Didi Chuxing (China’s Uber-like ride-hailing service) has been in the news recently. It announced 1) plans to create its own electric car charging network, 2) a partnership with NEVS for one million electric self-driving cars, 3) that it’s a partner in Changan Automobile Group’s $15 billion Shangri La electric vehicle transition plan, and 4) that it has the world’s largest EV ridesharing fleet.
Daihen has selected the DRIVE 11 technology from WiTricity as the basis of its plan to manufacture wireless charging systems for automakers and private electric car owners.
We’re more than 50% through the first day of our first EV charging conference —West Meets East: Charging Central & Eastern Europe’s Electromobility Revolution — which is part of our Cleantech Revolution Tour. Hundreds of useful comments have already been thrown around, but I’m going to try to consolidate some of the top points.
Four European automakers have teamed up to create a fast charger network in Europe. The system will use the CCS protocol. 400 charge points are planned by the end of 2020.
If you’re a regular CleanTechnica reader, you know EV Volumes well, and you probably also recognize Viktor Irle’s face. We’ve been enjoying and sharing data from EV Volumes on a regular basis for a long time, and Viktor has joined us for most of our Cleantech Revolution Tour conferences.
David Beeton is a leading researcher and policy instigator in the e-mobility world, and more broadly. He founded Urban Foresight in 2011 and has been rolling strong as Managing Director of the company. Here’s a quick snippet of what he does there, from his LinkedIn profile: “Working globally on strategies and projects for smart cities. A particular focus on rapidly emerging sectors such as electric vehicles, smart grids, intelligent transport systems and renewable energy.”
Prepping for our big new EV charging conference — November 6–8 in Warsaw, Poland — I’ve been interviewing EV charging leaders and general EV leaders coming in to present and participate in panel discussions all about EV charging. You can find all of the interviews here if you’re concerned you’ve missed some.
The plug-in electric vehicle market in Europe is highly fragmented and dependent upon relativity high market shares in countries with high income (high GDPs), especially those with good incentives on offer, according to a new report from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA).
Continuing and nearly at the end of our interview series in advance of our West Meets East: Charging Central & Eastern Europe’s Electromobility Revolution conference* (part of our Cleantech Revolution Tour conference series), below is an interview with Morten Edvardsen, senior policy advisor at Norsk elbilforening (the Norway EV Association). If you are curious about the hottest electric car market in the world (by far), I think this is an awesome read. And why wouldn’t you be curious about Norway’s leadership!
Prepping for our coming CleanTechnica + GreenWay 1st annual EV charging conference in Warsaw, Poland, I’ve been interviewing leading thinkers and doers in the EV charging world and in the Central & Eastern Europe EV industry who will be presenting or sitting on panel discussions during the conference*. This time, I peppered one of my ELMO Carsharing and Tesla Shuttle co-founders, Jacek Fior, with some questions. Check out the discussion below.
