Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2012

Nestlé Switzerland and Renault Trucks (part of the Volvo Group) recently introduced an experimental all-electric refrigerated truck—nicknamed the e-Truck—that combines an all-electric 13t Renault Midlum developed by Renault Trucks with a refrigerated body that is also entirely powered by electricity.

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Switzerland All-Electric Volvo Li-ion 284

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2018

A methanation plant expansion to the existing power-to-gas (PtG) facility in Falkenhagen, Germany has officially opened as part of the international €28-million (US$33.5-million) While the current facility feeds pure hydrogen (“WindGas”) directly into the gas grid, the new methanation plant provides for the generation of “green” methane.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 26, 2023

Rahman, a power expert and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech , is the former chair of the IEEE ad hoc committee on climate change. Countries that continue to burn coal should do so in high-efficiency power plants, he said. One type is the ultrasupercritical coal-fired steam power plant.

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Climate Change Climate Coal Grid 88

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2011

IBM Research has teamed with EKZ, the electricity utility provider of the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland, on a new pilot project that will allow consumers conveniently to charge electric vehicles and monitor their energy costs, using mobile devices. If less solar energy is being generated, the charging process can adapt automatically.

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Switzerland Charging Plug-in Plug 210