eDrive Zones, Solar Electric Vehicle Development, Volta Trucks & Astheimer Design, Agro-Mining for Batteries

Battery Electric Trucks Volta Trucks and Astheimer Design wins Dezeen Product Design award 2021 Vodafone Automotive speaks with Volta Trucks about the partnership to equip the Volta Zero with an Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System and Alarm […]

QuantumScape & Volkswagen Sign Agreement to Select Location for Joint Venture Pilot-Line Facility

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– QuantumScape Corporation, (NYSE: QS, or “QuantumScape”) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. to select the location of their joint-venture solid-state battery pilot-line facility […]

German High Court Rules Delaying Climate Action Harms Youth

Germany’s highest court ruled Thursday that the country’s 2019 climate law unconstitutionally saddles young people with the burden of fighting climate change by “irreversibly offload[ing] major emission reductions burdens onto periods after 2030.” German finance minister […]

Phasing Out the e-Golf: Volkswagen Prepares To Launch The ID.3 At The Transparent Factory in Dresden

Production of the e-Golf2 ends today: 50,401 units manufactured in Dresden since March 2017 After rebuilding the production: The first ID.3 roll off the assembly lines at the end of January Danny Auerswald, head of the plant: […]

Solaris Receives First Order Under a Tender for 530 e-Buses for Hamburg

In August this year, Hamburger Hochbahn, one of the biggest public transport operators in Germany, announced a list of potential suppliers of 530 electric buses. The vehicles are to join the fleet in Hamburg between 2021 and 2025. As one of the three selected potential suppliers, Solaris has already received […]

A New Electronic Module Safeguards Self-Driving Vehicles Against the Total Failure of Onboard Electrical Systems

Courtesy of Fraunhofer Autonomous electric vehicles draw power from two sources: a high-voltage battery and, additionally, a conventional 12-volt battery that supplies the vehicle when idling or in high-load situations while driving. Safety-critical systems such as […]

Honda e Becomes First Japanese Vehicle to Win ‘German Car of the Year’; Adds to Growing Tally of Global Accolades

Honda e also tops ‘New Energy’ category of the prestigious German awards Latest win follows Europe-wide success including recognition from Red Dot Design Award, Autocar magazine (UK) and News International (UK) Honda’s compact EV also nominated […]

16 Zero-Emission Trollino 12 to Enhance the Fleet of operator Stadtwerke Solingen

Solaris and Kiepe Electric are the winning bidders in a tender held by operator Stadtwerke Solingen GmbH (SWS) in Germany. Pursuant to this commission, the manufacturer will deliver 16 state-of-the-art Trollino 12 trolleybuses. This means that, […]