The Japanese companies Nidec and Renesas Electronics will jointly develop next-generation electric axles. The duo plans to combine electric motors and components from Nidec with semiconductor technology from Renesas.
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Tesla has launched a new car scrappage scheme in the UK for customers who trade in an older petrol or diesel car model. Over June, customers whose car is valued at less than £2,000 will get £2,000 off the purchase of a new Model 3 or Model Y.
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Smart has launched sales of the Smart #3 in China. The second model since the brand’s revamp, presented in April, is an all-electric SUV coupé that will also be launched in the first European markets from the end of this year.
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The car manufacturer Stellantis has announced plans to invest 160 million euros in its plant in Rennes in the north of France. An electric SUV is to roll off the production line there from 2025.
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Lexus has presented its smallest model to date. Developed primarily for Europe, the new LBX is the new entry-level model in the Toyota brand’s SUV range and is powered by the new generation full hybrid system with an output of 100 kW/36 hp.
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Mercedes-Benz, a long-time partner of Renault in the van sector, will probably not participate in the French company’s FlexEVan project. Instead, the Stuttgart-based company apparently wants to focus on its own VAN.EA electric platform.
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Daimler Buses presented its first serial electric bus with a fuel cell as a range extender at the presentation of the eCitaro fuel cell at the Global Public Transport Summit. The start of the series production of the eCitaro fuel cell coincides with the trade fair premiere.
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Bus manufacturer MAN will not invest in Euro 7 technology and instead will only have zero-emission buses in its portfolio for cities and municipalities from 2030. The manufacturer also presented its latest electric vehicle model in Barcelona: the Lion’s City 10.
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As part of the RailCharge project at Graz University of Technology, a new solution is being worked on to use the railway as a mobile charging station for electric cars.
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As we move towards a more sustainable future and the popularity of electric vehicles continues to rise, the need for effective and reliable charge point management software is essential. Longship.io, a well-established player in the EV cloud development arena, released its Charge Point Management Software (CPMS) in 2020, now proudly named “EVesto“. Today marks the […]
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Daimler Buses is setting up a subsidiary specialising in the design and construction of infrastructure for electric buses. In collaboration with its partners, Daimler Buses Solutions GmbH will provide customers across Europe with the complete infrastructure from a single source.
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German energy group E.On is now offering a predictive maintenance tool called Evercharge as a publicly available product. E.On says that Evercharge is the first software designed to optimise charging point operations.
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In Germany, the official go-ahead has been given for the project called “ENLARGE – Interoperable Production as Enabler for a Data-Driven Battery Value Chain.”
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MG Motor India has joined forces with Indian reuse and recycling company Lohum to establish a comprehensive ecosystem for the reuse and life cycle management of EV batteries. Under the collaboration, Lohum will reuse batteries from MG electric vehicles in second-life Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) for “a wide variety of clean energy applications in […]
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General Motors and Posco are making an additional investment of more than US$1 billion as part of their Ultium CAM joint venture to increase the production of cathode active material (CAM) for electric car batteries in North America with a new facility.
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The Hype hydrogen taxi fleet in Paris will be expanded this year by a total of 50 examples of the Stellantis models Peugeot e-Expert Hydrogen and Citroën ë-Jumpy Hydrogen for people with reduced mobility.
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The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has signed a framework agreement with the North American manufacturer New Flyer for the delivery of up to 621 battery buses. The public transport operator has already ordered 186 units.
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The Austrian police are testing a total of 23 electric cars in four federal provinces for their suitability in police service. The pilot project will start in the fourth quarter of 2023, but the 20 police stations in Salzburg, Lower Austria, Vienna and Tyrol have already taken delivery of the electric cars.
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In Egypt, more than 100,000 internal combustion vehicles are to be converted to electric drives. As a local media news site has reported, the country’s Supreme Council for Vehicle Construction has approved initiatives by two national electric mobility companies.
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In an effort to boost car consumption in new energy vehicles (BEVs, FCEVs and PHEVs), China’s government plans to extend the NEV purchase tax exemption for at least four more years.
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The Indian government has proposed to increase the overall funding for subsidies for electric two-wheelers but cut the subsidy available for each vehicle. Instead of the previous maximum of 40 per cent of the purchase price, only a maximum of 15 per cent would be covered under the FAME II scheme.
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Together with partners, a team of researchers from the Fraunhofer IPA was able to show in a study that e-bike motors can be remanufactured in the sense of a modern circular economy. Since the remanufacturing succeeded with almost the same properties, the researchers see great potential in the approach.
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Natilus, a developer of autonomous cargo aircraft, has entered into a strategic partnership with ZeroAvia. Specifically, Natilus wants ZeroAvia’s hydrogen-electric powertrain to help its Kona cargo drone lift off.
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Kawasaki has invested in the French hybrid aircraft developer VoltAero as a new strategic investor. VoltAero has also begun constructing an assembly plant at Rochefort-Charente-Maritime Airport, where the hybrid aircraft is to be built.
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Ebusco has signed a framework agreement to supply Oechies Elektrotechniek with battery packs for inland navigation for one year. The contract initially covers the delivery of 36 battery packs with a total capacity of around 1 MWh for the WEVA Antonie 1, the first new build hydrogen-powered inland vessel.
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ABB has presented a new electric drive system concept for significantly more efficient ships under the name Dynafin. The system dispenses with a traditional propeller and is instead designed to mimic the “movements of a whale’s tail”.
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Edinburgh is taking consistent action against charging point blockers. From May 2022 to April 2023, a total of 4,625 fines were imposed on motorists in the Scottish capital who had exceeded the maximum length of stay at charging stations for electric vehicles.
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