These days, batteries are frequently recycled and repurposed, and companies that tackle this environmental issue make weekly news. We’ve got more battery recycling news below. MAN will build the biggest public charging network for heavy commercial vehicles in the nation to date, with 400 charging stations across 170 locations spanning … [continued]
EU needs stricter truck CO2 standards to help its laggard manufacturers compete with Tesla and BYD.
With EV charging standardization still up in the air, Tesla CEO Elon Musk goes to Washington.
The Cadillac CELESTIQ is coming — better late than never. It will be built on GM’s Ultium Platform, “the heart of the company’s EV strategy.” Meanwhile, inside the ID Buzz factories, Volkswagen is claiming a large foothold in the EV transition. “In just eight years’ time more than 55 percent … [continued]
As VinFast, a Vietnamese EV company, announced its plan to open more than 50 stores across France, Germany, and Netherland at EVS35, the Audi Environmental Foundation went into the third project phase with nonprofit startup Nunam on electric rickshaws. Battery modules from Audi e-tron test vehicles are electrifying rickshaws in … [continued]
Solar ammonia: no carbon pricing needed for cost-competitiveness with bunker fuel. By Miguel Rico Luengo (aka Lambda), ETH Zürich engineer This final part of the series will continue the economics analysis from part 3. It will touch upon the safety considerations of ammonia transportation and list a couple of the … [continued]
Herbert Diess, chairman of Volkswagen Group, says hydrogen fuel cells have no place in cars and trucks. Others disagree.
Armored money transporters are interesting vehicles. They need to be super secure. They need to carry a lot of weight. And they need to look cool in a James Bond film.
The electric bus market has been tracking quite closely with the electric car market in Europe, with 2019 showing 4% electric bus share across the European Union and a few other countries.
MAN Truck & Bus recently announced a number of innovations, including new vehicles. At the IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018 show, the company presented a 15-ton electric delivery truck, the MAN CitE, and the MAN eTGE, an electric van. A prototype of an electric city bus, the MAN Lion City E, also was shown.
