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EU Launches 37M Next-Generation Integrated Biorefinery Project

Green Car Congress

Together, the partners will develop an integrated biorefinery concept covering a wide range of feedstocks and different processes (chemical, biochemical and thermochemical). This integrated system will result in the production of a variety of products, ranging from chemicals, polymers and materials to high-energy aviation fuels.

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Drone Startup to Fly Pallets Without Pilots

Cars That Think

The concept then graduated, first to a proof-of-principle venture in Iceland using multicopters, then to a well-funded Amazon project in the United Kingdom. In 2022, Dronamics , a company based in London and Sofia, Bulgaria, will test-fly a drone in Europe that will carry far more than a mere burrito and over far longer distances.

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European consortium investigating graphene-based materials for lightweight cars; energy-efficient and safe vehicles

Green Car Congress

Our goal is that the future EESVs is achieved by a combination of novel materials concepts with safety design approaches through the development and optimisation of advanced ultra-light graphene-based polymer materials, efficient fabrication and manufacturing processes, and life-cycle analysis (LCA) to reduce the environmental impact of the vehicle.

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AMPECO CEO discusses the software that makes large-scale EV charging systems work in comprehensive Q&A

Charged EVs

You might be surprised to learn that AMPECO is headquartered in Bulgaria—not exactly an e-mobility hotspot. We’ve already created some proofs of concept with machine learning where we try to recognize faults before they happen.

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AMPECO CEO discusses the software that makes large-scale EV charging systems work in comprehensive Q&A – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

You might be surprised to learn that AMPECO is headquartered in Bulgaria—not exactly an e-mobility hotspot. We’ve already created some proofs of concept with machine learning where we try to recognize faults before they happen.