Mar 6, 2018 - 03:50 pm
Nissan and E.On work on EV-based energy services
In Geneva, German energy provider E.On and Nissan have entered into a strategic partnership as both consider to jointly kick-off pilot projects and common commercial offers in fields such as V2G, decentralised energy production and storage as well as the grid integration of Nissan EVs.
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Mar 6, 2018 - 02:38 pm
BMW i Vision Dynamics will go serial as BMW i4
BMW confirms that its EV concept BMW i Vision Dynamics – first unveiled at the IAA 2017 – will go serial. The model will be produced in Munich under the name BMW i4. However, a time schedule has not yet been released.
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Mar 6, 2018 - 02:18 pm
Toyota will stop selling diesel passenger cars in Europe
Toyota announced that it will discontinue selling diesel passenger cars in Europe with making first steps towards this objective before the year’s end. First example is the new Auris that is going to be launched solely as hybrid and petrol version.
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Mar 6, 2018 - 01:53 pm
Lagonda turns into EV brand and shows first concept
Aston Martin announced to transform Lagonda into a pure EV brand and with the electric-powered Lagonda Vision Concept the audience of the Geneva Motor Show will already get an impression of the brand’s future design language.
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Mar 6, 2018 - 12:36 pm
Porsche introduces Mission E Cross Turismo (video)
Porsche takes the wraps off the concept study of an all-electric Cross Utility Vehicle (CUV) at the Geneva Motor Show. The Mission E Cross Turismo is based on Porsche’s debuting electric vehicle, the Mission E, which is due in 2019.
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Mar 6, 2018 - 11:48 am
VW I.D. Vizzion to be the flagship of the I.D. family
With the I.D. Vizzion, VW has unveiled the future flagship of its all-electric I.D. family at the Geneva Autoshow. Moreover, the Germans presented a school bus based on its mobility concept Sedric as well as a mobile charging robot jointly developed with Kuka.
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Jan 27, 2018 - 01:01 pm
Budapest: MOL starts car sharing with 100 VW e-Up cars
Hungarian oil company MOL has launched a car sharing service in Budapest, deploying 300 VW Up cars – among them one third electric-powered. The group says that it plans to extend the car sharing network in Budapest and beyond later on.
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Jan 27, 2018 - 12:27 pm
Range extender for hybrid vessels by Torqeedo
The German company, specialised in electric motors for vessels, intends to launch a 25 kW range extender for its system Deep Blue. In order to do so, Torqeedo teams up with Dutch company WhisperPower.
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Jan 27, 2018 - 11:50 am
Battery firm Litarion to enter insolvency proceedings
German Litarion started “a voluntary structured insolvency process that is expected to result in the appointment of a provisional receiver/liquidator of Litarion and its property by the German court”, according to its Canadian parent company Electrovaya.
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Jan 26, 2018 - 01:51 pm
Kick-off for European fuel cell bus project JIVE 2
British Element Energy will take the lead in the cooperation project called JIVE 2, which aims at bringing further 152 fuel cell buses to 14 cities in Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Great Britain and Iceland.
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Jan 26, 2018 - 10:23 am
Nissan introduces self-driving slippers (video)
Yes, you read it correctly! Nissan is demonstrating its future technologies for autonomous EVs in a creative way in a Japanese guest house. Thus, guests receive slippers with two small wheels as well as sensors and an electric motor.
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Jan 26, 2018 - 10:22 am
Tennet uses 100 Tesla car batteries as buffer
Dutch grid operator Tennet relies on batteries from 100 Tesla cars to stabilise its grid, bizz energy has learnt. The company determines how fast or slow batteries of these vehicles get charged.
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Jan 26, 2018 - 10:13 am
Electric buses: Berlin forced to extend tender period
Berlin’s public transport company BVG issued a tender to procure 45 electric buses from next year but faces now difficulties due to a lack of applications, according to the “Berliner Zeitung”. Thus, just one manufacturer made an offer.
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Jan 26, 2018 - 09:58 am
British consortium kicks off Octopus V2G project
A British consortium agrees on jointly study the effect of a nationwide transition towards EVs on the grid. In this context, Octopus Energy will install not less than 135 V2G chargers before the year’s end.
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Jan 26, 2018 - 09:22 am
Jeep to add PHEVs to all of its upcoming model series
The off-road vehicle manufacturer wants to create a PHEV version of every model launched from 2020, reports Autocar referring to CEO Mike Manley. Already this year, the brand introduces mild hybrids in all of its series. An all-electric Jeep model is likely to come, too – but rather beyond 2020.
autocar.co.uk
Jan 25, 2018 - 05:55 pm
Rimac draws attention to its Concept Two (video)
With a teaser video, Croatian EV maker Rimac whets our appetite for the successor of the company’s super car Concept One. The model’s official presentation is scheduled for 6th of March in the spotlight of the Geneva Motor Show.
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Jan 25, 2018 - 11:17 am
Daimler to restructure its EV battery development unit
The carmaker is currently discussing to ‘insource’ this unit, according to the Stuttgarter Zeitung. Wolfgang Nieke, Chairman of the company’s works council, makes clear that he wants development specialists of Daimler’s subsidiary Accumotive to move to the headquarters in Untertürkheim.
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Jan 25, 2018 - 10:50 am
Details about BMW’s future electric line-up
BMW has skipped its plans for an electric i5 and i9 but seeks to replace the latter through a smaller but spacious i7. That is at least what Georg Kacher says, known as insider to the branch. Moreover, the BMW i3 shall get a successor called iX1.
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Jan 23, 2018 - 05:57 pm
Alliance for Hungary’s charging network
In the upcoming months, Hungarian energy provider NKM National Utilities intends to erect 100 new charging stations across the country and therefor teams up with Fortum Charge & Drive.
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