BMW Group invests in innovative method for efficient and sustainable lithium extraction
New process from Lilac Solutions focuses on sustainable extraction, efficiency and costs Munich. The BMW Group is stepping up its expansion of electromobility and will be releasing about ten million fully-electric vehicles onto the roads over the next ten years or so. By 2030, at least…
MARY GORDON – The oldest electrically powered craft still in existence
MARY GORDON is the oldest electrically powered craft still in existence. In 1898, she was built by W Sargeants of Eel Pie Island in the Thames and has a carvel hull of teak planking on oak frames. She has two timber masts and was one…
Autonomous Boats Seem More Solvable Than Autonomous Cars
It’s become painfully obvious over the past few years just how difficult fully autonomous cars are. This isn’t a dig at any of the companies developing autonomous cars (unless they’re the sort of company who keeps on making ludicrous promises about full autonomy, of course)—…
7th ITS Hellas Conference |“Transportation & Logistics 4.0 – Exploring Innovation”
The Hellenic Organization of Intelligent Transport Systems – ITS Hellas, organizes the 7th ITS Hellas Conference on “Transportation & Logistics 4.0 – Exploring Innovation” which this year will take place on December 8-9 in Athens (Royal Olympic Hotel). The two-day conference has been established as the…
HySeas III sea-going hydrogen ferry design unveiled
The latest stage of the Scottish-led HySeas III project has seen renderings completed of a proposed hydrogen fuel cell-powered ferry. The project is aiming for the vessel to become Europe’s first sea-going ferry to use the clean propulsion solution. The proposed ferry is double-ended and…
Lithium-Ion battery recycling finally takes off in North America and Europe
Li-Cycle, Northvolt, and Ganfeng Lithium are among those building recycling plants, spurred by environmental and supply-chain concerns ATER THIS YEAR, the Canadian firm Li-Cycle will begin constructing a US $175 million plant in Rochester, N.Y., on the grounds of what used to be the Eastman Kodak complex. When…
Switzerland to unveil its first zero-emissions passenger ship.
TICINO, LUGANO AUGUST 20TH – Exclusively built, designed, and engineered in Ticino the Società di Navigazione del Lago di Lugano (SNL) has unveil Switzerland’s first zero-emissions electric passenger ship, at the stunning Lake of Lugano, on September 14, 2021. For more than 170 years SNL…
TOTAL ENERGIES membership at EBA Greece
Athens, 21h of October 2021 With a view to its further active participation in electromobility, TotalEnergies Marketing Hellas S.A. recently became a member of the Electric Boat Association of Greece (EBA, eba.gr). Having introduced its activity in providing integrated charging solutions for electric vehicles, TotalEnergies…
Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Hydrogen and Fuel Cells?
Hydrogen and fuel cells are on the rise with boat manufacturers rolling out fuel cell electric boats, hydrogen fueling stations popping up around the country, and interest in large scale hydrogen utilization emerging globally. The H2@Scale initiative also brings together stakeholders and national labs to figure…