Electric Buses Stored In London Garage To Become ‘Virtual Power Station’
United Kingdom-based SSE Enterprise is working on a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) project at London’s Northumberland Park bus garage, where electricity would be generated from buses when it’s not ferrying passengers. The ‘Bus2Grid’ garage will function as a ‘virtual power station’ using…
Haldor Topsoe Joins Ambitious Hydrogen And Sustainable Fuel Project In Denmark
Haldor Topsoe has joined a hydrogen and sustainable fuel project based on electrolysis in the Greater Copenhagen Area. The project is expected to be executed by 2030 in three stages, achieving the capacity of 10 megawatts (MW) in 2023; 250…
Ola Electric Co-founder Anand Shah Invests In EV Startup Evage
Mobility tech startup Evage said it has raised an undisclosed amount of funding led by Ola Electric co-founder and senior advisor Anand Shah. Bryair director Varun Pahwa and DMI group partner Anmol Nayyar also participated in the funding round. Conceptualized…
Volvo LIGHTS Project Broadens Electric Truck Charging Options In North America
Volvo Trucks North America has facilitated an important step toward the wide-scale electrification of medium- and heavy-duty trucks in North America through the expansion of charging options for fleet operators. In collaboration with key suppliers participating in the Volvo LIGHTS…
GAIL India Plans Expansion In Petrochemicals, Specialty Chemicals & Renewables To Supplement Growth
State-owned GAIL India Ltd is eyeing expansion in petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and renewables to supplement growth in its core business of natural gas marketing and transportation, its chairman Manoj Jain has said. The nation’s largest gas marketer and shipper has…
China July Aluminium Output Hits Record High
China’s monthly aluminium output rose to a record high in July, official data showed on Friday, as the longest rally in domestic prices in more than a decade prompted smelters to restart production and launch new capacity. The world’s top producer…
Japanese Company Successfully Tests A Manned Flying Car For The First Time
Sky Drive Inc. conducted the public demonstration on August 25, the company said in a news release, at the Toyota Test Field, one of the largest in Japan and home to the car company’s development base. It was the first…
Volkswagen To Make Electric Car Cells, Battery Packs In The U.S.
German automaker Volkswagen AG said it was expanding its Chattanooga factory in Tennessee to make electric vehicle cells and battery packs in the United States, alongside assembling electric vehicles. The company said it plans to break ground for a laboratory…
Magenta Picked By Microsoft For The Start-up Support Program Of EV Software & Charging Platform Development
Microsoft has selected Magenta the pioneer in the business of clean mobility and clean electricity, for its Start-up support program. Under this program, Microsoft supports B2B tech startups to scale and grow leveraging its technology, cloud marketplace, enterprise sales team,…
Canoo Electric Vehicle Maker To Go Public To Raise $600 Million
Canoo Holdings Ltd., a company developing breakthrough electric vehicles (EV) from the ground up, and Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV (“HCAC”) , a special purpose acquisition company, announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for a business combination that…
