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£600M investment for all-electric MINI production in the UK

Green Car Congress

The BMW Group will invest more than £600 million (US$751 million) in the MINI factories at Oxford and Swindon for all-electric MINI production. With this new investment we will develop the Oxford plant for production of the new generation of electric MINIs and set the path for purely electric car manufacturing in the future.

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easyJet and Wright Electric: all-electric short-haul flights within a decade

Green Car Congress

A collaboration with US company Wright Electric will support the goal for short haul flights to be operated by all-electric planes. Wright Electric has set itself the challenge of building an all-electric commercial passenger jet capable of flying passengers across easyJet’s UK and European network within a decade.

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Zypp Electric plans to deploy 2000 women rider partners in a year, and at least 20,000 women delivery partners in 2 years – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Zypp Electric has 340 women riders within the company, who benefit from the earnings amounting to more than INR 25,000. New Delhi: Zypp Electric , a leading tech-enabled EV-as-a-service platform, has announced an initiative to empower women within the green mobility sector, in connection with the International Women’s Day 2024.

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Jackery’s new 3kW Explorer 2000+ first $400 discount in New Green Deals, rugged e-mowers, ebikes, more

Electrek

All of your July 4th green energy deals are now bundled up in one place. Courtesy of our colleagues at 9to5Toys , we have some notable offers on environmentally-conscious gear from top brands, all of which are headlined by the first discounts on Jackery’s just-released Explorer 2000 Plus power station at $400 off.

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Wright Electric begins motor development program for 186-seat electric aircraft; 1.5MW motor, 3 kV inverter

Green Car Congress

Wright Electric announced the start of its electric propulsion development program for its flagship 186-seat electric aircraft, named Wright 1. In order to achieve the commercial flight capability of the Wright 1, Wright is engineering electrical systems at the megawatt scale by building a 1.5

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Oshkosh Corporation unveils Volterra platform of electric fire and emergency vehicles

Green Car Congress

Oshkosh Corporation’s Fire & Emergency segment unveiled the Volterra platform of electric vehicles with the introduction of two new trucks under the Pierce Manufacturing and Oshkosh Airport Products brands. We look forward to serving the municipal and airport fire and emergency markets with the Volterra platform of electric vehicles.

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MAHEPA consortium marks latest flights of HY4 fuel cell hybrid electric aircraft

Green Car Congress

The MAHEPA consortium announced that technology developed as part of the project has been successfully proven in flight on board the Hy4 fuel cell hybrid electric aircraft ( earlier post ). hours flight duration as well as an aircraft with up to 40 passengers and a range of up to 2000 km (1200 miles).

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