As the second decade of modern electric vehicle adoption for the masses arises, Nissan identifies the four key pillars of its approach to the future. Nissan expects its electric ecosystem approach will continue to place it in a leadership position that it has held since the original Nissan LEAF kickstarted electric life for a record number of buyers.
I thought the Zayed Future Energy Prize was cool when I first attended one of its awards ceremonies during the annual World Future Energy Summit and Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. I thought it was cooler after working with the Zayed Future Energy Prize (ZFEP) crew loosely for a couple of years to highlight prize winners and finalists. This year, I was added to the ZFEP Review Committee, which meant that I was in Abu Dhabi last week for a couple of days to help narrow 82 shortlisted candidates down to 40.
CleanTechnica’s conference season never ends, and aside from conferences this autumn in Dubai (UAE) and Paris (France) where we lent or will lend our face and thoughts, we are also hosting our next Cleantech Revolution Tour conference in November, this time alongside co-organizer and regional EV charging leader Greenway.
The mining firm Rio Tinto will begin using driverless iron ore trains as part of its operations in Western Australia in 2018, a statement put out by the company has revealed.
The commercial trucking company Navistar International and Volkswagen AG’s Truck and Bus will be jointly launching an electric medium-duty truck in the North American market by late 2019, company execs have revealed.
Toshiba says its next generation SCiB battery can add 200 miles of range in just 6 minutes using high power charging equipment.
Nissan has unveiled a new, longer-range version of its all-electric e-NV200 offering — one that features a range that’s been increased by around 60%, reportedly — to be sold in the European market.
The executive vice president of Shell’s New Energies division, Mark Gainsborough, revealed at a recent event in Amsterdam that the company is now working on the development of “smart” electric vehicle charging stations that will help to modulate demand on the broader electrical grid.
Following our earlier report about Ford possibly mass producing Deutsche Post DHL’s internally developed StreetScooter electric van, the company has revealed that it will be doubling its own production capacity and building a new factory in Dueren near Cologne.
Sales of electric and plug-in hybrid cars in Norway are booming, leading to lines at chargers and a need for more charging infrastructure.
