article thumbnail

Porsche and UP.Labs to build startups tailored for Porsche’s business

Green Car Congress

For example, these could involve predictive maintenance, supply chain transparency or digital retail. Porsche has been active since 2016 in identifying and taking stakes in around 40 startups with new business models and new technologies. The startups’ focus will revolve around Porsche’s core activities.

Porsche 150
article thumbnail

Honda to provide $13.8M to FirstElement Fuel to support build out of California hydrogen refueling infrastructure

Green Car Congress

million in financial assistance to FirstElement Fuel to build additional hydrogen refueling stations around the state. FirstElement received grants totaling nearly $27 million from the California Energy Commission earlier this year to build a network of 19 stations around the state. (In Earlier post.).

Honda 281
article thumbnail

Joint CEC, CARB annual report details progress in build-out of hydrogen refueling infrastructure

Green Car Congress

The California Energy Commission and California Air Resources Board released the annual Joint Agency Staff Report on Assembly Bill 8: 2016 Assessment of Time and Cost Needed to Attain 100 Hydrogen Refueling Stations in California. Source: CEC, CARB 2016 Joint Staff Report. Click to enlarge. million for these costs.

Hydrogen 150
article thumbnail

President’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9B for DOE; 9% boost over FY 2015 enacted; $793M (2.7%) for sustainable transportation

Green Car Congress

President Barack Obama’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9 The FY 2016 DOE Budget Request represents a 9% increase ($2.5 The FY 2016 DOE Budget Request represents a 9% increase ($2.5 billion, the FY 2016 Budget requests $4.8 billion, the FY 2016 Budget requests $4.8 billion for the US Department of Energy (DOE).

article thumbnail

AECOM awarded contract to build Faraday Future’s $1B N American EV manufacturing plant

Green Car Congress

The project, to be delivered with a guaranteed maximum price, has an approximate construction value of $500 million and will be included in AECOM’s backlog for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2016. The project will also feature extended life-cycle materials that require less maintenance.

Las Vegas 150
article thumbnail

UPS invests in Arrival, orders 10,000 electric delivery vehicles

Green Car Congress

UPS continues to build an integrated fleet of electric vehicles, combined with innovative, large-scale fleet charging technology. Arrival vehicles also use a modular design with standardized parts, a method that reduces maintenance and other costs of ownership. UPS will initiate testing ADAS features later in 2020.

Vehicles 300
article thumbnail

Impact Clean Power Technology unveils visualization of GigafactoryX; 4 GWh/year by 2027

Green Car Congress

The company, which was acquired by family investment company TDJ in 2020 from the German family company Teamtechnik Maschinen und Anlagen (Teamtechnik MA), specializes in building automated assembly lines for the e-mobility, industrial goods and life science industries. GigafactoryX production line.

Clean 195