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Mercedes-Benz to invest ~€500M to produce electric compact EQ model at Hambach plant

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The Hambach plant in France, which currently produces smart brand electric vehicles, will produce a compact electric car of the new product and technology brand EQ. The Hambach site in France features many years of experience in building fully electric cars. From 2020, the brand smart will only offer electric vehicles.

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Porsche reports ~60% of new Panamera models delivered in Europe are with plug-in hybrid drive; ramping up for Mission E

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In France, for example, the figure is 70%, in Austria it is more than 80% and in Belgium it is even more than 90%. Electromobility is the future ,” Albrecht Reimold, Member of the Executive Board for Production and Logistics at Porsche AG, said at a presentation of the new Panamera plug-in hybrid models. Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid.

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Daimler Takes 10% Stake in Tesla; Strategic Partnership to Collaborate on Future Models

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Where I see the significant value, the mutually beneficial partnership, is that Tesla brings expertise on the battery electric front, Daimler brings expertise associated with everything else on the automobile. Herbert Kohler, Vice President E-Drive and Future Mobility at Daimler AG, will take a seat on Tesla’s board of directors.

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Australia Goes All-in on Green Hydrogen

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“It’s very easy in this current phase for two people you’ve never heard about to create a 30-gigawatt project and put out a press release,” says David Norman, CEO for the clean-energy research organization Future Fuels Cooperative Research Centre in Wollongong, New South Wales. Phantom projects are not a problem confined to Australia.

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MIT team calls initial performance results of magnesium-antimony liquid metal battery “promising”

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Luis Ortiz, are also founders of Liquid Metal Battery Corporation (LMBC), a Cambridge, Massachusetts company founded in 2010 to develop new forms of electric storage batteries that work in large, grid-scale applications. Earlier post.). While the initial cell performance results are promising, exploration of other metal?

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Germany launches EV plan

Revenge of the Electric Car

China, France and U.K. have already launched comprehensive initiatives to develop electric vehicles and turn their respective industries into a hub for future mobility, backed by taxpayer money. Other countries such as the U.S.,

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The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

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Although nobody expects to ever see nuclear-powered cruise ships, even they might benefit indirectly. Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein has designed a nuclear vessel with a molten-salt reactor that might conceivably serve as a mobile charging station for a future fleet of small, battery-powered cruise ships.