Mar 2, 2021 - 01:39 pm Norway marks 5,074 new BEVs sold in February
Norway just released the plug-in vehicle registrations for February, with 5,074 new electric cars talking the lead in February. The market share of EVs in all new passenger car registrations for the month was 47.5 per cent.
Weiterlesen Mar 2, 2021 - 01:33 pm ‘Cellcentric’ fuel cell JV by Daimler & Volvo takes off
Daimler Truck and the Volvo Group have now founded their announced fuel cell joint venture as the Volvo Group acquired 50 per cent of the shares in the existing company Daimler Truck Fuel Cell. The partners have also agreed to rename the company Cellcentric.
Weiterlesen Mar 1, 2021 - 11:46 am ADL presents next-generation hydrogen bus platform
Scottish bus builder Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) has announced its next-generation hydrogen double-decker bus. Developed under the project name H2.0, the model is due to hit the roads this year and will have a range of up to 300 miles, or around 480 km.
Weiterlesen Feb 26, 2021 - 02:20 pm SK Group presents long-term hydrogen roadmap
The South Korean SK Group, which recently acquired almost ten per cent of the shares in the US fuel cell specialist Plug Power, presented a long-term, multi-billion-dollar plan to enter the hydrogen economy even more comprehensively.
Weiterlesen Feb 26, 2021 - 12:56 pm Toyota to launch fuel cell module sales in Spring
Toyota is preparing to sell fuel cell modules in Japan. The compact system modules are expected to be sold from this spring to companies that develop and manufacture fuel cell products for a variety of different applications.
Weiterlesen Feb 24, 2021 - 12:55 pm Voith to deliver electric drives for Wrightbus
Northern Irish bus manufacturer Wrightbus has selected Voith as its exclusive partner to supply the electric drive system for the second generation of its battery-electric and fuel cell buses for Europe.
Weiterlesen Feb 24, 2021 - 11:09 am Washington State & Virginia mandate stricter EV regulations
The US state of Washington has introduced a law according to which all passenger cars and light commercial vehicles sold there must be purely electric from 2030. In Virginia, stricter regulations are to apply from the 2025 model year, but a ban on internal combustion engines has not yet been decided.
Weiterlesen Feb 21, 2021 - 04:53 pm Faurecia to supply Renault’s future fuel cell vehicles
An unofficial fuel cell alliance is forming in France as Faurecia will supply hydrogen tanks for the new fleet of FC commercial vehicles Renault plans to launch at the end of this year. Faurecia will design and manufacture these tanks in France and is already preparing for expansion.
Weiterlesen Feb 19, 2021 - 11:45 am South Korea aims to push EV innovation
The South Korean government, in close cooperation with the industry, has decided to push technological innovations in the field of e-mobility so strongly that the prices for electric cars will drop by the equivalent of at least 7,500 euros by 2025.
Weiterlesen Feb 18, 2021 - 03:35 pm Pipistrel developing emissions-free regional aircraft
Slovenian aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel is working on a zero-emission regional aircraft with 20 seats, which should be available between 2028 and 2030. The Miniliner concept now unveiled could fly on hydrogen, although Pipistrel says it is still evaluating various propulsion solutions.
Weiterlesen Feb 15, 2021 - 12:59 pm Jaguar to be a zero-emission brand by 2025
Big news from Jaguar Land Rover: Jaguar will become a zero-emission car brand from 2025 as part of the JLR strategy ‘Reimagine’. Land Rover plans to greatly expand the number of electric models.
Weiterlesen Feb 13, 2021 - 06:39 pm Go4City: Fraunhofer & ELO Mobility to develop H2 buses
The Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems IVI and Berlin-based ELO Mobility have teamed up developing next-gen hydrogen-powered buses. They just launched the Go4City project with funding through the German government.
Weiterlesen Feb 11, 2021 - 06:38 pm New Zealand funds 22 projects in emission-free transport
The New Zealand government has just approved funding for 22 new low-emission transport projects across the country. The projects in the latest round of government co-funding include a bike and car share scheme, EV charging stations as well as hydrogen and battery-electric trucks.
Weiterlesen Feb 10, 2021 - 03:25 pm ZSW breaks ground for HyFaB factory
In Germany, the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) in Ulm has broken ground for the HyFaB research factory, an open industry platform with a focus on fuel cell stacks. Commissioning is planned for the beginning of 2022.
Weiterlesen Feb 10, 2021 - 01:32 pm Hyzon Motors goes public via merger
The US commercial fuel cell vehicle developer Hyzon Motors has announced a merger with the Nasdaq-listed Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation. This merger is also about a quick IPO as has often been apparent in rapidly growing electric mobility companies lately.
Weiterlesen Feb 9, 2021 - 05:14 pm Solaris fuel cell buses en route to Austria
Austria’s Postbus Ag has ordered 40 hydrogen buses from Poland’s Solaris. The framework agreement specifies delivery between 2021 and 2023 and is part of a larger contract which also includes conventionally-powered buses.
Weiterlesen Feb 8, 2021 - 05:18 pm US coalition forms Hydrogen Forward
In the USA, eleven companies have formed a coalition called Hydrogen Forward, focused on advancing hydrogen development across the country. Founding members include mighty players.
Weiterlesen Feb 6, 2021 - 12:40 pm Ballard & Global Energy Ventures to develop H2 ship
Ballard Power Systems signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Global Energy Ventures for the development of a new fuel cell-powered ship, called C-H2 Ship, designed to transport compressed green hydrogen. A small-scale, under 10 MW demonstration of the C-H2 Ship to be built initially.
Weiterlesen Feb 2, 2021 - 01:14 pm Norway: Plug-in cars reach over 80% marketshare
The new plug-in car registrations have come out for Norway. Market shares look impressive as usual in Europe’s EV wonderland. Electric cars make for over half of all sales in the first month of the year. Still, there’s been a slight decline.
Weiterlesen Jan 29, 2021 - 12:42 pm GM to go fossil-fuel free by 2035
General Motors has announced that it will largely abandon the internal combustion engine by 2035. The new focus will be on ‘light-duty vehicles’; these are passenger cars and light commercial vehicles up to 3.8 tonnes, according to the US definition. Explicitly, the company wants to “eliminate tailpipe emissions” from 2035.
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