The e-scooter sharing provider Bird announces a tenfold increase in its e-scooter fleets in Europe and the Middle East. From this spring, expansion in more than 50 new cities is planned. In its European development, Bird will be...
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Posted Apr 12, 2019
The US government wants to abolish state subsidies for electric cars and renewable energies. US President Trump would like to eliminate state subsidies for electric cars immediately, but now, a new bill in Congress provides for an extension of tax...
Posted Apr 09, 2019
The charging station register of the Federal Association of the Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) has currently around 17,400 public charging locations in Germany. From these, about twelve percent are fast-charging. More than three-quarters of the...
Posted Apr 05, 2019
Fiat is one of the few manufacturers that have not yet been actively involved in the electric car segment, but this is about to change. At the Geneva Motor Show, the Italian builder announced that the future generation Fiat 500 will be...
Posted Apr 02, 2019
The major problem of switching to renewable energy sources is the lack of available technologies for converting electricity derived from solar and wind energy into chemical fuel for long-term storage and in the opposite direction. There...
Posted Mar 27, 2019
Although deliveries of the Tesla Model 3 on the European market started only in February this year, its success is already visible. We talk about the fact that Model 3 has become the best-selling electric model in the month of February in...
Posted Mar 25, 2019
Fisker revealed the first images of an electric SUV that will compete with the recently unveiled Tesla Model Y. The Fisker electric crossover SUV will be equipped with two electric motors (one on each axis) and a battery pack with a...
Posted Mar 21, 2019
During the preparation of the draft budget for the current year, the federal government of Canada announced a new incentive of 5,000 CAD ($3750 or 3305 euro) for electric vehicle buyers worth less than 45,000 CAD (29739 euro or $...
Posted Mar 19, 2019
The Chinese electric scooter manufacturer Niu continues to grow. Niu plans to expand further and mentions a partnership with Volkswagen. The share price also responds positively to the development of the Chinese manufacturer. Thus,...
Posted Mar 14, 2019
The Federal Ministry for the Environment in Germany is providing an additional 180 million euros for the purchase of electric buses in urban public transport. As a result of the extension, the ministry now intends to pay around € 300 million on the...
Posted Mar 12, 2019
Lidl intends to equip approximately 400 of its branches throughout Germany with charging stations for electric vehicles within one year. Lidl is investing in the nationwide expansion of electromobility: within one year, around 400 Lidl branches will...
Posted Mar 11, 2019
Five years ago, Edwin Van Ruimbeke, an engineer from France, successfully raised funds for his ornithopter, a remote-controlled model capable of flying, flapping its wings, just like a real bird. Now he, inspired by the study of flying insects, he...
Posted Mar 11, 2019
The Chinese electric car startup WM Motor has been able to generate nearly 400 million euros in a financing round led by Baidu. Other investors in the new round are Linear Venture and the Taihang Industrial Fund. The fresh capital...
Posted Mar 09, 2019
Voltabox continues to grow. According to preliminary figures, the German battery system manufacturer generated sales of 66.9 million euros in 2018. For the current financial year, it expects further revenue growth of around 60-70 percent (...
Posted Feb 22, 2019
Irish Post is planning to buy 750 electric vehicles by 2022, of which 200 will hit the streets later this year. In addition to delivery vans, pedelecs (pedal electric cycle) are also on the shopping list. The background to this is...
Posted Feb 17, 2019
Jaguar Land Rover has expanded its range of Ingenium engines with a new six-cylinder, three-liter gasoline engine that combines with the smooth hybrid technology of 48 volts, MHEV (Mild Hybrid Electric Vehicle)....
Posted Oct 02, 2018
Today, ahead of the Paris Motor Show, Renault has revealed a new ‘affordable’ all-electric crossover: the Renault K-ZE. "Groupe Renault was a pioneer and is the European leader in electric vehicles. We are introducing K-ZE, an...
Posted Apr 03, 2018
Chinese electric car start-up Youxia Motors has raised nearly $ 800 million in a new round of financing. It's the first notable news from this company that introduced a Tesla Model S clone called Youxia X...
Posted Mar 27, 2018
More than a week ago, a terrible event in which a 49-year-old woman lost her life after being run over by an autonomous test car by the Uber company in Tempe, Arizona, triggered discussions about autonomous driving . Both Uber and...