Record European Electric Bus Order (157 Volvo Buses), + Volvo Trucks Launches Urban Electric Trucks

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 05:14:58 +0000

Volvo is not particularly well known for electric car leadership — it is far behind in that realm. However, over in Europe, the company is quite a big producer of commercial trucks and buses, and it is rolling out big electric vehicles news in those industries

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It’s Official — Tesla Gigafactory 4 Will Be In (Or Near) Berlin

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 14:17:05 +0000

Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus by Dr. Maximilian HollandIr’s official. Tesla’s European factory will be located just outside of Berlin, Germany. It is expected to begin production in 2021.

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Starlink Launches As Elon Musk Arrives In Berlin — For Gigafactory 4?

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 18:23:27 +0000

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s visions are being realized well in and out of this world, as the past week reveals. Elon Musk’s life has been surfing through land, sky, and space this week. Last fall, Musk tweeted, “Pace of innovation is all that matters in the long run.” He is certainly demonstrating that’s his companies’ mutual obsession

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Volkswagen Announces Pre-Production At Chinese Electric Vehicle factory

Credit to Author: Tim Dixon| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2019 21:30:21 +0000

Volkswagen has announced that it has started pre-production of the Volkswagen ID at its first purely EV-focused factory in China

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The Man & Machine Issue: Artificial Intelligence vs. Human Behavior

Credit to Author: Alex Voigt| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2019 20:30:18 +0000

The world is currently discussing if artificial systems are good or bad, will help us or destroy us, and if they will ever function or not, and by doing that people make the mistake of actually trying to answer the wrong question. As of today, the biggest question about artificial intelligence is not the system [&hellip

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Electric Aviation Company Scylax Forms Joint Venture With German Regional Airline

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2019 19:10:06 +0000

The Munich, Germany aviation company Scylax GmbH has entered into a joint venture with the East Frisian FLN airline to provide electric aircraft. The airline provides service between Norden, Germany and the island of Juist, along with several other islands nearby. Rosario de Luca, Scylax’s CEO, answered some questions about the aircraft for CleanTechnica

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Energy Storage News: CATL Factory In Germany & Rio Tinto’s Lithium Plant In California

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 17:00:10 +0000

CATL battery factorySupply increases to meet demand. CATL is building its first battery factory outside China in Germany and Rio Tinto says leftover rocks from its borax mine in California may have a higher concentration of lithium that any other US location.

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Tesla Model 3 = #1 In EV Sales In Germany In Record Month — CleanTechnica EV Sales Report

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 00:43:26 +0000

The German plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market continues on the fast track in September, having scored a new record, 9,452 registrations, which doubles last year’s result. Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) were up 150% year over year (YoY), and this time plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) were also helping (+51%), allowing the PEV share to reach a record 3.9% share last month. BEVs alone hit a best ever, 2.4%. That pulled the 2019 plug-in share to 2.7% (1.7% BEV)

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