Uber to roll out autonomous vehicles on app, starting with Abu Dhabi later this year

Chinese autonomous driving company WeRide and ride-hailing company Uber announced a strategic partnership to offer WeRide's autonomous vehicles onto the Uber platform. The partners... Read More

US DOE injects $3 bn across 25 projects to strengthen advanced battery capability

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced an investment of over $3 billion for 25 projects across 14 states to boost the country's production of advanced batteries and batter... Read More

​IESA brainstorms ways to upskill women, enhance participation in energy sector

The India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) has received recommendations from over 100 women leaders in the energy storage and cleantech sectors, which it will review and submit to th... Read More

Spain triples down on green hydrogen, targets 12 GW electrolyzer capacity by 2030

The country's Cabinet has also approved a plan for 74 percent of the country's hydrogen consumption to become green by 2030 Spain has tripled its national green hydrogen production... Read More

Saudi Arabia launches tender for 4.5 GW of wind and solar projects

Saudi Arabia has launched a tender to award 4.5 GW of renewal energy capacity --- mainly wind and solar projects --- across the desert kingdom. The Saudi Power Procurement Company ... Read More

Indo-Pacific nations seek action plan to strengthen critical mineral supply chain, prevent battery shock

The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) --- a 14-nation grouping consisting of India, the US and Pacific Rim countries such as Japan, Australia, South Korea and o... Read More

US DOE opens Grid Storage Launchpad, an advanced research and testing facility for grid-scale batteries

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a new laboratory aimed at research and testing of advanced energy storage technologies "in a realistic environment".  The Grid S... Read More

Quinbrook picks GE Vernona for 250 MW / 1,000 MWh batteries at Supernode BESS Phase 2 in Australia

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has selected GE Vernova to deliver a 250 MW / 1,000 MWh integrated battery energy storage system (BESS) solution for the second phase of the compa... Read More

NextEra in negotiations to develop 150 MW solar + 100 MW battery storage on US DOE land

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced it was entering into negotiations with NextEra Energy --- the largest renewables players outside China --- to potentially develop a util... Read More

Matter Group to start deliveries of Aera, its geared electric motorbike, this festive season

Electric vehicle and energy storage company Matter Group announced it will open its first showroom in Ahmedabad on October 11. The company plans to establish 100 such hubs across 4... Read More

RWE commissions Sunfire for 100 MW alkaline electrolyzer at Lingen green hydrogen plant

German utility RWE announced it has commissioned Sunfire and Bilfinger to build the third phase of the company's 300 MW green hydrogen project, coming up at its gas-fired power pla... Read More

Stellantis to invest $400 mn to make electric vehicles at US plants

Stellantis has announced plans to invest more than $406 million across three factories in Michigan, USA to convert them into production of electric vehicles (EVs) in line with the ... Read More

Daimler unveils plans to manufacture first heavy-duty electric truck from November

Daimler Truck announced that it would start producing its first fully-electric heavy truck -- the Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 -- from November, having received more than 2,000 orders... Read More

COP29 summit to propose 1,500 GW energy storage target by 2030

This year's United Nations-backed climate change conference could adopt a target to increase worldwide energy storage capacity more than sixfold to 1,500 GW by 2030. To achieve thi... Read More

With free charging and battery rentals, India's carmakers make electric vehicles more affordable for buyers

India is among the world's largest markets for electric vehicles, but that's mainly on the e-2 wheeler and e-3 wheeler side of the market. Sales of electric passenger cars languish... Read More

India announces ₹11,000 crore incentives over two years to promote adoption of electric vehicles

The Government of India has approved an ₹11,000 crore scheme to accelerate adoption of electric mobility over the next two years.  The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister ... Read More

SIAM outlines ways to sustainable mobility, Tatas pledge to put India on global EV map

The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) held its 64th annual convention focused on "Sustainable Mobility Journey towards Viksit Bharat", with industry leaders and pol... Read More

On World EV Day, India's autocomp body ACMA moves to future-proof mobility solutions

The Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA), the leading organization for the country's auto component sector, held its 64th annual session on September 9 --... Read More

Factorial announces Solstice, a solid-state EV battery developed with Mercedes-Benz

Solid-state battery technology company Factorial Inc announced the introduction of Solstice, a next-generation all-solid-state battery that the company said "can revolutionize the ... Read More

Siemens Energy bags contract to supply 100 MW PEM electrolyzer for Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub

The Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub (HGHH) announced it has commissioned Siemens Energy to supply and install 100 MW of electrolyzer capacity for production of green hydrogen at the sit... Read More

Australian redox flow battery startup Allegro Energy raises A$17.5 million in Series A funding

Australian battery startup Allegro Energy has raised A$17.5 million in a Series A funding from new and existing investors. US climate change fund The Grantham Foundation led the fu... Read More

Panasonic Energy readies Japanese factory to manufacture next-gen cylindrical EV batteries

Panasonic Energy announced that it had revamped its Wakayama factory in Western Japan to mass produce 4680 cylindrical automotive lithium-ion batteries. Wakayama will serve as the ... Read More

Fortescue Metals co-leads Series B investments in Chinese electrolyzer maker Hyproof

Australia's Fortescue Metals Group has invested in Chinese electrolyzer membrane manufacturer Hancheng Technology (Hyproof). The company co-led an investment of up to $14 million a... Read More

India awards 10 GWh capacity under PLI-ACC scheme to Reliance Industries

India's Union Ministry of Heavy Industries announced Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) as the successful bidder for incentives under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme f... Read More

Exicom eyes global footprint, acquires DC fast charger maker Tritium for $30 mn

Exicom Tele-systems Ltd, India's largest manufacturer of electric vehicle chargers, has entered into definitive agreements to acquire Australia-headquartered Tritium, a global lead... Read More

India's RE storage capacity poised for surge, could hit 6 GW by FY28, estimates Crisil

India's renewable energy (RE) storage capacity is set for a massive hike in the coming years, with total RE storage capacity likely to touch 6 GW by fiscal 2028 from less than 1 GW... Read More

Foxconn considering BESS plant in Tamil Nadu, electric vehicle plant in India

Foxconn, the company which assembles the iPhone, plans to set up a battery energy storage system (BESS) unit in India, its chairman Young Liu said. Talking to reporters in Sriperum... Read More

Hindustan Zinc signs MoU for new-age zinc batteries

Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL), India's largest and the world's second-largest integrated zinc producer, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government-controlled Jawaharla... Read More

US Department of Energy announces $125 mn funding for next-generation battery technology

The US Department of Energy has announced $125 million in funding for two innovation teams to provide the scientific foundation needed for next-generation batteries.  The two ... Read More

As shift to EVs matures, Volkswagen considers first plant closure in Germany

Volkswagen, on a cost-cutting drive as it transitions away from fossil-fuel vehicles, is considering whether it should close factories in Germany – a first since the company was fo... Read More
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