Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 18:24:24 +0000
One of the lessons that countries are learning from the current war in Ukraine is that centralised power generation creates energy vulnerability, and therefore energy insecurity. In a despicable move against the civilians of Ukraine, Russia has targeted energy infrastructure. Wars have been fought over access to energy sources for centuries, and energy generation can […]
Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 04:36:59 +0000
Germany, Europe’s single largest auto market, saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.5% share of sales in February 2023, a drop from 24.9% year on year. Full electric share grew, but plugin hybrid share almost halved. Overall auto volume was 206,210 units, up by some 3% YoY, but still some 18% down from pre-2020 seasonal norms. […]
Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2023 06:00:05 +0000
IRA subsidies are chief threat to gigafactory plans unless Europe offers accessible incentives and streamlined permitting.
Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2023 17:30:14 +0000
While Volkswagen Group plans to go all electric by 2033 in the EU, some German drivers and BMW would like to keep their tailpipe polluters. After agreeing to the EU regulation to ban internal combustion light vehicles by 2035, the FDP, the smallest member of the German governing coalition, is walking back its agreement to […]
Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 20:27:01 +0000
The “Climate Chancellor” needs to draw a line between national disputes and what has already been agreed with Germany’s international partners.
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 04:59:03 +0000
One would think that MINI, a part of BMW Group, would have vehicles produced in Germany. Apparently not, or not completely. The coming MINI Countryman will be the first MINI to be fully produced in Germany, making it a true “Made in Germany” model. That includes the fully electric MINI Countryman (and the non-electric versions). […]
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:15:00 +0000
A pioneering horizontal, six-nozzle Pelton turbine developed by Voith Hydro at the 326-GWh Gerlos 1 pumped storage facility in the Ziller Valley, Austria, is setting new benchmarks for the 140-year-old
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Read moreCredit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 12:30:28 +0000
After the subsidies-derived sales rush of December, leading to a historic performance, Germany’s plugin vehicle (PEV) market was bound to have a hangover month in January. And so it did, with this market starting the year with a 33% drop over the same month last year. The almost 40,000 units registered in January 2022 dropped […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 14:31:06 +0000
A handful of years ago, countries were climbing over each other to announce the year they’d stop selling fossil-powered cars. Things have been quiet on that level in recent years, even as EV market share has surged across the world, but the big first steps on that topic are really conducted by other jurisdictions — […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 01:07:22 +0000
TenneT and sonnen have announced that they’ve powered the German grid with electric cars. TenneT is a top electricity network operator in Europe, and sonnen produces and manages stationary battery storage systems. Working together, TenneT tapped into the electricity stored in electric car batteries that are part of the sonnenCommunity. It did so when there […]