Automotive
Utrecht supports development of bi-directional EV charging ecosystem
The city of Utrecht, the Netherland’s fourth largest city, and EV car sharing and bi-directional charging operator We Drive Solar have done a deal with German EV developer Sono Motors to provide the city with 100 of its Sion solar cars. The initiative supports...
Lucid EV smashes 500-mile barrier on single charge
Lucid’s Air Dream Edition R is the first EV passenger car to exceed 500 miles on a single charge. The record-breaking official US EPA range rating was achieved on a run from Los Angeles up to San Francisco and back down to the company’s HQ in Newark, California — a...
Ford puts Mustang Mach-E on police duty in US and UK
Ford is using a pilot programme with Michigan State Police to demonstrate that a vehicle with an electric powertrain can stand up to the demands of police work. The company is providing the US state enforcement agency with an all-electric police pilot vehicle based on...
Osprey’s planned UK EV hub network uses Finnish charger optimisation technology
UK EV charging network operator Osprey Charging has released plans to install over 150 high-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging hubs across the UK by 2025. Collectively offering around 1,500 150-175KW rapid chargers, the hubs, essentially EV service stations, will...
Walmart, Ford, Argo AI to launch multi-city autonomous delivery service
Ford Motor Company, Argo AI and Walmart are working together to launch an autonomous vehicle delivery service in Miami, Austin and Washington DC. The delivery service will use Ford self-driving test vehicles equipped with the Argo AI’s self-driving system to deliver...
DPD-led team achieves 1,100km run on single charge
A European team has set a new World Record for the longest distance covered by an electric truck without a recharging stop. The project team covered 1,099 kilometers in 23 hours. Parcel delivery service provider DPD Switzerland, the e-truck brand Futuricum and tyre...
Baidu pilots Apollo Go robotaxi service in Shanghai
Chinese search engine and tech giant Baidu has begun testing its Apollo Go robotaxi offer in Shanghai. While Baidu says its robotaxis have Level 4 capabilities a human safety operator will be present during all rides to comply with local regulations. Level 4 means the...
Dutch students head to southern Spain in their self-powered solar camper
Dutch students from the Solar Team at the TU Eindhoven are about to undertake a 3,000km road trip across Europe in their self-powered Stella Vita camper. Described as a solar house on wheels, the Stella Vita has an 8.8 m2 solar array on its roof that harvests energy...
German environmental NGOs take legal challenge to VW, BMW and Mercedes
Greenpeace Germany and environmental NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) have coordinated statements saying they will take legal action against Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and gas and oil firm Wintershall Dea, if the companies fail to step up their policies to tackle...
Wallbox launches 15-minute public charger aimed at drivers on long journeys
Barcelona-based Wallbox, a leading provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions worldwide, has launched Hypernova, the company’s fastest public charging station to date. Wallbox says as electric vehicles become increasingly popular, there is a need for...
NZ Fleet management company rolls out driver fatigue system
New Zealand-based fleet management solutions company EROAD is to integrate Seeing Machines’ Guardian technology into software to help combat driver fatigue and make roads safer. Seeing Machines’ Guardian technology uses face and eye-tracking algorithms to detect...
Japanese researchers improve recovery of rare earth elements from EV motor magnets
Nissan and Waseda University in Tokyo have announced the start of testing in Japan of a jointly developed recycling process that efficiently recovers high-purity rare-earth elements (REEs) from EV motor magnets. The testing is aimed at enabling practical application...
Shell bases UK target for 50,000 on-street chargers on government funding scheme
Energy company Shell has set an ambition to have 50,000 on-street electric vehicle (EV) charge posts installed across the UK by the end of 2025, through ubitricity, which was acquired by Shell earlier this year. The move is part of a wider effort to bring more EV...
Robotaxi reveal keeps Motional’s 2023 autonomous taxi service on track
Motional the Boston-based autonomous vehicle company founded in March 2020 as a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and auto supplier Aptiv, has unveiled its first commercial robotaxi. Based on the all-electric Hyundai IONIQ 5, the IONIQ 5 robotaxi is an...
Green hydrogen-from-solar fuels Austrian bus trial
Austrian solar energy company Fronius has completed a two-week test operation with a bus fuelled with green hydrogen at Wels in Upper Austria. The clean hydrogen gas is produced from solar power at Fronius’ SolHub facility at the SAN Biotech Park, in Herzogenburg,...
Volvo secures largest order of electric trucks in North America
Performance Team, a US warehousing and distribution company owned by Maersk, has placed an order for 16 Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 trucks — Volvo’s largest commercial order of the North American zero-tailpipe emission model to date. The VNR Electric model will also be...
Volta Minus One trials prototype Zero full electric 16-tonne truck
Volta Trucks, the Swedish automotive company specialising in the manufacturing of electric trucks, has confirmed the start of engineering evaluation and development testing of the first prototype Volta Zero at the HORIBA MIRA testbed site at Nuneaton, UK. The start of...
UK Government invests in novel corner technology for EV platforms
Tel Aviv-based REE Automotive has been awarded £12.5 million funding from the UK government’s Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC). REE’s award is one of four recently announced as part of the UK’s investment into net-zero road transport. The funds will allow REE to work...
Ford delivers E-Transit prototypes to companies in Germany, Norway, and the UK
Ford’s all-electric E-Transit van has begun customer trials in Europe within major fleets operating in Germany, Norway and the UK. In preparation for the spring 2022 launch, ten E-Transit prototypes are undergoing intensive real-world trials with key operators in the...
E.ON expands its German EV charger portfolio through Vestel deal
Leading German energy company E.ON has partnered with Turkish sustainable technologies company, Vestel, to bring "ultra-convenient" EV charging to more drivers across Europe. The new partnership will see E.ON build upon its portfolio of EV chargers with the...
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