Green shipping would add just 8 cents to a pair of Nikes
Running ships on renewable hydrogen has almost no impact on the price of consumer goods from trainers to televisions.
Electric vehicles set to quintuple by 2025
The road transport sector can still reach net-zero emissions by 2050 through electric vehicles, but urgent action is required from policymakers and industry participants, according to BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) latest annual Long-Term Electric Vehicle Outlook (EVO).
Europe’s quest to become a top global battery producer probed by EU auditors
In 2018, only about 3% of global production capacity of lithium-ion battery cells – currently the state of the art in electric vehicles – was located in the EU. For comparison, about 66% was...
E-vans: Cheaper, greener, and in demand
Vans have so far kept on the slow lane to electrification. Vans are the road transport mode with the fastest growing emissions: +63% in 2019 compared to 1990, and are responsible for 11% of...
14,000 public charging points should be installed weekly across EU, new analysis shows
Supported by new research, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) is calling on all EU member states to urgently step-up investments in infrastructure for electrically-chargeable cars, vans, trucks and buses. The auto industry is already...
EV charging investments, interoperability, and innovations
There has been a ramp-up of charging infrastructure to make EV charging more widespread and publicly accessible. A holistic approach is being taken where fast chargers, destination chargers, and home chargers all play an...
Battery pack prices fall to an average of $132/kWh, but rising commodity prices start...
Lithium-ion battery pack prices, which were above $1,200 per kWh in 2010, have fallen 89% in real terms to $132/kWh in 2021. This is a 6% drop from $140/kWh in 2020. Continuing cost reductions...
Growatt rolls out brand new smart EV charger
Growatt, the global leading manufacturer and supplier of PV inverters and energy storage systems rolls out its brand new smart EV charger THOR series in order to power green travel with renewable energy. With...
Electric vehicle sales headed for five and a half million in 2021 as automakers...
Passenger electric vehicle sales are set to jump over 80% in 2021, to 5.6 million units, off the back of unprecedented industry and government commitments around the world over the last two years, according...
Global investment challenge for EV charging infrastructure to exceed 100 bn by 2026
Siemens Financial Services (SFS) has released a new insight study which estimates the ‘investment gap’ required over the next six years to rapidly deploy EV charging networks worldwide. This ‘gap’ represents the difference between...