Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 16:52:56 +0000
Europe’s largest auto market, Germany, saw plugin electric vehicles take 26.0% market share in June, up from 23.6% YoY. Overall auto volumes were down 18% YoY, to 224,558 units, the lowest June in 25 years (except 2020). The Fiat 500e was Germany’s best selling full electric in June. June’s combined plugin share of 26.0% comprised […]
Credit to Author: The Beam| Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2022 17:35:53 +0000
Germany, Europe’s largest economy, was once a pioneer in climate protection. Today, Berlin presses hard on the brakes. But help is on the way. By Frank Odenthal The elections to the German Bundestag are over, and it remains unclear what the new government of Europe’s economic powerhouse will look like. The fight against the climate […]
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2022 23:10:10 +0000
Berlin gets creative with renewable energy and energy storage in race against Russian gas cutoff this winter.
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2022 07:04:53 +0000
The BMW i3 is a truly unique electric car — or unique car of any kind, for that matter. The i3 is likely to be on the streets of Europe and the US for many years to come. But production of new i3 cars has come to an end. I bought a used BMW i3 […]
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 21:11:16 +0000
Swedish-based renewable energy developer OX2 has taken another step toward construction of its Aurora offshore wind farm, a 5.5-GW project sited between the islands of Gotland and Oland in the Baltic Sea. OX2 on June 27 announced it had submitted a permit application to build the wind farm under the auspices of Sweden’s Exclusive Economic […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 20:05:11 +0000
In a recent press release, Ford announced that it chose the company’s Valencia, Spain, plant for something special. But it was so busy being defensive about the choice that we learned a lot more about its plans for Germany than we did about the news in Spain. What We (Don’t) Know About Ford’s Next-Gen Platform […]
Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 03:50:41 +0000
Germany activated the “alarm stage,” phase two of three of the country’s emergency methane-based gas plans, on Thursday after Russia’s Gazprom throttled deliveries by 60%. Phase three would allow the government to implement energy rationing. German economic minister Robert Habeck told reporters the cutbacks were a direct political attack in retaliation for Germany’s sanctions against […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 19:05:06 +0000
With the possible exception of baseball caps, one size never really fits all. A group of German aerospace researchers decided to apply that little nugget of wisdom to solar cells, and took a comprehensive look at solar technology to figure out what technology fits which applications best. With this research out of the way, the […]
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 23:15:35 +0000
A leading German economic official said the country must increase the burning of coal for power generation and reduce its use of natural gas to avoid an energy crisis later this year. German Economy Minister Robert Habeck in a statement on June 19 said the country’s move away from receiving natural gas from Russia due […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2022 15:44:21 +0000
With multiple crises raging (chips, batteries, covid, Ukraine war…), disruption is the order of the day, and one can say that anything goes right now in Germany. The overall automotive market is still in the red, with the market dropping 10% last month, but despite this doom and gloom, sales of full electric vehicles (BEVs) […]