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OIES: Electricity is Not the Key Driver for EV Penetration
Date: 13.06.2018 Author: Andreja Šalamun
Photo: Andreja Šalamun
“While electricity is obviously necessary for electric vehicles (EVs) penetration, it is very unlikely to constitute a barrier to penetration, unless policy and regulation are badly designed or
EU to Increase Funding for High-Performance Infrastructure
Date: 08.06.2018 Author: Andreja Šalamun
Photo: Ponsulak via FreeDigitalPhotos
As part of the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the European Commission proposed on Wednesday to renew the 'Connecting Europe Facility' by providing a total of EUR 42.3 billion to support
EVs Key for Success of Renewables
Date: 07.06.2018 Author: Tanja Srnovršnik VolaričPhoto: Andreja Šalamun
“There will not be renewables without electric vehicles. This technology is going to be extremely important,” stressed Francesco Venturini, Chairman and CEO of Enel X, on Tuesday at
IEA: Number of Electric Cars Could Reach 125m by 2030
Date: 31.05.2018 Author: Peter Palčec
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The number of electric cars is projected to reach 125 million units by 2030, states the International Energy Agency's (IEA) Global Electric Vehicles Outlook report. In the IEA's New Policies Scenario,
Bosch to Test Autonomous Cars in Romanian City of Cluj-Napoca
Date: 30.05.2018 Author: Ana Vučina Vršnak
Photo: Ana V. Vršnak
The German Bosch Group, which opened an engineering centre in the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca in 2013, is now interested in testing self-driving cars on the streets of this city, reported Romanian
BNEF: Electrification of Road Transport to Rapidly Increase after 2025
Date: 24.05.2018 Author: Peter PalčecPhoto: Pixabay
The electrification process of the road transport will rapidly increase in the second half of the 2020s, thanks to tumbling battery costs and larger-scale manufacturing, with sales of electric cars
ABC’s Hackathon: Cars as Energy Storage, 3D Public Transport, and Bionic Roads
Date: 27.04.2018 Author: Alenka Žumbar
Photo: Ecocycle.co.uk
Can you imagine what your mobility will look like in 2030? Will you use drones for transportation or perhaps electric bicycles, which you will leave at the movable charging station to be safely stored
Maroš Šefčovič: “In the transport sector, innovation is unstoppable”
Date: 27.04.2018 Author: Jasna Kofol
Photo: Alenka Žumbar Klopčič
Transport infrastructure is vital for European integration and our ability to trade and move smoothly both within the Single Market and in interaction with the outside world. Investment needs in
New Incentives for Energy-Efficient Vehicles in Croatia
Date: 25.04.2018 Author: Peter Palčec
Photo: Martina Budal
“Croatia will make HRK 12 million (EUR 1.617 million) available in incentives for citizens for the purchase of energy-efficient vehicles,” said Croatia’s Minister of Environment and Energy,
GEN-I Collaborates with Metron and Netis to Develop New Self-Supply Solution
Date: 17.04.2018 Author: Tanja Srnovršnik Volarič
Photo: Tanja S. Volarič
The Slovenian company GEN-I has teamed up with the Metron Institute and the company Netis to develop an off-grid smart energy management system, which uses blockchain to enable comprehensive
Slovenia’s Pipistrel Begins Construction of Factory in China
Date: 12.04.2018 Author: Tanja Srnovršnik Volarič
Photo: Pipistrel
The Slovenian lightweight aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel laid the foundation stone for a factory in the Chinese city of Jurong on Wednesday, marking the beginning of construction works, the company
German Company to Build EV Components Factory in Serbia
Date: 10.04.2018 Author: Peter Palčec
Photo: © European Communities, 2009
The German company ZF Friedrichshafen AG will construct a factory for components for electric vehicles (EV) in Serbia’s city of Pančevo, an investment worth around EUR 85 million, reported
