Financing round for German solar car
The German company Sono Motors which makes electric cars with solar panels on the roof saw the bottom of the greenhouse come into view last year. More money had to be put on the table, but the...
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Start-up of the Day: Convert your old diesel into a hybrid
We have to abandon fossil fuels. Combustion engines in cars and vans are being replaced by batteries. Electric driving is a good solution for passenger cars, but for vans it is more complicated....
Australian and German scientists develop lithium-sulfur battery that’s 4 times more powerful
Australian and German researchers have applied for a patent for a new type of lithium-sulfur battery that is much lighter, cleaner and more powerful than the currently standard lithium-ion batteries...
Electric Auke #6: ‘All solutions are on hand in order to remain below 2 degrees of global warming’
Taken down your Christmas tree yet? Good. Now let’s look ahead to the new year with EV specialist and IO columnist Auke Hoekstra. Although in order to be able to look ahead, you also have to...
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Start-up of the Week: Food will never be spoiled again thanks to this refrigerator
”Your sneak preview of the future” is the slogan of Innovation Origins, and that’s just what we will highlight with our Start-up of the Week column. Over the past few days, five start-ups of the day...
Tomorrow is Good: a wild, improbable idea I woke up with has come true!
How can scientists – together with companies and societal organizations – accelerate the transition to renewable energy and mobility? And how can you help? My dream has come true! This...
Tomorrow is Good: why German automobile club study is the anti-electric lobby at its finest
I make models for electric vehicles and the transition to renewable energy at the Eindhoven University of Technology and that means I follow electric vehicle developments closely. Recently, I took...
Start-up of The Day: Fast-charging of electric cars anywhere, powered by kinetic energy
It is not always easy to find a charging station for your electric car. And once you have found one, charging the battery generally takes more than 30 minutes. Even several hours if you charge at...
Tomorrow is good: is Volkswagen going to follow in the footsteps of Kodak?
It is a bit of a golden rule that large industrial companies do not like transitions. Transitions cost money, are in principle not very profitable and it hurts to throw away cash cows. Moreover,...
Bosch drives forth intelligent electric baby stroller
Electric mobility is clearly on the rise. E-cars, e-buses, e-bikes, e-scooters – and now also e-strollers. The German electric-giant Bosch and the Swedish baby carriage manufacturer Emmaljunga...
Best read: great, those electrical buses, but a power cut is on its way
Good news in a week when air quality is not that doing that well due to the forest fires in the Amazon. Within five years, Dutch public transport companies expect to have 75 percent of their buses...
Electric sports car “Piëch Mark Zero” charges in 4 mins & 40 secs
The name Piëch has been well known within the automotive industry for four generations. No doubt it is probably Ferdinand Karl Piëch, the major Porsche shareholder and former Chairman of the Board...
