Mercedes-AMG, JLR & Rio Tinto: This Week's Top 5 EV Stories
How Mercedes-AMG & Signify Broke an EV World Record
Mercedes-AMG offers high-performance EVs like the EQS 53 and EQE 53, featuring powerful electric motors, advanced technology and luxury interiors.
Signify, the world leader in lighting, is a partner of Mercedes-AMG and helped it to set a new world record for EV performance.
The CONCEPT AMG GT XX secured a new world record for electric distance driving, completing 40,075km in 7 days, 13 hours, 24 minutes and 7 seconds.
The company says that the EV was “basically driving around the world in eight days".
The record-breaking drive took place at Nardò Ring, a well known, high speed circular test track in southern Italy.
According to the IEA, solar PV generation increased by a record 320 TWh (up 25%) in 2023, reaching more than 1,600 TWh.
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is launching a new, large-scale solar farm at its Gaydon headquarters in Summer 2025.
The 26-hectare, 18 MW facility spans the equivalent of 36 football pitches and will generate up to 31% of the site’s electricity.
This development marks the completion of the first of three UK-based solar projects.
At JLR's Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre (EPMC) in Wolverhampton, a major rooftop solar expansion is due for completion in Autumn.
The installation, featuring more than 18,000 solar panels, will become the UK’s largest automotive rooftop array.
Rio Tinto is paving the way for the future by setting a clear direction with a new streamlined operating model focused on enhancing its mining operations and supply chains to better support the EV market, which is an increasingly vital segment of the global economy.
In an effort to boost shareholder value over the long term and reinforce its critical role in the electric vehicle ecosystem, Rio Tinto is restructuring into three primary product groups: iron ore, aluminium and lithium and copper.
This restructuring, effective immediately, will see each group led by seasoned executives who will drive the allocation of capital and talent to areas promising the highest value returns, focusing on the future of EV and mobility industries.
Luxury EVs are no longer defined only by performance and prestige but are fast becoming showcases of sustainable innovation.
From plant-based leathers and reclaimed woods to recycled textiles and energy-efficient design, the world’s leading carmakers are redefining what eco-luxury means inside their flagship EVs.
EV Magazine has ranked 10 of the top luxury sustainable interior designs.
Coles, one of Australia’s biggest retail chains, is placing electric transport and clean energy at the centre of its 2025 sustainability strategy.
With more than 1,800 outlets across the country, the company continues to roll out low-emissions solutions across both its logistics operations and store infrastructure.
The aim is to decarbonise its supply chain, strengthen energy resilience and meet its long-term environmental targets.
