A New Approach Boosts Lithium-ion Battery Efficiency & Puts Out Fires, Too

Originally published on The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. Department of Energy National Labs, SLAC, Stanford Education News Adding polymers and fireproofing to a battery’s current collectors makes it lighter, safer and about 20% […]

First of its Kind & Innovation Driver for Sustainable Mobility: 200 000 BMW i3 Produced to date.

Production anniversary at the BMW Group plant in Leipzig – The first purely electrically powered large-scale serial production model of the BMW Group is still enjoying strong demand even after almost seven years of production. Munich. The […]

GM Marks Progress Toward All-Electric Future with Unveiling of Factory ZERO

Factory ZERO, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center will be entirely dedicated to building EVs DETROIT – General Motors today announced its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center will be known as Factory ZERO, reconfigured to an all-electric vehicle assembly plant. The name […]

Fisker Announces Strategic Cooperation with Magna for Electric Ocean SUV

Innovative new EV cooperation anticipated to secure previously communicated Q4 2022 start of production timing for the Ocean SUV, with manufacturing planned at Magna’s European vehicle assembly facility Magna to be issued warrants to purchase up […]

Volkswagen Invests in Automation for Emden, Hanover & Chattanooga Plants

Volkswagen Passenger Cars and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brands step up pace of transformation to e-mobility era More than 2,200 new robots ordered for planned production of electric cars at Emden, Hanover and Chattanooga These are to […]

Seven Principles for AI: BMW Group sets out Code of Ethics for the use of Artificial Intelligence.

+++ AI already widely used within the company +++ Over 400 use cases throughout the value chain +++ Code of ethics underpins the increased use of AI technologies +++ Munich. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is […]

Green Supply Chains for Europe: DB Schenker Expands its Electric Fleet with 36 New FUSO eCanter vehicles

DB Schenker strengthens sustainability strategy with CO2-free city logistics in eleven European countries FUSO eCanter for the first time in Finland, Austria, Spain and Italy DB Schenker is FUSO’s largest electric fleet customer with a total […]

‘Staggering’ Rise in Climate Emergencies in Last 20 years, New Disaster Research Shows

The first 20 years of this century have seen a “staggering” rise in climate disasters, UN researchers said on Monday, while also maintaining that “almost all nations” have failed to prevent a “wave of death and illness” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In […]

Electric Cars Will Treble Market Share this Year as Most Carmakers on Track to Meet EU Emissions Targets – Analysis

Originally published on Transport & Environment. By Eoin Bannon Also available in French, German, Italian and Polish EU standards are driving electric cars towards 10% of sales, and 15% in 2021 But lax targets for 2025 and 2030 would see EV […]

The EV Sales Leader in China? Things are getting interesting

This EV. It is so cool. Things are getting interesting since Wuling Hongguang moved this engaging Hong Guang MINI EV on the market. Last month Wuling Mini EV Shined in growing Chinese EV Market, as CleanTechnica’s […]

Letter to Congress: National Zero-Emission Truck Coalition’s Stimulus Recommendations

The National Zero-Emission Truck (ZET) Coalition, including roughly four dozen organizations representing America’s major heavy truck makers, innovators, suppliers and key stakeholders, sent a letter to Congressional leadership calling on any stimulus or recovery legislative package to prioritize […]

Audi Hungaria starts Operation of Europe’s Largest Solar Roof Installation

Audi Hungaria is the second carbon-neutral Audi site Official commissioning of Europe’s biggest photovoltaic roof installation in Győr Audi board member for production, Peter Kössler: “By 2025 all Audi sites will have a neutral carbon balance” […]

Passion for Quality & Progressiveness: the new Audi e-tron GT

First electrically powered Audi produced in Germany Production in Neckarsulm combines high tech and craftsmanship e-tron GT and Audi R8 travel through the same assembly line Gran Turismo sounds powerful and progressive thanks to own e-sound Passion […]

Fastned & Tesla Open Germany’s Largest Fast Charging Hub

Today, fast charging company Fastned, Tesla and Seed & Greet open Ladepark Kreuz Hilden, Germany’s largest fast charging hub. On site there is a café, a large Tesla Supercharger station and a large Fastned charging station. At the […]