SK Group Presents Long-Term Hydrogen Roadmap
The South Korean SK Group, which recently acquired almost ten per cent of the shares in the US fuel cell specialist Plug Power, presented a long-term, multi-billion-dollar plan to enter the hydrogen economy even more comprehensively. In early January, Plug…
Singapore To Install 60,000 Charge Points By 2030
One year after announcing to expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure massively, Singapore more than doubles its claim. The government of the city-state now wants to install 60,000 charge points by 2030 and has more measures in place. The new target…
Hyundai Proposes Electric Vehicle Battery Leasing Plan To Lower Cost Of EVs
South Korean automotive giant Hyundai is to create an electric vehicle (EV) battery leasing business with the aim of reducing the initial cost of buying an EV as well as providing services that enable eco-friendly re-use of the batteries beyond…
Government, Hyundai, LG Join Hands To Reuse Dead Batteries
Amid a heightening blame game over the cause of Kona Electric Vehicle fires, South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun, Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun and LG Energy Solution President Kim Jong-hyun on Thursday gathered at the automaker’s research and…
Nissan Field Testing New Mobility Services As Part Of Building Sustainable Future Community In Japan
Nissan began a field test of new mobility services as part of a partnership to promote future community building in Japan. The partnership agreement between three local governments and eight companies aims to develop new modes of transportation, and to…
Mazda First OEM To Join The eFuel Alliance
Mazda announced that it has become the first automotive manufacturer to join the eFuel Alliance. The Alliance brings together organisations and interested parties that support the goal of establishing and promoting CO2-neutral e-fuels and hydrogen as a credible and real…
Australia Won’t Subsidise Electric Vehicles, Instead Invest In EV Recharging And Commercial Fleets
Australia expects one in four cars sold will be electric vehicles by 2030, but the government said it will not provide subsidies to spur faster growth of cleaner cars as it looks to cut carbon emissions. Instead, the conservative government…
Samsung And Tesla Join Forces To Manufacture 5nm Chip Facilitate Autonomous Driving
For a while, Samsung had been taking steps to become the market leader in the chipset manufacturing space. Now, with the absence of Huawei in the market, Samsung has the opportunity and the space to fulfill its ambition. Last year,…
Researchers Show Clean Solid–Electrolyte/Electrode Interfaces Double Capacity Of Solid-State Li Batteries
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Tohoku University, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, and Nippon Institute of Technology, have demonstrated by experiment that a clean electrolyte/electrode interface is key to realizing high-capacity solid-state lithium batteries…
EVs Get First Battery That Can Charge In 5 Minutes
Israeli company StoreDot has manufactured the first battery for electric vehicles that can be charged in just five minutes, a step toward making refueling as fast as cars at a gasoline station. The lithium ion samples were produced by StoreDot’s…
