On December 5, SuperPanther Technology and ELMI Power announced a strategic cooperation during the HongShan YUE Accelerator event in Yangshuo. The agreement marks a significant milestone for both organisations as they aim to jointly develop a European fast-charging and energy-storage ecosystem tailored to commercial

On December 11, Daimler Truck announced that it has launched a semi-public charging facilities for battery-electric trucks under the TruckCharge brand. The first pilot customer, transport company Wessels in Rhede in North Rhine-Westphalia, has been live since the beginning of October, followed in December by freight

On December 8, Virta and SNCF (Société nationale des chemins de fer français), the French National Railway Corporation, announced a partnership to accelerate the green transition of the French national railway company’s vehicle fleet. 
SNCF is accelerating the shift to electric vehicles, launching an ambitious initia

Vector Informatik GmbH (Vector) has combined its vCharM charging and load management system with OPTENDA’s Energy Monitor to prevent load peaks and enable detailed energy analyses of the charging infrastructure, without requiring additional measuring equipment.
The integrated solution is in use at Vector’s sites in S

On December 5, Wuhan NIO Energy Co., Ltd. (NIO Energy) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Wuhan Optics Valley Transportation Investment Co., Ltd. (Optics Valley Transportation) for in-depth cooperation in areas such as construction and operation of New Energy Vehicle charging and battery swapping infrastru

On December 6, 2025, the government announced that 39,485 public EV chargers have been installed in India under the PM E‑DRIVE scheme, including 8,414 fast chargers for cars. An outlay of INR 20 billion has been earmarked under PM E‑DRIVE for public EV charging stations, and the Ministry of Power’s 2024 guidelines ma

Tesla is preparing for a major expansion of its charging network in Japan, planning to build out more than 1,000 Supercharger stalls across the country by 2027.
Tesla currently operates 695 Supercharger stalls at 138 stations across Japan, and is expected to reach its 700th stall before the end of 2025, with a furthe

On December 5, Onvo, a NIO sub-brand, released a plan for doubling batteries at battery swapping stations across China by deploying over 8,000 additional new battery packs to the battery swapping network, with completion expected in mid-January 2026.
By then, the number of Onvo batteries in China’s battery swapping n

On December 3, Electrify America, the largest open Hyper-Fast charging network in the U.S., and Simon, a leader in retail real estate, announced their ongoing collaboration to expand access to EV charging at Simon properties. "Surpassing 500 Hyper-Fast chargers across 105 stations at Simon properties is a significant

On December 3, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced the Spain Auto 2030 plan includes the Auto+ Plan, which will provide EUR 400 million in 2026 to support electric vehicle (EV) purchases, a Moves Corridors program with EUR 300 million to expand charging points, and another EUR 580 million for the PERTE VEC

On December 4, XCHG Limited (XCharge), an integrated EV charging and energy solutions company, announced the establishment of new dual global headquarters located in Hamburg, Germany, and Austin, Texas. XCharge is creating a stronger foundation for international growth, improved financial performance, and more resili

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. (CATL) held a ceremony for the commissioning of six Choco-SEB (Swapping Electric Block) battery swapping stations and the delivery of the first 300 Hongqi E-QM5 battery-swappable taxis in Cangshan, Fuzhou. The 300 Hongqi E-QM5 taxis, Fuzhou’s first operational battery-swappab

On December 4, Infineon Technologies AG announced that it will supply customized silicon carbide (SiC) power modules to Electreon, a leading provider of wireless charging solutions for electric vehicles (EVs), for its dynamic in-road charging technology. 
Infineon's customized SiC modules are at the heart of the appl

Reported on December 1, 2025, HCM City is pushing the Ministry of Construction to issue clear national rules for EV charging stations in apartment buildings, pointing to safety risks and frequent disputes among developers, managers, and residents. 
Current apartment standards (QCVN 04:2021/BXD) are considered lacking

On December 1, the first five cooperative battery swapping stations between Wuhan NIO Energy Co., Ltd. (NIO Energy) and Shenyang Sino-German Park Development & Construction Group Co., Ltd. (ZDK Group) were commissioned.
Currently, the two companies are committed to advancing site selection and other work related to t

On December 2, Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. announced that its Pioneer eMobility, its e-Boost business unit, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Savvy Charging Technologies, Ltd., an EV charging operator in the United Arab Emirates Savvy Charging has local permits from authorities such as DEWA (Dubai

On December 3, 2025, Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) announced collaboration agreements with 13 charge point operators (CPOs) and aggregators and updated that it has already set up over 2,000 exclusive EV charging points across its sales and service network in more than 1,100 cities. MSIL aims to enable a network

On November 25, Elli and Virta achieved the first integration of Elli Charger 2 with an external, multi-vendor charge point management system. Elli is part of the Volkswagen Group. The collaboration allows charge point operators (CPOs), fleets, real estate owners, and retailers to manage Elli wallboxes alongside othe

Announced on November 29, 2025, Tasco Auto JSC and Sky Energy Investment Service Trading JSC (Esky) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop and operate a nationwide network of fast charging stations for EVs in Vietnam.
In the first phase, starting early 2026, the partners will install over 50 DC fast ch

On November 27, the Matrix Charging Interest Group (MCIG) started an industry cooperation to standardize the Matrix Charging technology, an automated conductive charging solution for electric vehicles developed by the Austrian tech company Easelink. The MCIG sees itself as a complementary platform to the standardizat