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CEVT & Momentum Dynamics demonstrate high power wireless charging with autonomous parking

Green Car Congress

Momentum Dynamics Corporation, a developer of high-power wireless charging for electric vehicles, and CEVT , an innovation company for Zhejiang Geely Holding Group based in Sweden, have demonstrated high-power wireless charging on a passenger vehicle with autonomous parking. Automatic wireless charging is the inevitable future of EV charging.

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Preh acquires power electronics company ePower from Kongsberg Automotive

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ePower currently employs 20 people and has two development centers in Gothenburg and Mullsjö in Sweden. In addition, the high-tech specialist draws on a proven network of around 50 engineering consultants, who both operate out of Sweden and India. At Preh, ePower will become part of the e-mobility business within Preh Sweden AB.

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Rent a car in Las Vegas with remote driver, courtesy German engineering

Baua Electric

A person remotely drives these vehicles to ferry passengers. via REUTERS) German remote-driving startup Vay said on Wednesday it had launched its first commercial service in Las Vegas where a “teledriver”, or remote driver, delivers electric short-term rental cars to customers then collects them after the rental.

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EU SARTRE Project Targets Autonomous Road Trains; Enhanced Safety and Lower Fuel Consumption

Green Car Congress

Part-funded by the European Commission under the Framework 7 program, SARTRE will be led by Ricardo UK Ltd and will be a collaboration between Idiada and Robotiker-Tecnalia of Spain; Institut für Kraftfahrwesen Aachen (IKA) of Germany; and SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, Volvo Car Corporation and Volvo Technology of Sweden.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

One of the keys to TOD is to desegregate commercial and residential land use so people live near where they work and even if they have to commute to work the distributed nature housing and commercial avoids the overcrowding in one direction you experience with dedicated residential neighborhoods.

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Volvo joins Tesla in halting EV production due to Red Sea attacks

Baua Electric

Volvo has joined Tesla in stopping its EV production in Europe due to the threat of violence from Iran-backed Houthi fighters attacking commercial ships traveling in the Red Sea. Production and deliveries coming from its other European plant in Gothenburg, Sweden, are not affected. Get started here.

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Never Recharge Your Consumer Electronics Again?

Cars That Think

So yeah, so we have sold a few hundred thousand products over the last three years when we started selling commercially. Fili: I mean, this is the fourth commercial solar cell technology in the world after 110 or something years of research. Because Sweden stayed open during COVID, which was great. So now it’s happening.