GRIDSERVE today announces plans to revolutionise EV charging infrastructure in the UK as it officially launches the GRIDSERVE Electric Highway – a UK-wide network of more than 50 high power ‘Electric Hubs’ with 6-12 x 350kW chargers in each, plus almost 300 rapid chargers installed...
AirCar, a dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle moved closer to production this week, fulfilling a key development milestone in a35-minute flight from the international airport in Nitra to the international airport in Bratislava on June 28th, 2021. Klein Vision’s patent protected AirCar completed its 142nd successful landing in...
Proton Motor Fuel Cell GmbH announces that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UK company "Electra Commercial Vehicles Limited" to develop the zero-emission fuel cell truck market in the UK and Ireland. Under the MoU, Electra will act as system integrator to integrate...
TotalEnergies and Uber are partnering today to accelerate the transition of Uber’s drivers towards electric mobility, by providing support for vehicle conversion and easier access to charge points. This partnership targets France at first, with the possibility to extend it to other European countries. Uber has...
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) today launches a new, ambitious plan, ‘Full Throttle: Driving UK Automotive Competitiveness’, to secure the future of one of Britain’s most important industries. The automotive manufacturing sector employs around 180,000 people nationwide, contributes £15bn to the economy and...
A glass-bottom sky train of China's first renewable energy-suspension railway demonstration line rolled off in southwest China's Chengdu on June 26. The sky train has glass paneling on three sides, offering passengers on board a stunning 270-degree view. The maximum capacity of one carriage is...
Rotor X Aircraft announces they are entering the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) Air Taxi market with their world’s most efficient helicopter known as the RX eTransporter . The Rotor X Aircraft Manufacturing Company (RX), makers of the Rotor X Phoenix A600 Turbo helicopter...
Repsol and Renault Group have renewed their collaboration agreement with the aim of continuing to promote AutoGas in the automotive sector, as part of their strategy to encourage the use of alternative energies. The two companies share a vision of sustainable mobility and both have...
Continental, the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon in France have received a grant worth 43 million core hours of supercomputer time for their joint basic research project. The project, which aims to drive fundamental understanding of tire and...
Continental has received approval for original equipment of the Ford Mustang Mach-E for its PremiumContact 6 tire. The PremiumContact 6 is specifically geared for sporty and comfortable driving, but at the same time is able to increase the range of electric vehicles thanks to its...
Geothermal energy, and it’s poised to play an increasingly large role as a source of always available, renewable power. Now, there are a number of startups in the geothermal space, working to figure out how to access this heat in difficult to reach geographies, at...
During summer 2021, the standard (95 octane) petrol grade in Great Britain will become E10. The change in fuel applies to petrol only. Diesel fuel will not be changing. E10 petrol explainedNormal petrol is called E5, meaning it has 5% bioethanol. But from September standard...