Powerhouse Bosch is partnering with leading fuel cell stack manufacturer Powercell to develop and license a new line of hydrogen fuel cells for automotive applications. The new partnership is a realization that hydrogen fuel cells have the potential to become a significant portion of the automotive market over the next decade, according to Bosch.
Bosch is collaborating with toom to launch an electric van sharing service at German hardware stores. toom sells home improvement products and supplies, so the idea is to place electric vans at some of them to provide on-demand personal transportation for customers. Caroline Reichert, head of connected mobility solutions for EVs at Bosch, answered some questions about the program for CleanTechnica.
Bosch is one of the big players in the eBike space, but it isn’t known for its bikes. Bosch chose to focus on building a robust set of eBike components for bikes that existing bike manufacturers could then take and integrate into their own bikes where it made the most sense. CleanTechnica connected with Bosch’s Brian Sarmiento, who is taking a unique journey with a Bosch-based eBike.
Bosch has taken the wraps off of its new eCityTruck electrification solution for light commercial vehicles that was developed to provide electrification solutions for vehicles operating in urban environments where combustion engines are restricted or banned.
The corporate venture capital arm of the Bosch group, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, has announced that it has increased its financial stake in the Israel-based startup Allegro.AI, a firm focused on AI deep learning in relation and as applied to computer vision tech.
Is it a miracle? Shortly after Germany started talking about bans on diesel cars, Bosch says it has new technology that will slash emissions.
The Germany-based utility EnBW and the auto parts supplier Bosch have now brought online a new battery-based energy storage project at the Heilbronn coal-fired power plant.
Tesla has issued a new voluntary recall for around 123,000 Model S sedans — those built before April 2016 — due to complaints from some owners about corrosion of power-steering bolts when exposed regularly to calcium or magnesium road salts (used in some cold climates to melt snow and ice on roadways). We noted this earlier today, but we didn’t highlight that these bolts don’t come from any old supplier — they come from Bosch.
Bosch is pretty much everywhere when it comes to mobility, and that’s particularly true with the electric vehicle (EV) sector. But one thing the global giant has shied away from so far is manufacturing its own batteries. It just announced it won’t pursue that route any longer.
The largest auto parts supplier in the world, Bosch, has decided that it won’t be manufacturing its own electric vehicle batteries, despite the booming of the sector — as the billions of euros of investment that would be required would pose too much of a risk to the company.
