A robotic charging consortium with mighty players such as Ionity, Porsche, BMW, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, TÜV Süd and others has formed in Germany. Under ROCIN-ECO, they want to drive standards for automated charging and deliver demonstrators at test sites.
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A battery-electric train by Alstom has completed its maiden voyage on a rail route in Saxony, Germany. The prototype train developed together with TU Berlin started on a roundtrip in the city of Chemnitz. Electric trains of this type are scheduled to go into passenger service from December 2021.
Read moreGermany wants to install over a thousand fast-charging parks nationwide and has readied two billion euros to do so. The tenders will go out this September so we take a look ahead at what it takes to bid to become a part of ‘Deutschlandnetz’.
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The latest generation of the world’s first four-seater hydrogen fuel cell aircraft, the Hy4, has now been unveiled at Stuttgart Airport. The latest generation of the Hy4’s propulsion system recently received test flight permission, which means that the model can now take off at Stuttgart Airport.
Read moreNOW GmbH, the new National Centre for Charging Infrastructure in Germany, is inviting tenders for the construction and operation of the largest rapid charging network yet to be built in the country. As if to say, the market has failed, now the state does the talking.
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Mercedes-Benz is handing over the first GLC F-Cell models to selected customers in the German market. These include various ministries, the National Organisation for Hydrogen (NOW) and H2 Mobility as well as Deutsche Bahn.
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Siemens, Ballard Power Systems, and RWTH Aachen University will receive 12 million euros in funding through the German government. The partners are to develop efficient fuel cells for Siemens Mireo trains and want to put them in service by 2021.
Read moreNottingham goes electric: 13 electric buses by BYD make for the first electric Park&Ride service in Great Britain. It is also the biggest council-run fleet on the Isles. The new models add on to Nottingham’s existing fleet of 45 electric buses, which the city intends to expand.
nottstv.com, ct4nottingham.co.uk
Alphabet doubles PEV fleet: The leasing firm issued 3,619 electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in the UK last year. The Alphabet PEV park has thus grown to 7,000 in total, twice as many as a year ago. This means the comany had a hand in about ten percent of all British plug-ins granted in 2016.
fleetnews.co.uk
EV incentives in Korea expanded: 101 provinces are eligible for the plug-in grant of 14m won (about 12m USD) since this year compared to 31 districts in 2016. This extension means that electric car buyers can get federal and local funding of up to 26m won (22,400 USD).
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com
Tesla in Taiwan: The Model S has become available in Taiwan, where the EV maker already opened the first Supercharger at the Taipei Expo Park. More charging opportunities shall follow in Taichung, Tainan und Kaohsiung.
focustaiwan.tw
