VIA Motors International, Inc., company operating in the electric and hybrid drive systems field and offering a range of extended range (eREV) and EV commercial vehicles, has announced that it has completed an exclusive agreement with China based Zhejiang Geely New Energy Vehicle Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Zhejiang Geely Commercial Vehicle Group. The parties […]

The Council agreed on a general approach to reform the system of type-approval and market surveillance for motor vehicles. The aim of the reform is to achieve a high level of safety and environmental performance of motor vehicles and to address the main shortcomings identified in the existing type-approval system. Shorcomings that have allowed such scandals as the […]

Eleven companies signed today a MOU (memorandum of undertainding) aimed to This plan in framed into the “Strategic Roadmap for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells” designed by the Government of Japan (revised on March 22, 2016), which targets a total of 160 operative hydrogen stations and 40,000 in-use FCVs (fuel cell vehicles) by fiscal year 2020. […]

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have invented a new foam, able not only to easily absorbs oil from the surface of water, but from the entire water column. It is called Oleo Sponge. Oleo Sponge can be wrung out to be re-used and the oil captured recovered this way. […]

Wind energy market added in 2016 more than 54 GW, bringing total global installed capacity to nearly 487 GW. China (23,328 MW), USA (8,203), Germany (5,443) and India (3,612) contributed the most to this increase in capacity installed. Brazil heads the new capacity rise in Latin America, adding 2,014 MW and Fance led the rise among […]

Thirteen leading energy, transport and industry companies (Air Liquide, Alstom, Anglo American, BMW Group, Daimler, ENGIE, Honda, Hyundai, Kawasaki, Royal Dutch Shell, The Linde Group, Total and Toyota) have launched a global initiative to voice a united vision and long-term ambition to support hydrogen as the option for energy transition for a cleaner environment. The […]