Real-time road safety warning system offers less than ten milliseconds latency
Porsche, Vodafone and HERE Technologies have teamed up to trial ways to use 5G and precise geo-location technology to reduce the number of road accidents at the Vodafone 5G Mobility Lab in Aldenhoven in Northern Germany. The three companies are collaborating in the development of...
Volvo previews its future electric vehicles with the Concept Recharge
Volvo Cars presented its plans to become an all-electric premium car brand by 2030 at the recent Volvo Cars Tech Moment event in Gothenburg. Promising a “behind-the-scenes tour of our future”, Volvo launched its all-new Concept Recharge, which suggests the Swedish automaker's next generation electric...
Charging-as-a-Service concept designed to allow bus and truck operators to decarbonise fleets quickly
Australian investment bank Macquarie’s Green Investment Group has partnered with Dutch fast charging solutions provider Heliox to offer a new ‘charging-as-a-service’ model for electric bus and truck operators across Europe. Under the deal, the partnership will own and fund the construction of charging infrastructure and...
Stellantis gives Vauxhall UK plant an electric-van lifeline
Stellantis announced it will build full-electric versions of its Opel/Vauxhall Combo, Peugeot Partner and Citroen Berlingo small vans at its factory in Ellesmere Port, northwest England. The automaker will spend £100 million to convert the factory for electric-vehicle production starting at the end of 2022...
Turntide Technologies financing accelerates aim to eliminate rare earth magnets in EVs
Turntide Technologies, the Amazon and BMW-backed US company that has developed an electric motor system free of rare earth minerals, has announced the completion of $225 million in financing. This investment brings Turntide’s total funding to $400 million. The company is backed by a global...
EU-funded collaboration supports multimodality and interoperability among transport systems
The newly launched EU-funded FRONTIER project will bring together the private and public sector with academia to develop solutions that support multimodality and interoperability among transport systems. With 19 high-profile partners from across Europe, the consortium includes partners from several universities and research institutes, as...
Renault partnerships support French Gigafactory project
Renault Group has announced major partnerships with Envision AESC and Verkor, both designed to accelerate the French automaker’s EV capabilities. Envision AESC is the Japanese consortium backed by Renault’s alliance partner Nissan, which since 2007 has become a global player in world-leading battery technology and...
Hyundai hydrogen bus introduced to Germany to gain European experience
Hyundai has delivered a hydrogen-powered test bus for in-service trials in Munich, Germany. Two bus operators Ettenhuber and Geldhauser will take turns running the Elec City Fuel Cell bus on existing routes while carrying actual passengers. The bus can travel over 500 kilometres when fully...
Microsoft and Wejo agreement aims to unlock connected vehicle data
Wejo, a UK-based connected vehicle data startup, has announced that Microsoft and Japanese insurance group Sompo have added a combined investment of $25 million as part of the company’s Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPE) financing. Microsoft and Sompo join General Motors and Palantir Technologies...
Welsh Government announces freeze on new road building projects
Wales’ Deputy Minister for Climate Change, Lee Waters has confirmed a review of major highway schemes as part of the Welsh Government’s response to the climate emergency. Lee Waters said, “Since 1990, Welsh emissions have fallen by 31%. But to reach our statutory target of...
