Sep 8, 2017 - 08:15 am EV Sales in the UK.
The UK counted 1,691 newly registered PEV on its roads this August. 476 EVs mean growth of 62.5 percent compared to the same month last year while sales of plug-in hybrids increased by 38.5% to 1,215 units. Hybrids sold 2,277 times (+70,1%).
smmt.co.uk
Aug 25, 2017 - 10:21 am JLR, NSD, WBG, Cadenza Innovation
JLR to assemble batteries in Slovakia: Jaguar Land Rover’s new facility currently under construction in Slovakian Nitra, will also be used to assemble batteries, news agency TASR reports. It is thus likely JLR will eventually start to manufacture electric cars and plug-in hybrids in Slovakia too.
spectator.sme.sk
Neptun Hopper: The German port town of Rostock may soon see a flotilla of electric ferries, if the idea of Neptun Ship Design (NSD) becomes a reality. Their concept called Neptun Hopper utilises Siemens marine electric propulsion technology. The batteries would be both charged via solar panels on the vessel’s roof and at the docks.
siemens.com
30m dollars for 21 projects looking to accelerate the development and deployment of a new class of power converters have been made available through the DoE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The innovations are based on wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors.
greencarcongress.com
Graphite anode: Cadenza Innovation from the States has teamed up with Australian mineral company Syrah Resources in a long-term research and development agreement to develop graphite anode technology. It shall be used in lithium-ion-based energy storage.
eenewseurope.com
Feb 9, 2017 - 09:49 am Volkswagen, Scania, Tesla, BMZ.
VW to finish small diesel: There will be no more small diesel engines in Volkswagens within 3 – 5 years time, Autocar learnt from Frank Welsch, head of development at VW. He just axed a new diesel engine destined for the 2018 Polo. Instead VW will use petrol-electric mild-hybrid technology, the same goes for the upcoming Golf BlueMotion. At what point diesel will vanish from VW’s line up entirely, depends on the market. Internally, Welsch insisted on a “great future” for the 2.0l diesel.
autocar.co.uk
Scania to trial electric buses: Three pure electric buses by Scania will enter a trial by the end of this year. Testing of the Citywide LF buses will commence in Swedish Östersund, where Nettbus is to put them into real service. Another three electric Scania buses may join them by 2019.
scania.com
Tesla made in Shanghai? Lingang at the edge of Shanghai is the most likely place for a Tesla facility on Chinese soil, purports Caixin. The Chinese media group quotes a paper that links the Californian EV maker with three partners in that region. 500,000 EV annually could be build in Lingang. Tesla claims the info to be false but repeated its commitment to China at the same time. So, the bidding for the investment prized at 9bn dollars is to be continued.
caixinglobal.com
Stronger e-bike batteries: German BMZ presented the 3Tron battery for electric bicycles due by 2018. New cell technology is said to hold more power and to lead to a battery life of twelve years. Warranty is given for four years.
pedelec-elektro-fahrrad.de (in German)
Feb 1, 2017 - 09:19 am PECSYS, Torotrak, Toyota, XL Hybrids
Hydrogen from solar: The novel EU project PECSYS looks into cost-effective solar based hydrogen generation. Led by the Helmholtz centre in Berlin, academic and commercial partners from Sweden, Italy and Germany will build demo modules. They aim to keep hydrogen cost below five euros per kilo and to convert more than six percent of the solar energy. The 4 year project has 2.5m euros at its disposal via the EU’s Horizon 2020 scheme.
helmholtz-berlin.de
KERS instead of fuel saving: Torotrak refocused its strategy to strengthen electrification. The V-Charge system will be discontinued as the firm concentrates on its Flybrid flywheel-based kinetic energy recovery system (KERS). The decision is based on talks with OEMs and expected diesel bans.
greencarcongress.com
Fuel cell forklifts operational: Toyota launched the first two of 20 fuel cell forklifts at its Motomachi facility in Japan. The Toyota utility FCV can be recharged within three minutes. A total of 180 hydrogen forklifts shall roam the production site by 2020.
greencarcongress.com
Retrofit hybrid available to all: XL Hybrids upfit system has become available to state and municipal fleets in all 50 states of America via the Massachusetts public fleet contract VEH102. It allows public fleets to order the XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System at competitive rates.
greencarcongress.com