Energy
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...
British Government to mandate EV charge points on all new-build properties
The British government has outlined details of new legislation that will require the installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging points on all new-build properties in England. The draft bill, revealed by the Transport Minister Rachel Maclean, covers both...
Dutch initiate inland waterway giant swappable electric battery pack network
Dutch low carbon technology company Zero Emission Services (ZES) has modified the shipping vessel Alphenaar to run on exchangeable battery packs loaded within standard shipping containers. The Alphenaar’s conversion supports a 10-year deal with Heineken to ship its...
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...
Zap-Pay signs up five more UK charge point operators
UK EV mapping service Zap-Map has signed up five more charge point operators to join its Zap-Pay payment system. GeniePoint, char.gy, Motor Fuel Group (MFG), Revive and Mer have all recently signed up to join existing Zap-Pay networks ESB Energy and also Osprey, which...
Sono bi-directional AC wallbox turns Sions into decentralised mega-storage
German solar-powered electric car start-up Sono Motors has launched what it claims to be the first bidirectional AC charging wallbox. The wallbox enables Sono’s planned Sion model, which incorporates range extending solar panels, to be used as a mobile power plant and...
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...
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...
Piaggio strengthens Japanese-founded Swappable Batteries Motorcycle Consortium
Italian scooter maker Piaggio has joined forces with a Japanese consortium of major bike manufacturers set up to encourage the use of swappable batteries for electric motorcycles and light electric vehicles. The newly enlarged and rebranded Swappable Batteries...
Intelligent control critical to grid during workplace EV charging
A programme to introduce workplace electric vehicle charging by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Germany’s largest research organisation, provided the perfect opportunity to research the commonly accepted position that simultaneous charging of many electric vehicles at one...
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,...
Baltic ferry powered by solar modules comes into service
German ferry company Oderhaff Reederei Peters has put a solar-electric ferry into service for the short crossing from the port town of Kamp on the German Baltic coat to the island of Usedom. Power comes from solar modules on the ship’s roof. Usedom is a tourist...
Inner London borough tackles EV inequality for those without off-street parking
The London Borough of Lambeth and electric vehicle charging specialist Connected Kerb, have completed a project to demonstrate how affordable and accessible public EV charging infrastructure can be provided to tackle EV inequality and drive greater adoption among...
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...
UK trial to electrify 30km of motorway with overhead catenary power
The UK’s Department for Transport has awarded funding through Innovate UK to a consortium to undertake the UK’s first ever study on the electrification of long-range trucks with dynamic charging, using overhead wires on motorways. The study is part of the £20m...
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