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Hitachi Rail has successfully tested a battery-powered tram in Florence, Italy. The trial involved installing battery packs on a Hitachi Sirio tram, enabling it to cover a section of the line under battery power alone. While traditional tram lines require electrified infrastructure – usually overhead...

Volkswagen’s Car.Software arm will collaborate with Microsoft to create a cloud-based automated driving platform to advance its self-driving vehicle technologies. Dirk Hilgenberg, head of the Car.Software division, said: “As we transform Volkswagen Group into a digital mobility provider, we are looking to continuously increase the...

Japan’s largest airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) has completed a 10-day trial operation of an autonomous driving bus at Tokyo Haneda Airport. The project is a partnership between the airline, BYD Japan and Softbank's BOLDLY Advanced Smart Mobility. This BYD K9 bus can carry up...

Plans to build a UK EV battery gigafactory have been unveiled by Coventry City Council and Coventry Airport. The West Midlands Combined Authority - which represents the English region’s seven urban councils - has endorsed the airport as its preferred location for the development. It’s...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a huge funding package for transport projects, which will see $14.9 billion spent over the next eight years. This figure includes $5.9 billion for “shovel ready” projects, with the remainder will be used to create an on-going transport...

Ford has announced it will only sell electric vehicles in Europe by 2030. The automaker said it will spend $1 billion to convert its factory in Cologne, Germany, into its first EV production line on the continent. Ford says it will transition to EV-production gradually...

The UK’s largest trial of smart charging incentives found the majority of electric vehicle drivers on the trial shifted charging to off-peak, reducing demand on the network at the busiest times. The Shift project led by UK Power Networks is partnering with Kaluza, Octopus Energy...

Isreali technology firm StoreDot has produced an EV battery capable of fully charging in five minutes, marking a significant step towards electric cars becoming as fast to charge as filling up petrol or diesel vehicles. The new lithium-ion batteries were manufactured by Eve Energy in...

Danish energy company Ørsted has committed its investment to the H2RES renewable hydrogen demonstration project at Avedøre Holme in Copenhagen. It marks the energy group's first renewable hydrogen project and a significant development in the potential to harness offshore wind beyond direct electrification. The HSRES...

UK oil giant BP isn’t turning a profit on all its car-charging stations, but expects that to change as more electric vehicles come onto market. “I would not say we are breaking profits in all spaces there,” said Christian Girardeau, electrification director at BP, in...