Together with E.ON Hungary, Audi is building a solar energy park on the roofs of the two logistics centers of its plant in Győr covering about 160,000 square meters. This will create Europe’s largest photovoltaic system with a peak output of 12 megawatts.
E.ON will put the park into operation, consisting of 35,000 solar cells, and will continue...
Mercedes-Benz has opened a new parts distribution centre in Thailand.
The new centre in the outskirts of Bangkok will help Mercedes to improve deliveries of aftermarket parts across country.
Mercedes-Benz Thailand, the local subsidiary of the German luxury automaker, has 32 service centres across the Thailand. There are also numerous independent...
Nissan is breaking ground on a technology training centre in Decherd, Tennessee.
The new 21,000 sq ft facility, located at the existing Nissan powertrain assembly complex, will have the capacity to train 180 employees simultaneously in the areas of production, maintenance, engineering and management.
The facility is expected to open in autumn...
As part of the EU's Meister funding project from the Horizon 2020 program, E.ON participates as a partner in pilot projects for the transition to electric mobility.
In three European metropolises (Berlin, Gothenburg and Malaga) E.ON is gathering insights into the technical challenges and business models that promise success for electric mobility...
May Mobility, a self-driving shuttle provider, has raised a new round of funding that will help the company expand its fledgling operations. The company received 22 million dollars during a Series A round co-led by Millennium New Horizons and Cyrus Capital Partners.
Previous investors in a seed round of funding last February, including the...
WiTricity, a wireless power transfer company, is acquiring tech giant Qualcomm electric vehicle charging unit.
WiTricity announced that the acquisition of Qualcomm Halo includes certain technology platform and property assets, including over 1,500 patents technologies and others patent applications for wireless charging. A WiTricity spokeswoman...
General Motors and Amazonare are in talks to invest in Rivian Automotive, the U.S. electric pickup truck manufacturer.
The investment would be a major boost for the Plymouth startup, which aspires to be the first automaker with an electric pickup. If the negotiations conclude successfully, a deal could be announced as early as this month.
Tesla...