article thumbnail

Electric truck ready for dynamic wireless charging on public roads in Sweden; Smartroad Gotland

Green Car Congress

ElectReon has successfully wirelessly charged a fully electric 40-ton truck and trailer at a test facility in Sweden. The next step will be to charge the truck through dynamic wireless power transfer on a public road in Gotland, Sweden. The preliminary results verified the previous satisfactory results from the lab.

Sweden 324
article thumbnail

Refineries in the Americas produce a greater share of gasoline per barrel of crude oil than refineries in other world regions

Green Car Congress

OECD Asia Oceania: Australia; Israel; Japan; Korea; New Zealand. Source: International Energy Agency, Monthly Oil Statistics, February 2020, Paris, France., US DOE.

article thumbnail

Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests in optical and imaging technology start-up Spectralics

Green Car Congress

Coming from a background in aerospace technology development, Israel-based Spectralics creates state-of-the-art imaging and optical infrastructure spanning materials, hardware and software, enabling a wide variety of advanced optical capabilities. The investment gives Volvo Cars access to promising technology at an early stage of development.

Volvo 186
article thumbnail

Wireless EV charging roads piloted in the U.S., Europe

Teslarati

Israel-based company Electreon is one such company piloting wireless roads, as detailed in a report from CNBC on Monday. The company currently has pilots running in Sweden, Norway, Italy, and other European countries, and it has plans for an electrified highway in the U.S. business development at Electreon, in an interview with CNBC.

Europe 110
article thumbnail

First wireless charging road in the U.S. completed in Michigan

Teslarati

The projects wireless charging projects are actively happening in Sweden, Norway, Italy, Israel and a handful of other countries on the continent. The road’s completion comes amidst debate about whether wireless EV charging will be a practical solution over the long term.

Michigan 136
article thumbnail

COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

Green Car Congress

Signatories by category: Governments: Austria; Azerbaijan; Cambodia; Canada; Cape Verde; Chile; Croatia; Cyprus; Denmark; El Salvador; Finland; Iceland; Ireland; Israel; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Slovenia; Sweden; United Kingdom.

article thumbnail

Wrightspeed named as World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer

Green Car Congress

Other selected pioneers come from France (2), Luxembourg (2), and Canada, Israel, Sweden and the United Kingdom. As in previous years, US-based entrepreneurs dominated the list of Technology Pioneers, with 22 out of 30 recipients.