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Study: The number of e-cars is expected to increase thirty-fold by 2030

The importance of electromobility will increase significantly globally. The Association of Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies (VDE) describes this development in its recently published study “Logistics, Energy and Mobility 2030″ (PDF). 2019 the number of electric cars including plug-in hybrids and fuel cell vehicles was 4 worldwide, 79 Millions. The experts estimate: By the year… Read more

Citroen E-C4: the crossover also full electric at its debut on the market

Citroen offers a complete range of engines with the new C4, passing from petrol to diesel up to a fully electric version: a lot of substance for the new C segment crossover by Paolo Corsini published 15 January 2021 , at 17: 15 in the channel Technology Citroen Citroen E-C4: the crossover also full electric… Read more

Opel Crossland with the unique face previewed by the new Opel Mokka

It is the first model to adopt the new face of the brand, presented just a few weeks ago by the new Opel Mokka by Rosario Fat published on 15 January 2021 , at 12: 01 in the Technology channel Opel There are now two products in the segment B-SUV after New Opel Mokka by… Read more

Power to Liquid: The potential for “excess” electricity

Since there has been a constant debate lately about synthetic fuels (“Power to Liquid”, PtL) as an alternative to battery-electric cars, here is a small calculation. First of all, it is undisputed that the direct use of electricity for driving is many times more energy-efficient than the detour via chemical substances. If the electricity has… Read more

Car registrations 2020: bright spot at the end

Across all brands and segments, the sales figures fell by an average in the past year 19, 1 percent back. A total of 2.9 million cars 2019 were registered in Germany for the first time. 62 , 8 percent of this was for commercial registrations, the rest went to private new car buyers, such as… Read more

Exhaust gas fraud: is the Winterkorn process shifting?

The fraud trial against Martin Winterkorn, planned from the end of February, could be postponed due to health problems of the former Volkswagen CEO. The Regional Court of Braunschweig declared on Friday (January 8th 2020) on request that the competent chamber was able to negotiate of the now 73 – year old defendant had expert… Read more

Renault Captur E-Tech hybrid review: Cleaner crossover with practical charm

(Pocket-lint) – The Renault Captur was one of the first true crossovers to grace the roads. Sure, it followed the Nissan Juke – which created this segment – but the Captur has seen success. It’s Renault’s best-selling SUV in Europe and the best-selling UK model for Renault too. That’s no surprise, with a fusion of… Read more

More than half of Norwegian new cars in 2020 were purely battery-electric

In Norway 141. 412 Newly registered cars. 76. 789 of which are purely battery-powered, that is 050 percent. This means that for the first time in Norway, more than half of all new cars are battery-electric. Added to this are 28. 905 Plug-in hybrids, the share of new cars with rechargeable batteries in Norway is… Read more

Powerfuels: Final energy could become a quarter climate-neutral by 2050

2050 could use climate-neutral fuels, fuels and raw materials with 43. 200 Terawatt hours 28 Percentage of global energy demand cover. This is the result of the Finnish LUT University Lappeenranta and Lahti on behalf of the interest group Global Alliance Powerfuels (GAP) in a transformation scenario. She advocates that more money is invested in… Read more

Berlin's Senator for Transport: A breakthrough for electric cars is imminent

Berlin’s Senator for the Environment and Transport, Regine Günther, expects a breakthrough for electric cars in the capital and in Germany as a whole soon. “We are at the beginning of an exponential growth phase,” said the Green politician of the German press agency. You see the breakthrough “already coming very clearly”. Charging infrastructure is… Read more

Green Prime Minister calls for higher CO2 prices

Baden-Württemberg’s green head of government Winfried Kretschmann regards bans as a legitimate means in the fight against climate change. He is not worried that such bans would be badly received by the population: “This debate about bans is ludicrous. We are already working heavily with do’s and bans during the pandemic. If global warming increases… Read more

Volkswagen's exhaust fraud: more than 25,000 individual lawsuits ended with settlement

The compensation payments by the Volkswagen Group to around 55. 000 Individual diesel plaintiffs were settled in almost half of all cases at the turn of the year. As the dpa learned from the company, in the separate proceedings outside of the large sample comparison, “a total of 25. 000 “Agreements concluded. In these cases,… Read more

Even the snowmobile now runs on hydrogen. Here is Leitwolf h2Motion from South Tyrolean Prinoth

The green transition also affects the cat of the snows: Prinoth presents the first electric snow groomers, powered by battery and hydrogen fuel cells, for a more environmentally friendly ski management by Roberto Colombo published on 28 December 2020 , at 17: 41 in the Technology channel prinoth Those who go skiing certainly do so… Read more

Applause from the founding fathers: Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Peugeot iOn & Citroën C-Zero

This article is the fourth part of a series, which is about exciting automotive pioneers that are about to be forgotten. Because mostly their courage was not crowned with success. Part 1: The lightning bolt that nobody wanted: Audi duo, first hybrid on the market Part 2: Nothing was Roger: General Motors’ first EV1 electric… Read more

The wide range of the range (II.): Helmut on the cooling mat

Since my train was stranded and the iPhone had nothing more to say, I listened to Helmut the bus driver. The air conditioning is currently insufficient, he said, so he got a coolkeeper, a special seat mat so that he doesn’t have to stew in his own juice the whole shift. Fortunately, he drives a… Read more