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Vienna transit operator orders 60 Mercedes-Benz e-Citaro electric buses

Green Car Congress

By the end of 2025, Wiener Linien will convert nine of its more than 100 routes to operation with the all-electric eCitaro. The Wiener Linien will build a new e-competence center in its former bus parking lot at Siebenhirten in the south of the Austrian capital by the end of 2023. This shall accommodate around 50 e-buses.

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Racing the Tesla Cybertruck to Market — Converting a Mitsubishi Pajero

CleanTechnica EVs

Francisco is an accomplished engineer, so when he realised that there was no vehicle in the Australian market that could do what he wanted, he decided to build one. In his Aladdin’s cave of engineering treasure in his Brisbane workshop, he has a multitude of vehicles […]. He is now racing the Tesla Cybertruck to market.

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NNL and DNV partner to explore large-scale nuclear production of hydrogen for UK gas network

Green Car Congress

The ‘Nuclear Derived Hydrogen to Gas Networks’ collaboration is set to provide deeper evidence to support key up-coming government policy decisions on the role of hydrogen in buildings and for heating, scheduled for 2026.

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Building Better Qubits

Cars That Think

While growing up in Germany, Heike Riel helped her father design and build furniture in the family workshop. She says the experience taught her that “precision and creativity are necessary to build something excellent.” When I go back to my hometown, many of our clients still have the furniture that I helped build for them.”

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Transphorm introduces Gallium Nitride diode; >99% efficient DC-DC boost converter

Green Car Congress

is showcasing a GaN-based, dc-to-dc boost converter running at more than 99% efficiency. The company’s GaN-based power converters are designed with 600 Volt transistors and low loss power diodes, will come in industry-standard packages, and are designed for optimum high-frequency switching, lowest loss and highest efficiency.

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Charity expands services with support from mygrimsby fund

My Energi

Members are encouraged to focus on using art and social contact to build trust and encourage personal development to create a sense of positive wellbeing, while rebuilding confidence and self-esteem. The ‘Great Escape’ is a unique heritage restoration project on Grimsby’s docks, converting a historical building into a creative workspace.

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Video Friday: Training ARTEMIS

Cars That Think

RoMeLa ] Imperial College London and Empa researchers have built a drone that can withstand high enough temperatures to enter burning buildings. The prototype drone, called FireDrone, could be sent into burning buildings or woodland to assess hazards and provide crucial first-hand data from danger zones. I just don’t understand art.