Royal Dutch Shell has agreed with
IONITY (a venture between
BMW Group,
Daimler AG,
Ford Motor and
Volkswagen AG) to start charging stations in 10
European nations. Shell and IONITY will initially have charging points at 80 of Shell's biggest highway fuel stations, with an average of six posts in each. It will take five to eight minutes on average to charge an EV at these points.
(Source: Bloomberg)
SK Innovation has decided to invest over 1 trillion won ($925 million) to boost electric vehicle (EV) battery production capacity. The company is set to break ground on a plant in
Hungary in February. The 430,000-square-meter plant is capable of producing EV cells with a combined 7.5 gigawatt hours (GWh) per year, beginning in 2020. The company also announced plans to expand EV battery production lines in
Seosan (
Korea) raising domestic production capacity of EV cells to a combined 4.7 GWh and to invest about 150 billion won ($138 million) to expand production capacity of lithium ion (li-ion) battery separators.
(Source: Yonhap News Agency)
The
BMW Group is investing 200 million euros ($238 million) in a '
Battery Cell Competence Centre'. The facility will be located in
Munich and will open in early 2019.
(Source: BMW Group)
The
Saft Intensium® Max
li-ion containerized energy storage system was selected by Skylar Resources to provide black-start capability at the Grandview Substation in Glendale, California. The system also enables local generators to be started in the event of an unplanned outage.
(Source: Saft)
Anchorage
is planning to test its first electric bus (ebus) starting in mid-December. The administration has proposed a $77,000, four-month lease with Proterra for a 40-foot ebus. The lease, if approved by the Assembly, would include charging equipment.
(Source: Anchorage Daily News)
The government of South Australia and the City of Adelaide have agreed to increase the uptake of EVs as part of its commitment to the Climate Action Roundtable, which includes state leaders from Victoria, Western Australia, the Australian Capital Territory as well as city representatives from Adelaide, Hobart and Darwin. The focus will be on planning and construction of an EV infrastructure and the standardisation of incentives.
(Source: The Lead)
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The SAIT Gaphene Ball |
Researchers at the
Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (
SAIT) have developed a '
graphene ball' that can boost its battery capacity by 45% and increase charging speed by 5x the existing standards. SAIT collaborated with
Samsung SDI and the
Seoul National University School of Chemical and Biological Engineering to build the graphene-based battery that would take 12 minutes to fully charge compared (with li-ion batteries that take about an hour). The battery could be used for EVs, as it can maintain stability at up to 60 degrees Celsius.
(Source: Samsung)
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft,
Volkswagen Group China and
Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Company (
JAC) are planning to undertake research and development on multi-functional vehicles together. The three parties signed a memorandum of understanding to explore potential joint venture models. The companies will explore a full range of cooperation including advances in new energy models. JAC will have a 50% stake in the venture, with Volkswagen Group holding the other 50%. The venture will be setup in
Hefei, Anhui province, where JAC is based.
(Source: Volkswagen AG)
BASF has granted
Pulead (
China-based) a sub-license under
Argonne National Laboratory patents related to nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) cathode materials for li-ion batteries. Pulead is licensed to make, use, sell, offer to sell, distribute and import the NCM cathode materials in the U.S. market.
(Source: BASF)
ABB announced a project with
Volvo Buses,
Västtrafik and
Göteborg Energi to bring its 450 kilowatt (kW)
Opportunity Charging (
OppCharge) system to the city of
Gothenburg (
Sweden). Due for delivery in spring 2018, two fast chargers will be installed at
Sahlgrenska University Hospital and
Eriksberg Square on
line 16 of the city's bus network, on which two prototype e buses from Volvo will operate. The order comes after a two-year trial under the
ElectriCity venture, during which 10 ebuses ran on the city's bus
route 55.
(Source: ABB)
The city of
Cluj-Napoca (
Romania) is planning to introduce wireless charging infrastructure for electric buses (ebuses) it will receive in 1H18. The wireless infrastructure should reduce the charging time to 7 minutes (from 30 minutes). The vehicles are the
Solaris Urbino 12 electric model currently in use in
Germany,
Holland,
Switzerland,
Poland and the
Czech Republic.
(Source: Adevarul)
UPS
announced the launch of an eBike that will deliver packages along Las Olas Boulevard and in surrounding neighborhoods in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The electrically-assisted tricycle is equipped with battery-powered electric motors and can be operated solely on battery power or pedal power.
(Source: UPS)
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The Redspace Innercity EV |
The
Redspace EV has been unveiled. The EV is intended for inner-city use in China's megacities and will be produced by CHTC Group.
(Source: Autocar)
