Volvo Cars and Polestar have signed a memorandum of understanding* for the development and production of Polestar’s forthcoming premium compact SUV at Volvo Cars’ new manufacturing plant in Kosice, Slovakia. The Polestar 7, a premium fully electric compact SUV, is planned to be launched in 2028. Subject to final agreements … [continued]
Volvo plans to assemble the Polestar 7 in Slovakia. If all goes well, that is. See the fine print at the end of this story. Historically, Polestar’s manufacturing footprint has been predominantly centered in China after the Geely takeover of Volvo. The reason is simple. Polestar was the performance tuning … [continued]
Solar arrays and agriculture are strategically combined in the emerging science of agrivoltaics, focusing on farmer income, sustainable land use, and energy independence.
The last few days have shown that EV charging is becoming the new normal, with progress being made on a daily basis, all throughout the world. As one example, Vietnam will be getting an extensive EV charging network courtesy of Porsche and Charge+. On the other side of the world, … [continued]
The international transport and info-logistics provider has launched an e-truck testing program as part of its comprehensive sustainability strategy. The company is spearheading the transition towards greener logistics solutions by integrating electric trucks into its operations for first- and last-mile transports starting with Austria and Slovakia. cargo-partner’s Overland management has … [continued]
What’s the point, one may ask, of reporting on EV road trips today when they have become so common? Even the top Polish energy and EV journalist, Bartłomiej Derski, recently tweeted that same remark after doing a Poland–Croatia trip twice in two different EVs (750 miles each way) without any … [continued]
Advocates for Ukraine’s green energy transition had their case underscored by the latest barrage of Russian missiles.
Here we are to continue the stories from the 2023 New Mobility Congress. We had four great stories on the first day, and day two proved to be even more eventful. Without further ado, let me introduce my first guests. Instead of one representative from Finland, I was honored to … [continued]
Like most other luxury and performance manufacturers, Porsche was a little late to the electric party. As we know, Tesla beat it to the punch by more than a decade, and even beat it to mass EV production. Porsche has been producing electric vehicles since 2019, when the first Porsche … [continued]
Russia’s natural gas exports by pipeline to the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) declined by almost 40% during the first seven months of 2022 compared with the same period in 2021 and by almost 50% compared with the previous five-year (2017–21) average, according to data from Refinitiv … [continued]
