Monday, 28 September 2026

Electric vehicles account for around 33% of Pos Malaysia's delivery operations, up from 20% of parcel deliveries previously, according to electrive.

Pos Malaysia had 1,585 EVs operating in August 2026, comprising 1,253 two-wheelers and 332 vans, electrive reported.

The company aims to electrify its entire first- and last-mile delivery fleet by 2030, according to electrive.

The NSF Energy Storage Engine in Upstate New York selected Photon Marine for its inaugural USD 1 million MegaBoost award, according to GlobeNewswire Energy.

The award supports a commercial-scale marine electrification and distributed energy storage demonstration in New York State, GlobeNewswire Energy reported.

Photon Marine will integrate three technologies: an electric workboat, marine fast-charging infrastructure and a floating energy storage and charging platform, according to GlobeNewswire Energy.

The project will advance development and deployment of a 40 kW marine DC fast charger for vessels using New York’s waterways, the wire reported.

GlobeNewswire Energy said the ChargeBarge floating platform will carry battery storage and high-power charging equipment, allowing energy to move between waterfront locations without permanent fast-charging infrastructure at each site.

New York City lawmakers are preparing to consider more than 20 bills covering e-bikes, electric scooters, mopeds, delivery apps and enforcement, according to Electrek.

Three proposals would specifically target Class 3 e-bikes, which are currently legal in New York, Electrek reported.

New York City Councilmember Crystal Hudson introduced a bill that would prohibit shops from selling or renting Class 3 e-bikes.

A separate Hudson proposal would prohibit people from riding Class 3 e-bikes on streets, in parks or in other public spaces, according to Electrek.

electrive reported that vandalism at two Tesla Supercharger sites in Ballarat, Victoria, left 28 charging bays completely inoperable, including one site that had opened only days earlier.

Local authorities and experts attributed the Australian incidents to rising copper theft rather than anti-EV or anti-Musk sentiment, according to electrive.

The outlet put the estimated damage at AUD 2,000 to AUD 5,000 per charging bay, approximately EUR 1,200 to EUR 3,000.

Mahindra’s Charge_iN network has reached 200 live EV charging points across India, according to electrive.

Mahindra plans to expand the network to 250 stations and approximately 1,000 charging points across India by December 2027, electrive reported.

The company also opened the HP Auto Care Centre in Sajgaon on the Pune Expressway as the first operational Charge_iN station under its collaboration with HPCL, according to electrive.

Mercedes-Benz intends to introduce the battery-electric GLC in Thailand later this year, with production of the SUV planned in the country, electrive reported.

The GLC will be the second MB.EA-based Mercedes-Benz model produced in Thailand and will use an 85 kWh lithium-ion battery assembled there.

Brightline filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Grist reported.

The process will give Brightline time to borrow another USD 490 million as it seeks to keep up with payments on USD 4.4 billion in debt accumulated from building, expanding and operating the railroad, according to Grist.

Trains will continue operating between Orlando and Miami at up to 125 mph because the filing excludes Brightline Trains Florida, the division operating the line, Grist reported.

The filing also does not affect Brightline West, which is developing rail service from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, according to Grist.

Circle K will work with software provider FLEXeCHARGE to implement cloud-based load management for 1,000 charging points across several European markets, according to electrive.

The Circle K mandate is one of FLEXeCHARGE's largest contracts to date in the charge point operator sector.

The partnership also marks the first large-scale deployment of FLEXeCHARGE's HARMON-E software in a headless architecture.

A diesel-LNG dual-fuel train can run on either fuel depending on availability, according to Event Registry.

The system can replace up to around 40% of diesel consumption with LNG, Event Registry reported.

Two 1,400 HP Driving Power Cars at the Sabarmati Integrated Coaching Depot were converted to use the dual-fuel system, according to Event Registry.