Porsche Unveils Awesome 2.1 MWh Megapack-Like Mobile Charging System For Electric Cars
Porsche unveiled a mobile charging solution consisting of a 2.1 MWh Megapack-like battery system in a trailer that can charge 10 electric cars at once. The EV industry is still trying to figure out all the details of the charging…
Groupe Renault, Partners Develop XCEED Blockchain Project To Certify Compliance Of Vehicle Components
Groupe Renault has developed the XCEED (eXtended Compliance End-to-End Distributed) blockchain project to certify the compliance of all vehicle components, from design to production. Designed and implemented in collaboration with leading automotive industry players, this tool enables greater responsiveness and…
UK Government Announces Grand Plan To Encourage EV Adoption
The government has announced more than £20 million of funding for schemes designed to increase the uptake of electric cars. Around £12 million will be spent on research projects into battery technology, while the government is also plotting other incentives,…
Chinese Battery Maker Plans Factory In France
Chinese renewable energy group Envision is looking to build a battery factory in France to supply the growing electric vehicle market, a French newspaper reported. The company, which has battery production plants in Japan, the U.S., Britain and in China,…
European Union Adds Lithium To Critical Raw Materials List
The European Union (EU) has added lithium, a key component for batteries in electric vehicles (EVs), to its list of critical raw materials for the first time. The latest announcement was made by the EU Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive,…
Oil Major Total, Carmaker PSA Set-Up $6B EV Battery Venture
Supermajor Total continues to invest in clean energy by creating a joint venture with automaker Groupe PSA to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles in Europe—a project expected to mobilize investment of more than US$5.9 billion (5 billion euro). Total, via…
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…
Volvo Buses Inks New Electric Bus Orders In Norway
Norway is one of the most active nations when it comes to cutting carbon emissions. That means putting significant incentives in place for electric vehicles, be they passenger vehicles, trucks, ferries, or buses. One of its policy initiatives calls for…
Nissan & E.ON Partner On Large UK Vehicle-To-Grid Project
Nissan has been partnering with a variety of players for years on vehicle-to-grid pilot projects.There are a variety of different ways that you can use the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) connection, but they mostly involve EVs taking electricity when its in low…
