PSA is going to cooperate with BMW subsidiary Digital Charging Solutions (DCS) to provide Peugeot and Citroën customers access to currently 6,360 charging stations throughout France, among them 460 fast-charging terminals.
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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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Seat has now officially presented its electric race car CUPRA e-Racer – together with some detailed tech specs. The EV is going to compete in the recently announced touring race series E-TCR.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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U.S. amercian researchers from the Argonne National Laboratory have introduced a new system called ReCell, enabling industry players to evaluate the impact of recycling batteries in EVs.
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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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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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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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The Polish manufacturer Solaris Bus & Coach has announced to build a bi-articulated trolleybus called Trollino 24 and to kick off a trial period by mid-2018 in several European cities.
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U.S. channel CNBC reports about a potential further delay of the company’s Model 3 production, referring to current and former Tesla employees. Tesla published a detailed statement to deny these claims.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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Lexus intends to launch a cabriolet sibling of its sports car LC within the upcoming 18 to 24 months, featuring a similar hybrid powertrain than the standard model, according to “Auto Express”.
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Bolloré subsidiary BlueSG and Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University are starting a partnership to test Bolloré’s flash-charging shuttle based on a prototype of the BlueTram, first revealed in 2014.
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Utility vehicle manufacturer Scania and Swedish Northvolt signed an agreement to jointly develop and commercialise battery cell tech for heavy duty vehicles. Scania says that it will invest 10m euros.
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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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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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San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) wants to install a charging network for medium and heavy duty vehicles. 3,000 such charging stations may be installed once the regulator CPUC grants SDG&E permission.
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England’s somewhat faltering football star Wayne Rooney has lost his drive. That is his driver’s license and Rooney now wants to sell his BMW i8. The clock shows less than 13,000 km and the footballer asks no more than 64,995 pounds on Autotrader. Any keepers?
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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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Canadian energy provider Hydro-Québec has signed a license agreement with Chinese company Dongshi Kingpower Science and Technology, allowing the latter to use patents for solid-state li-ion batteries.
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