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ABB delivers 117 electric vehicle charging stations for German highways
ABB will deliver 117 electric vehicle charging stations to the German utility EnBV, the Swiss engineering company said. These are now increasingly being installed on Europe’s motorways to accommodate a new generation of electric vehicles from makers such as Tesla, Porsche…
This electric school bus is coming to the US in 2019
You’d be hard-pressed to find a vehicle type today that isn’t in the process of being electrified by some major manufacturer. If it has wheels or rotors or wings, someone out there is trying to replace the gas tank with a…
The Lamborghini Terzo Millennio is a brutally fantastic EV supercar concept
This car, the Terzo Millennio (“third millenium”), built in collaboration with MIT, is very much a Lamborghini approach to the EV performance car. To begin with, it is obviously nothing else but a Lamborghini. There’s some advanced tech here, too,…
Portugal Aiming to Introduce “Free Zones” for Self-Driving Vehicles & Drones
The government of Portugal is now planning to introduce “free zones” in certain parts of the country where self-driving vehicle and drone tech can be deployed and tested more easily through the use of special regulations and investment incentives, Portugal’s…
Carmakers Promise 400 Fast-Charging Stations Across Europe by 2020
Four of the world’s largest automakers have today revealed details of their plan to establish an extensive electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging network across Europe, with a promise to install 400 chargers across the continent by 2020. The Munich-based joint venture,…
Report: EVs Greener than Diesel Even when Refuelled with Electricity from Coal-Fired Power Stations
Electric vehicles are far greener than their diesel and petrol alternatives over their entire lifetime, even when powered using electricity generated with the dirtiest fossil fuels, according to a new report released today by VUB University in Brussels. The report,…
Nantes Chooses Breakthrough ABB E-Bus Technology
World’s fastest flash-charging connection technology from ABB to power first fully electric 24-meter buses ABB has won a $20 million order from Swiss bus manufacturer HESS to supply its flash-charging technology for 20 e-buses and related infrastructure for the French…