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Solar supplement for hybrid truck

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Scania has shown a prototype of an electric truck that uses solar panels to provide additional power for propulsion (writes Nick Flaherty).
The truck is a regular 100 kWh Scania plug-in hybrid connected to a trailer with 200 kWh of additional batteries as a power bank. These are connected to the solar panels.
“When we first began thinking about this, our starting point was the lithium-ion batteries used in battery-electric trucks,” said Eric Falkgrim, a technology leader at Scania’s Research and Innovation department and the project manager for the truck. “In the time that Scania has been working with that technology, we’ve seen the batteries become lighter, cheaper and more energy-dense.” Read more…

Renault is set to imminently unveil a small affordable electric city car

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ArenaEV
According to “three sources familiar with the matter”, Renault is all set to unveil a small affordable electric city car on November 15. That’s hours from now. This EV will be smaller than the planned Renault 5 EV. It’s expected to be built at Renault’s Novo Mesto plant in Slovenia, which also builds the Twingo ICE car. With that in mind, this could very well be a Twingo EV of sorts. Renault 5 EV This model will go on sale in 2026, according to the already quoted anonymous sources, and as such will be one of six new EV models Renault intends to launch by 2030. Renault’s EV unit,… Read more…

Maersk’s APM Terminals explains why container port equipment must electrify

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Ocean shipping is often cited as one of the most difficult transport segments to electrify, and with good reason. However, there’s one segment of the container shipping industry that should be fairly easy to cost-effectively electrify: container handling equipment (CHE) at ports. APM Terminals—a unit of Danish shipping giant Maersk that runs about 8% of… Read more…

BYD to unveil Sea Lion 07, new supercar platform and concept car on Nov 17

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BYD will headline the upcoming Guangzhou auto show this Friday with the launch of the Sea Lion 07 SUV, as well as a new supercar platform and concept car under the Yangwang premium brand. The Sea Lion 07 sits under BYD’s Ocean Series and is based on the carmaker’s e-Platform 3.0, created by global Design Director Wolfgang Josef Egger’s team. The Sea Lion 07 will compete head-on with Tesla’s most popular Model Y. The Sea Lion 07 will have BYD’s Oceanic Aesthetic design language and will take after BYD’s Ocean X concept. The e-Platform 3.0 has integrated blade batteries in the car… Read more…

BMW Group expands North American e-mobility footprint with regional supply chain

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BMW is boosting its e-mobility ramp-up and using localized supply chains in line with the “local for local” approach. The company wants to source battery cells near vehicle production and localize its raw material supply chains. Umicore, a Belgian battery material supplier, is being added to the company’s North American supply chain partners. Umicore’s new… Read more…

Rheinmetall wins order for plug-and-play heat pump solution for e-tractors

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German automotive company Rheinmetall has received an order for a new heat pump from a European electric tractor manufacturer. The order is valued in the “lower-two-digit millions of euros range.” The heat pump, preassembled and loaded with coolant, improves vehicle range, battery life and driver comfort through thermal and cooling control. The seven-year contract begins… Read more…