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Rolls-Royce developing turbogenerator technology for hybrid-electric aviation applications

Green Car Congress

Current battery technology means all-electric propulsion will enable eVTOL and fixed wing commuter aircraft for short flights in and between cities and island-hopping in locations such as Norway and the Scottish Isles. Rolls-Royce is also set to build on our existing network to offer maintenance services for electrical systems.

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Norwegian shipping industry pursuing battery-powered ships

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The Norwegian shipping industry is teaming up to develop battery-powered ships. In 2015, these will be followed by the world’s largest electric ferry, which will regularly cross Norway’s largest fjord. Today, Norway is the front-runner when it comes to LNG-fueled ships. We have been running that track for a while already.

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Wärtsilä to design and equip two zero-emissions battery-powered ferries

Green Car Congress

These battery-powered ferries represent the future in environmental sustainability, and their design is the result of the years of R&D that Wärtsilä has invested in smart marine solutions to lower the carbon footprint of shipping. —René Zuidam, Account Manager, Newbuild Sales, Wärtsilä Marine.

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Advantage EV

Electric Auto Association

For EV drivers, cold temperatures slow down the chemical reactions in battery cells, and because they don't have heat-producing engines, EVs must use additional battery power to warm their cabins (although these can be pre-heated in plugged-in EVs). Two of the largest EV markets in the world are Norway and Iceland.

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BaaS: Improving the EV Experience through Battery Swapping

Get Electric Vehicle

The model encompasses servicing, maintenance, and replacement costs of batteries, shared logistics, etc. With the significant penetration of electric vehicles in countries like Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands, Europe remains the largest market for the Battery-as-a-Service model. Understanding Nio-Power.

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More details about California’s proposal requiring bidirectional charging capabilities for all EVs

Charged EVs

Where we are working with school districts, we are providing them with charging stations and maintenance. We’ve been working with Circle K on deploying our technology in Norway and Denmark, to provide grid services that only increase the charge time for the end user by 30 seconds to a minute.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

Nonetheless, hydrogen fuel cell cars are, like pure battery powered cars, classed as Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV). an explosion of a hydrogen filling station in Sandvika, Norway, injuring two people and causing Hyundai and Toyota to cease sales of their FCEV in that country [6,7]. The reasons are numerous. .