LeasePlan has recently released the 2021 Car Cost Index. Results prove again that EVs already have a Total Cost of Ownership lower than ICEs in most European markets, not least in some of the largest ones. One of the top critical barriers for adoption of EVs has always been the cost. An updated study from […]
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EBA250 will participate at the Nordic EV Summit, one of the most important venues for the EV industry in Europe. The event gathers decision-makers from policy, industry, research and organisations, to connect and discuss how to electrify the transport sector as fast as possible. It is an international conference with participants from all over the world,
This week, EIT InnoEnergy announced its support of Euro Manganese’s Czech-based Chvaletice Manganese Project, helping fulfil ambitions to create a competitive and sustainable battery cell manufacturing value chain in Europe. In addition to an initial investment of €250k, EIT InnoEnergy will help Euro Manganese secure financing for full-scale commercial development up to €362m for the
Despite an overall declining automotive market, European EV sales have increased by 113% since beginning of 2020 compared to the same period last year, with a total number exceeding 900,000 plugin hybrid vehicles sold to date. Looking at the month of October only, CleanTechnica reports on a 13% market share for plugin vehicles in Europe
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All of us working on reducing CO2 emissions have come across news claiming that the efforts to reduce our carbon footprint might not be effective or even counterproductive. Some facts are correct, and of course need to be highlighted to encourage further adjustements and more effective actions to reduce CO2 emissions. But there are also examples of
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A large survey show that a majority of European EV drivers are willing to pay a premium on the electricity price in order to fast charge. This paves the way for increased density of fast chargers and thus eliminates one of the pain points for customers to shift to electric driving. Current News reported this earlier
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Welcome to a webinar oragniased by the US-based ITIF on the transatlantic cooperation The global transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is accelerating. Aggressive targets and outright bans on internal combustion vehicles have been announced recently in the United States and Europe. As this reality sinks in, a challenge arises: Asia, and especially China, dominates EV
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To limit the global rise in temperature to below 2°C as per the Paris Agreement, the global energy systems must undergo major transformations from a fossil-based system to a more energy efficient one based on renewables. But such a shift is not without challenges. The Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology could very well play an essential role
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Join global thought leaders driving energy storage and EV industry on 22 September at the occasion of the World Energy Storage Day Global Conference and Virtual Exhibition. Energy storage technologies have time and again proved to be safe, reliable and economical and their advantages are clear to see. World Energy Storage Day (WESD) is a
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The road transport transition indicators have been accumulating in 2020. One of them is the European car sales figures from June. According to data compiled by Cleantechnica, overall car sales dropped by 24% year on year. Passenger plug-in vehicles, on the other hand, increased by 95%! That gave plug-in vehicles a market share of 8.2 %,
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