Ohio Supreme Court upholds permit for North America’s first freshwater wind farm
The Supreme Court of Ohio has upheld a permit for the 20.7-MW Icebreaker wind farm, a demonstation project that is poised to be the first freshwater windfarm in the United States. In a 6-1 decision, the court rejected arguments the Ohio Power Siting Board in May 2020...
San Diego City Council plans revision of its Climate Action Plan
The San Diego City Council is planning its first big revision of its Climate Action Plan since it was first adopted in 2015. The original document projected that the city could cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by then. The revision goes even further, calling for...
UFODrive expands EV rental business to the U.S.
Picture: UFODrive UFODrive announced the launch of its first U.S. city on August 4, starting with San Francisco. The electric vehicle rental has seen rapid growth in 20 cities across Europe already. Now, Bay area residents and visitors can book and drive Teslas in minutes from the UFODrive app. The rental experience with UFODrive is keyless and contactless, and the company said it is transforming the way we rent and unlocking the potential of...
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Pedestrian, bike and transit projects in D.C. area get federal funding boost
A proposed bicycle and pedestrian crossing that would create a walkable connection from Northern Virginia’s growing Crystal City neighborhood to the District’s Southwest Waterfront area is getting a $20 million federal grant. In Southeast Washington, a long-planned...
IKEA will install Electrify America’s fast EV chargers at over 25 US stores
IKEA have announced that they have struck a deal to bring Electrify America’s fast chargers to more than 25 stores in the US. The rollout will bring over 200 individual chargers to shops in 18 states, including California, Florida, New York, Texas and Washington....
Ford Motor Company and DTE Energy announce the largest renewable energy purchase from a utility in US history
Picture: Ford Motor Company Through a new clean energy agreement with DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE), Ford Motor Company will soon be able to attribute all its electricity supply in Michigan to clean energy, a major step toward Ford’s goal to reach carbon neutrality. As part...
EV battery plant projects get US Energy Department backing
Picture: Ultium Cells LLC Seeking to stimulate domestic electric vehicle production, the US Department of Transport is providing hundreds of millions of new loans for US advanced battery component manufacturing plants now being built. DOE announced in July a...
Google Cloud launches two new regions in US
Google Cloud has expanded its venture in the U.S with the debut of two new regions, as the business chases profitability as well as market share gains from rivals Amazon web Services and Microsoft. The newest addition is Dallas, Texas, which brings Google Cloud’s...
Salt Lake City launches new program for affordable solar panels
Utah’s capital city will see a new program that will allow a few dozen single-family homeowners cheaper access to solar power through limited-time discounts. Salty Lake City has launched Solar Salt Lake on Thursday which offers “discounted bulk purchase” pricing for...
Chicago commits to 100% renewable energy by 2025
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UfoDrive expands electric vehicle rental to US
UfoDrive has announced that it plans to expand electric vehicle rental operations to the United States, following rapid growth in 18 cities across Europe including London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Dublin. The first North American UfoDrive location has launched in...
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Lotte Aluminum Materials USA plans an aluminum foil manufacturing operation to serve the electric vehicle battery industry in Kentucky
Lotte Aluminum Materials USA plans an aluminum foil manufacturing operation to serve the electric vehicle battery industry in Kentucky and is expected to create 122 full time jobs. The company is planning to invest $238.7 million in the plant in Hardin County. Lotte...
The Modern Fleet Manager’s Challenge: Data Overload
Written by: Shiva Bhardwaj As part of the fleet management team, you are inundated with data from many sources, such as driver ELD data, routing and scheduling data, vehicle profile logistics, and so on. If you are within the maintenance organization, you have your...
BRP pushes forward with electrification plan by introducing all-electric Can-Am motorcycles and all-new electric Sea-Doo Hydrofoil
Picture: BRP BRP has announced that in addition to electrifying its existing product, it is aiming to seize the opportunity to enter new markets with game-changing electric products. BRP has unveiled the first two models of its Can-Am all-electric motorcycle lineup,...
SK IE Technology to enter Southeast Asian and North American EV battery market
Picture: SK ie Technology SK IE Technology has announced today that it plans to enter both the Southeast Asian and North American markets by cooperating with Vingroup. SKIET supplies separators to a wide portfolio of battery manufacturers globally, including SK On,...
Verizon and NEC announce partnership on distributed optical fiber sensing trial
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Daimler Trucks talks participating in the U.S. Department of Energy’s R&D program and future of autonomy!
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Ezra Goldman talks Upshifts vision and developments ahead of MOVE America 2022!
Picture: Republic Upshift saw a problem…124 million Americans drive less than 10,000 miles per year in their cars, and they are still spending $10,000 a year on car payments, maintenance, insurance, and parking. Upshift is a flexible, convenient, and affordable...
Alex Sobel from UK Parliament joined us at MOVE 2022!
"Too many people are still driving ICE vehicles, for too short a distance, polluting, creating poor air quality. We need people to move out of the traditional ICE and into other forms of zero- carbon transport using electricity or hydrogen.”- Alex Sobel, Chair- Net...
Welcome from Terrapinn!
Project Director of MOVE, Cormac Martin, welcomed everyone to MOVE: Mobility Reimagined on day 1 of the event.
Founder & CEO of Aurora, Chris Urmson
Founder & CEO of Aurora, Chris Urmson, took to the stage on day 1 of MOVE: Mobility Reimagined, for his keynote talk on: 'from DARPA to sherpa: how the driverless dream has been kept alive'. Watch the full video below!
Hui Zhang: creating the sustainable mobility ecosystem of the future
Hui Zhang, Group Vice President, NIO joined us on day 1 of MOVE: Mobility Reimagined to talk on 'creating the sustainable mobility ecosystem of the future.'
Panel: using crises as catalysts for change
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ENERGY
Ohio Supreme Court upholds permit for North America’s first freshwater wind farm
The Supreme Court of Ohio has upheld a permit for the 20.7-MW Icebreaker wind farm, a demonstation project that is poised to be the first freshwater windfarm in the United States. In a 6-1 decision, the court rejected arguments the Ohio Power Siting Board in May 2020...
Verra Mobility announces expanding operations
Picture: Verra Mobility Verra Mobility has announced that it is continuing to expand its European operations with new contract wins, partnerships and strategic memberships to further solve complex challenges for rental, fleet and issuing authorities operating within...
Renault and Atos launch unique service, ID@Scale
Picture: Renault Group Renault and Atos launch ID@Scale, a new service for industrial data collection to support manufacturing companies in their digital journey towards 4.0. “ID@S (Industrial Data @ Scale) claims to allow manufacturers to collect and structure data...
Siemen Commissioned for first Hydrogen-Powered trains
Picture: Siemens Siemens has been commissioned by Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn to deliver the first hydrogen-powered trains for the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region as part of a green energy pilot project. The trains will be equipped with a fuel cell drive and...
VISION EQXX breaks its own efficiency record, driving from Stuttgart to Silverstone on one charge
Picture: Mercedes-Benz The Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX beats its own efficiency record by driving a 1,202km summer road trip on a single battery charge. The record-breaking journey started in Stuttgart and ended in Silverstone in the UK. The company negotiated an...
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IKEA will install Electrify America’s fast EV chargers at over 25 US stores
IKEA have announced that they have struck a deal to bring Electrify America’s fast chargers to more than 25 stores in the US. The rollout will bring over 200 individual chargers to shops in 18 states, including California, Florida, New York, Texas and Washington....
Ford Motor Company and DTE Energy announce the largest renewable energy purchase from a utility in US history
Picture: Ford Motor Company Through a new clean energy agreement with DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE), Ford Motor Company will soon be able to attribute all its electricity supply in Michigan to clean energy, a major step toward Ford’s goal to reach carbon neutrality. As part...
EV battery plant projects get US Energy Department backing
Picture: Ultium Cells LLC Seeking to stimulate domestic electric vehicle production, the US Department of Transport is providing hundreds of millions of new loans for US advanced battery component manufacturing plants now being built. DOE announced in July a...
UfoDrive expands electric vehicle rental to US
UfoDrive has announced that it plans to expand electric vehicle rental operations to the United States, following rapid growth in 18 cities across Europe including London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Dublin. The first North American UfoDrive location has launched in...
Lotte Aluminum Materials USA plans an aluminum foil manufacturing operation to serve the electric vehicle battery industry in Kentucky
Lotte Aluminum Materials USA plans an aluminum foil manufacturing operation to serve the electric vehicle battery industry in Kentucky and is expected to create 122 full time jobs. The company is planning to invest $238.7 million in the plant in Hardin County. Lotte...
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UFODrive expands EV rental business to the U.S.
Picture: UFODrive UFODrive announced the launch of its first U.S. city on August 4, starting with San Francisco. The electric vehicle rental has seen rapid growth in 20 cities across Europe already. Now, Bay area residents and visitors can book and drive Teslas in...
Ohio Supreme Court upholds permit for North America’s first freshwater wind farm
The Supreme Court of Ohio has upheld a permit for the 20.7-MW Icebreaker wind farm, a demonstation project that is poised to be the first freshwater windfarm in the United States. In a 6-1 decision, the court rejected arguments the Ohio Power Siting Board in May 2020...
San Diego City Council plans revision of its Climate Action Plan
The San Diego City Council is planning its first big revision of its Climate Action Plan since it was first adopted in 2015. The original document projected that the city could cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by then. The revision goes even further, calling for...
Pedestrian, bike and transit projects in D.C. area get federal funding boost
A proposed bicycle and pedestrian crossing that would create a walkable connection from Northern Virginia’s growing Crystal City neighborhood to the District’s Southwest Waterfront area is getting a $20 million federal grant. In Southeast Washington, a long-planned...
IKEA will install Electrify America’s fast EV chargers at over 25 US stores
IKEA have announced that they have struck a deal to bring Electrify America’s fast chargers to more than 25 stores in the US. The rollout will bring over 200 individual chargers to shops in 18 states, including California, Florida, New York, Texas and Washington....
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Pedestrian, bike and transit projects in D.C. area get federal funding boost
A proposed bicycle and pedestrian crossing that would create a walkable connection from Northern Virginia’s growing Crystal City neighborhood to the District’s Southwest Waterfront area is getting a $20 million federal grant. In Southeast Washington, a long-planned...
BRP pushes forward with electrification plan by introducing all-electric Can-Am motorcycles and all-new electric Sea-Doo Hydrofoil
Picture: BRP BRP has announced that in addition to electrifying its existing product, it is aiming to seize the opportunity to enter new markets with game-changing electric products. BRP has unveiled the first two models of its Can-Am all-electric motorcycle lineup,...
Rolls-Royce says hybrid-electric propulsion could unlock new doors for eVTOL companies
Rolls-Royce is developing turbogenerator technology that could support hybrid-electric aircraft in performing longer-range, higher payload missions than those that use all-electric propulsion systems — a development, says Rolls-Royce, that could unlock new doors for...
Britishvolt sets out roadmap for high-performance battery development
British battery technology company Britishvolt has announced it is working on a larger format high-performance lithium-ion battery cell designed specifically for high-performance electric vehicles. The 4690 format is to be developed and prototyped at the recently...
Eve and Fahari reveal ambition to develop urban air mobility in Kenya
Eve Air Mobility, the eVTOL subsidiary of Brazilian multinational aerospace manufacturer Embraer, has signed a letter of intent with Kenya Airways’ subsidiary Fahari Aviation. The deal includes a pre-order for up to 40 of Eve’s eVTOL aircraft, with deliveries expected...
SMART CITIES
Ohio Supreme Court upholds permit for North America’s first freshwater wind farm
The Supreme Court of Ohio has upheld a permit for the 20.7-MW Icebreaker wind farm, a demonstation project that is poised to be the first freshwater windfarm in the United States. In a 6-1 decision, the court rejected arguments the Ohio Power Siting Board in May 2020...
Salt Lake City launches new program for affordable solar panels
Utah’s capital city will see a new program that will allow a few dozen single-family homeowners cheaper access to solar power through limited-time discounts. Salty Lake City has launched Solar Salt Lake on Thursday which offers “discounted bulk purchase” pricing for...
Chicago commits to 100% renewable energy by 2025
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the Department of Assets, Information and Services visited the Chicago Urban League to announce an agreement with electricity supplier Constellation to meet the city’s need for renewable energy by 2025. Swift Current Energy will...
Net Zero carbon neutral home community launches in Fort Collins
Greener Builder Media has a 17-year history of producing the most cutting-edge home demonstration projects in the market. The company is now partnering with nationally esteemed Thrive Home Builders to bring to life The Sonders Project, a 220-home sustainable community...
Traveling with MassDOT on the road to electrification and future of mobility
“I do think that technology and the implications of switching to electric vehicles but also really looking at how vehicles are connected and how we address vehicle miles traveled and how we reduce vehicle miles traveled is where we are going to be sitting as a nation...
TECH
UFODrive expands EV rental business to the U.S.
Picture: UFODrive UFODrive announced the launch of its first U.S. city on August 4, starting with San Francisco. The electric vehicle rental has seen rapid growth in 20 cities across Europe already. Now, Bay area residents and visitors can book and drive Teslas in...
Ohio Supreme Court upholds permit for North America’s first freshwater wind farm
The Supreme Court of Ohio has upheld a permit for the 20.7-MW Icebreaker wind farm, a demonstation project that is poised to be the first freshwater windfarm in the United States. In a 6-1 decision, the court rejected arguments the Ohio Power Siting Board in May 2020...
EV battery plant projects get US Energy Department backing
Picture: Ultium Cells LLC Seeking to stimulate domestic electric vehicle production, the US Department of Transport is providing hundreds of millions of new loans for US advanced battery component manufacturing plants now being built. DOE announced in July a...
Google Cloud launches two new regions in US
Google Cloud has expanded its venture in the U.S with the debut of two new regions, as the business chases profitability as well as market share gains from rivals Amazon web Services and Microsoft. The newest addition is Dallas, Texas, which brings Google Cloud’s...
Chicago commits to 100% renewable energy by 2025
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the Department of Assets, Information and Services visited the Chicago Urban League to announce an agreement with electricity supplier Constellation to meet the city’s need for renewable energy by 2025. Swift Current Energy will...
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