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Electric Highway, the Ecotricity-owned UK trunk road network of electric vehicle (EV) charge points, has opened the UK’s largest high power motorway EV charging site. The installation, the first under Electric Highway’s new partnership with Gridserve announced in March, is planned as the first of...

Finland’s Trombia Technologies is running a pilot trial using its autonomous, electric cleaning robot Trombia Free to sweep the streets of the capital Helsinki. The fully autonomous electric street sweeper, which was unveiled last year, is now being put through its paces as part of...

Ford has revealed plans to establish a global battery centre of excellence – called Ford Ion Park – to accelerate research and development of battery and battery cell technology – including future battery manufacturing. Ford says Ion Park will use state-of-the-art equipment to pilot new...

British engineering and environmental company Ricardo has developed a hydrogen-fuelled combustion engine that could offer a renewable, economic and durable technology solution to accelerate zero carbon emissions in heavy duty trucks, off-highway machines and marine vessels. Hydrogen combustion engines are essentially modified versions of a...

Toyota subsidiary Woven Planet is to buy Level 5, the self-driving division of Lyft, one of the largest ride-hailing companies in the world. Lyft will receive approximately $550 million in cash, with $200 million paid upfront subject to certain closing adjustments and $350 million of...

Swiss energy technology company ABB has unveiled the third generation of its high-powered 350kW Terra electric vehicle charging station. ABB’s latest Terra High Power charging platform comes with a 5.3-metre retractable charging cable, features a 15-inch touch-screen display with LED night-time lighting, and the ability...

Thailand’s government has brought forward to 2035 the date at which it wants only purely electric vehicles to be sold. It also announced that by the end of this decade, electric vehicles should account for 50 per cent of all new car registrations, up from...

French car maker Renault has set new targets for the electrification of the brand in Europe.  Speaking at the company’ on-line annual general meeting, CEO Luca de Meo announced that in 2025 the share of electrified passenger cars should be 65 per cent, increasing to...

In a significant step for the drone industry, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has authorised a trial for routine Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations. The authorisation enables West Sussex based drone developer sees.ai to fly BVLOS at three sites without needing to...

Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy is to provide BMW with 68 million euros in funding for the Bavarian carmaker’s planned battery projects. BMW says it is “supporting the ramp-up of a European cell and battery value chain” with the development of “highly...