ 3 at its Izmit plant in Turkey, and the facility will initially turn out 30,000 IONIQ 3 vehicles annually, according to Electrek.

Mahle has unveiled a range-extender system for heavy-duty battery-electric trucks, which it describes as a world first, according to electrive. The supplier will present the unit at IAA Transportation in Hanover.

At the core of the package sits a high-voltage generator driven by a compact internal combustion engine, electrive reported. The generator delivers a continuous output of 110 kW and a peak output of 130 kW.

An oil-cooling system lets the generator reach a power density of more than 7 kW per kilogramme, according to electrive.

The weight case is the commercial argument. Mahle says the system replaces about one-third of the battery capacity a battery-electric truck carries today, letting operators specify a smaller pack. That cuts rear axle load by about 400 kg and total vehicle weight by about 600 kg, per electrive.

On range, Mahle claims a range-extender battery-electric truck can cover more than 800 km in total, with the battery contributing about 400 km and the generator the remainder.

Marco Warth, Head of Corporate Development at Mahle, called the unit a smart "emergency power unit" that is activated at precisely the right moment and significantly increases the range available.

Einride will put 500 Tesla Semis on US roads, Electrek reported, the largest publicly disclosed order for the model to date. The deal lifts the Swedish freight operator's deployed electric truck count from about 250 to roughly 750.

Deliveries begin next month, and the balance of the fleet arrives in phases spread over 24 months, according to Electrek.

The trucks will operate in five states: California, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, and Georgia. Amazon is the named customer.

The prior high mark belonged to WattEV, which ordered 370 Tesla Semis in May for port drayage work in California, Electrek reported.

Einride reported first-half 2026 revenue of USD 27 million, a 26% increase in constant currency, alongside adjusted EBITDA of negative SEK 363 million, per Electrek. Cash at the end of June stood at SEK 748 million, or roughly USD 77 million.

Tesla's Semi plant next to Gigafactory Nevada has a design capacity of 50,000 trucks a year and started ramping in April, Electrek reported.

The Powered by E.ON Drive & Clever joint venture will dissolve after eight years, with its 157 fast-charging stations divided between the two partners and an external third party, according to electrive.

Electrive reports that Clever takes the Danish stations, E.ON Drive Infrastructure the Swedish ones, and Uno-X Mobility the Norwegian sites. The joint venture was founded in 2018 by E.ON Drive Infrastructure and Clever to facilitate long-distance travel with electric cars across Scandinavia.

On the Danish side, Clever will acquire all six motorway sites held by the joint venture, comprising 48 high-powered charging stations, electrive reports. The company will also take over a large charging hub from E.ON Drive Infrastructure on the E45 motorway, which includes 14 charging points.

E.ON Drive Infrastructure becomes sole owner of the 19 motorway sites in Sweden, which include 80 high-power charging points, according to electrive. Uno-X Mobility Norge AS, the third party previously uninvolved in the venture, will assume ownership and operation of the twelve Norwegian sites.

The reallocation leaves each partner concentrated in a single national market rather than operating a shared cross-border corridor. Denmark and Sweden pass to the founding shareholders, while the Norwegian portion moves outside the original partnership entirely.

General aviation remains the largest user of leaded transportation fuel in the United States, with more than 220,000 aircraft still burning aviation gasoline, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

The scale of the substitution problem is visible in sales volumes. Swift Fuels said it has sold over 5.8 million gallons of unleaded aviation gasoline since 2015, mostly its UL94 grade, Inside Climate News reported. Annual consumption of leaded 100LL in the United States runs at roughly 180 million gallons.

The federal effort to replace leaded avgas has not moved past its opening stage. The FAA said the transition remains in phase 1, which is expected to conclude by the end of 2027.

That gap between cumulative unleaded sales over more than a decade and a single year of 100LL demand frames the fleet-wide engineering and distribution task facing suppliers. The installed base of piston aircraft covered by the FAA figure is the constituency any drop-in replacement has to serve.