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Fisker introduces Alaska pickup truck, Ocean with Force E off-road package; 11 Ocean deliveries in Q2

Green Car Congress

Fisker recently presented four future electric vehicles, as well as technology and sustainability visions, to an audience of investors, analysts, employees, and the media at an event in Huntington Beach, California. Fisker PEAR (Personal Electric Automotive Revolution) is Fisker’s vision of a sustainable EV as a connected mobility device.

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Yay or Nay? Volvo Launches Accident Ahead Alert Service

The Truth About Cars

Due to Volvo's Accident Ahead Alert service requiring the vehicle to communicate with a national traffic management hub, it’s presently only available in Denmark. This is in tandem with allowing connected Volvo products to communicate information with each other. Volvo hasn’t officially called this a pilot program.

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Watch the world’s first artificial energy island being built [video]

Baua Electric

Princess Elisabeth Island will be an electricity grid at sea that will connect offshore wind farms to the Belgian mainland and also serve as a hub for future interconnectors with the UK and Denmark. Princess Elisabeth Island is expected to be fully connected to all wind farms and the mainland by 2030.

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Plug In America joins global alliance

Plug in America

In connection with the event, associations connected with GEVA plan to organize events in their own countries and to organize a rally in Scotland to promote electromobility as an essential element in addressing climate change. We hope to see other countries join us! This is just the beginning for GEVA!

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A Young Professional on the Power of Mentorship

Cars That Think

About Anna Zakrzewska EMPLOYER Dell Technologies in Dublin TITLE Senior principal engineer MEMBER GRADE Senior member ALMA MATER Technical University of Denmark, in Kongens Lyngby “Since I couldn’t actually see how the device worked,” she says, “to me engineering was magic.” student at the Technical University of Denmark.

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Volvo’s Polestar 1 PHEV makes European debut; pre-orders open 13 March

Green Car Congress

An additional 12 new markets for Polestar 1 have been added and will open for pre-orders simultaneously, including Switzerland, the UK, Belgium, Finland, France, Poland, Austria, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Portugal and Canada. Customers will also be able to purchase the Polestar 1 outright if desired.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

PG&E’s testing with Ford starts with five customer homes receiving their vehicles this April—for test purposes, ideally in high-fire-threat districts that could be affected by an event causing public-safety-related power shutoff. Even so, world events are putting wind in the sails for backup power. Not so independent.

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