Isabel Richter takes over as team manager for global sustainability communications. Effective 1 September 2023, Isabel Richter became the Head of Sustainability Communications at the BMW Group, with responsibility for...
Mercedes-Benz signs an agreement with Steel Dynamics, Inc. (SDI) to source more than 50,000 tonnes of CO2-reduced steel annually for its plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, marking another crucial milestone towards decarbonizing...
Flix and Scania announce a long-term partnership to enable more sustainable long-distance travel. The two companies see this cooperation as an opportunity to accelerate the transition to sustainable mobility by...
Investment will transform MINI Plant Oxford to an all-electric production site from 2030. Production of two new electrified models – MINI Cooper 3-door and MINI Aceman – will start in...
Through an expanded agreement with Tesla, Hilton today announced that, beginning in early 2024, up to 20,000 Tesla Universal Wall Connectors are slated to be installed at 2,000 hotels in...
The Volkswagen Group has made decisive progress in its four industry-leading technology platforms. It is also tapping into highly attractive additional profit pools as part of its transformation from legacy...
Ride-hailing giant Uber has launched an electric motorbike service in Kenya, its first in Africa. The move is part of the company’s goal of making its global platform emissions free...
The Biden administration announced plans to invest $12 billion in grants and loans to help the auto industry transition to electric vehicles. The funding will be used to support the...
Hyundai Motor Group, one of the world’s leading automakers, is investing 527.2 billion won ($397.74 million) to acquire a 5% stake in Korea Zinc, a leading producer of nickel, a...
Mercedes-Benz opens its first high-power charging stations this fall, implementing its far-reaching plans to expand its global charging infrastructure. Starting in October, the first Mercedes-Benz Charging Hubs will go into...
Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots youth program, created by Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), and UN Messenger of Peace will be supported by a new initiative...
Kia plans to use recycled plastic from a 55-ton haul recently reclaimed from the Pacific Ocean in its new EV models. The record-breaking amount of plastic reclaimed by Kia’s global...
The Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF), a non-profit Foundation established by Toyota Motor Corporation, will cooperate with the Bali Provincial Government for its Sustainable Mobility Advancing Real Transformation (SMART) @Ubud Program, a 6-month...
Within a year of deploying the first set of electric vehicles (EVs)in India, Maersk is all set to strengthen its EV fleet to over 500 vehicles in 26 cities covering...
Mitra Chem’s proprietary AI platform expected to accelerate GM’s development of affordable batteries in the U.S. General Motors (NYSE: GM) is leading a $60 million Series B financing round in...
Cameras set up along London’s roads to enforce the forthcoming expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) have suffered vandalism, according to the Metropolitan Police. The ULEZ’s augmentation, planned...
Leading global publication partners with Kia to highlight green issues and drive environmental awareness Newsweek, the global media organization, announced the launch of Better Planet, a new content strategy focused on...
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New collaboration brings Jumper Maybach creations to life in a new medium SpeedPro, the best-in-class provider of wide-format printing and graphics solutions, has joined forces with renowned visionary artist Jumper...
Cintas’ end-of-life rental apparel used by Honda was transformed into a new product that was used as sound insulators in Honda vehicles Cintas Corporation recently collaborated with Honda to help...
Fisker Inc. (NYSE: FSR) (“Fisker”), driven by a mission to create the world’s most emotional and sustainable vehicles, published its 2022 ESG ‘DRIVEN BY IMPACT’ Report – detailing its industry-leading efforts...
Vietnam’s electric vehicle market appears poised for rapid expansion in the next decade, but there could be significant headwinds blunting that growth. According to BMI Research, a Fitch Solutions research unit, passenger...
ProLogium, an energy innovation company specializing in the R&D and manufacturing of next-generation EV solid-state battery solutions has selected France as the location for its first large-scale solid-state battery manufacturing...
Airbus, BMW Group and Quantinuum, world leaders in mobility and quantum technologies, have developed a hybrid quantum-classical workflow to speed up future research using Quantum Computers to simulate quantum systems,...
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. issued its inaugural ESG data book comprehensively summarizing all initiatives and providing transparent disclosure of environmental, social and governance data. The book lists the initiatives in support of...
Following on from the major financial partnership signed in 2019 to support the transition to a sustainable economy via green vehicle development, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and ALD | LeasePlan, the...
ADNOC, announced that it has begun construction on the Middle East’s first high-speed hydrogen refueling station. The station, which is being built in Masdar City by ADNOC, will create clean...
The new Clean Truck Partnership agreement offers flexibility to address public health of Californians and the needs of fleet manufacturers that build the technology required for the transition to zero-emissions...
The Swedish car manufacturer Volvo Cars cooperates with, among others, Maersk to reduce its global greenhouse gas footprint from seaborne logistics. For its decarbonisation product ECO Delivery Ocean, Maersk substitutes...
More than 300 new electric vans from Rivian will hit the road in Germany in the coming weeks The state-of-the-art vehicles provide drivers with an entirely new working environment, including...
Mercedes-Benz signed a supply agreement with Swedish start-up H2 Green Steel over approximately 50,000 tonnes almost CO₂-free steel per year for its European press shops and deepened its partnership through...
Complex planned to produce Cathode Active Material (CAM) and Precursor CAM (pCAM) for 360,000 EVs annually General Motors Co. and POSCO Future M announced the second phase of their Ultium CAM...
DHL and Formula 1 are taking sustainable logistics to new heights within their partnership for the last years with a new initiative this season. DHL is introducing its first truck...
Advancing its commitment to vehicle electrification and building where it sells, Toyota will assemble an all-new, three-row, battery electric SUV at Toyota Kentucky starting in 2025. The company’s first U.S.-assembled...
Uber is taking some big strides in its sustainability march and is sharing its efforts towards accelerating the transition to electric vehicles in India. Uber is bringing Uber Green to...
China will implement an upgraded version of emission standards for vehicles nationwide from July 1, the country’s environment ministry said on Tuesday, pressuring automakers to clear inventories of their old...
The charging network will provide battery-electric commercial vehicles access to high-performance, reliable and sustainable charging across the U.S. Daimler Truck North America, LLC, NextEra Energy Resources, LLC and BlackRock Alternatives,...
Porsche AG and Norsk Hydro ASA will work together to further reduce the carbon footprint of Porsche’s car models by using low-carbon aluminium and extrusions from Hydro. In addition, the...
Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast said on Wednesday it had received a fresh round of funding pledges worth $2.5 billion for its future development, in a move that may signal...
ElevenEs, the pioneer in LFP cathode battery technology, announces the opening of the first industrial facility dedicated to LFP battery cell production in Europe. ElevenEs, backed by EIT InnoEnergy, is...
General Motors Co. and Samsung SDI announced that they plan to invest more than $3 billion to build a new battery cell manufacturing plant in the United States that is targeted to begin operations...
America’s Snack Leader Shares Advancements Towards Its PepsiCo Positive Goals While Advancing its Mission to Create More Smiles and a Brighter Future with Every Bite This Earth Month, Frito-Lay announced...
Australia said on Wednesday it would introduce new standards targeting vehicle emissions to boost the uptake of electric cars, as it looks to catch up with other developed economies. Just...
JLR announced exciting plans to accelerate its transition to become the world’s leading modern luxury car manufacturer revealing its Halewood plant, in the UK, will become an all-electric production facility...
Outfitted with the inaugural Cummins X15N CNG engine designed for heavy-duty transportation fleets, the first-of-its-kind truck will travel across the country fueling up at Chevron CNG locations to demonstrate the...
Breakthrough Collaboration with Schneider Marks Critical Step Forward in Reducing Company’s Scope 3 Emissions Frito-Lay North America announces its first-ever third-party shipment on an electric vehicle with Schneider National Inc., a premier...
Building on rapid advancements and investments in clean vehicle manufacturing, including investments in domestic manufacturing in the Inflation Reduction Act, EPA’s proposed standards would deliver on President Biden’s agenda to...
For the third time in a row, employees will conduct environmental- and climate-protection activities at many Volkswagen Group sites from today to April 22. The campaign “Project1Hour” takes place on...
Ford Motor Company is investing C$1.8 billion in its Oakville Assembly Complex to transform it into a high-volume hub of electric vehicle manufacturing in Canada – a key part of...
By 2030, Walmart intends to build its own EV fast-charging network at thousands of Walmart and Sam’s Club locations coast-to-coast. This would be in addition to the almost 1,300 EV...
bp and Uber announced a new global mobility agreement which will see the companies work together to help accelerate Uber’s commitment to become a zero-tailpipe emissions mobility platform in the...
The MIT Electric Vehicle Team (MIT EVT), a student-run team on MIT campus that has focused on innovation surrounding electric vehicles for over a decade, is partnering with Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI),...
The EU Commission welcomes the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council to boost the number of publicly accessible electric recharging and hydrogen refuelling stations in particular...
MEPs and the Swedish Presidency of the EU Council agreed on mandatory national targets for the deployment of infrastructure for alternative fuels for cars and trucks. A provisional agreement was...
The Change Lessens Environmental Impact of Corporate Field Team Members Who Travel More Than 1,500 Miles On Average Each Month Burger King transitioned 31% of its North American field team fleet...
PowerCo, the new battery company of the Volkswagen Group, and Belgian circular technology group Umicore have obtained full regulatory approvals for their joint venture announced in September 2022. The partners...
Tesla is now a blue chip stock from a corporate debt perspective after Moody’s Investors Service upgraded the EV maker’s credit rating from junk status to investment-grade quality. Moody’s analysts...
Mitsubishi Motors Corp plans for hybrid and battery electric vehicles to account for all new car sales by the middle of the next decade, beefing up its electrification strategy for staying...
From today, HVOlution, the biofuel produced at Venice and Gela Eni’s bio-refineries, will be used by 150 vehicles from the Spinelli Group’s fleet Eni Sustainable Mobility and the Spinelli Group,...
York and Norwich set to become the UK’s first bus depots outside of London to run fully electric fleets • Four First Bus depots benefit from boosted joint investment in electric fleet • First...
The United States Postal Service awarded contracts for 9,250 commercially available left-hand drive (LHD) battery electric vehicles (BEVs) as well as initial orders for more than 14,000 charging stations to...
The BMW Group is presenting international media representatives with the first vehicles in a pilot fleet that will go into service this year. After four years of development work, the...
The European Commission has found Hungary’s €89.6 million measure in favour of Samsung SDI to be in line with EU State aid rules. The investment aid will support the expansion...
Nissan is now using two battery electric vehicle (BEV) heavy-duty, Class 8 trucks to deliver new vehicles from the Port of Los Angeles to dealerships in the Los Angeles region....
Toyota customers considering the purchase of a new Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) or Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) have a new tool at their disposal to help find available incentives....
The BMW Group is continuing its efforts to systematically reduce CO2 emissions in the supply chain. A particular focus is on CO2-intensive materials like aluminium, steel and plastics. The BMW Group...
The governments of India, the United Kingdom and the United States joined with business, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and multilateral funding organization to launch the first...
DOE and DOT Announce $7 Million for New Projects to Accelerate Decarbonization of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Freight Transportation, Releases Funding Notice of Intent to Increase Accessibility and Functionality of EV...
bp took another step toward delivering on its transformation to an integrated energy company by announcing plans to invest $1 billion by 2030 into electric vehicle charge points across the...
The European Commission has proposed ambitious new CO2 emissions targets for new heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) from 2030 onwards. These targets will help to reduce CO2 emissions in the transport sector –...
The EU Parliament approved the new CO2 emissions reduction targets for new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, part of the “Fit for 55” package. With 340 votes in favour,...
New loan option enables consumers to finance electric vehicles and chargers together Bank of America announced that it will offer consumers the option of financing their residential electric vehicle chargers...
Pluglink, an electric vehicle charging platform, announced on the 7th that it signed an investment agreement with KDB KIAMCO, the largest alternative asset manager in Korea, for a total of KRW...
The BMW Group is accelerating its ramp-up of e-mobility and poised to gain even more momentum with its next vehicle generation, the NEUE KLASSE. The share of 50 percent of...
VINCI Concessions, a global player in transport infrastructure development and management, has announced the completion of a €15 million investment in Hype, the developer behind France’s first integrated hydrogen mobility platform...
The first charging corridor for medium and heavy-duty electric trucks (E-Trucks) in Europe has been announced by bp pulse. Six public charging locations with ultra-fast 300kw charge points aimed at...
The Volkswagen Group has made significant progress in its electric transformation in 2022. Despite supply constraints and temporary production stops, 572,100 all-electric vehicles were handed over to customers around the...
A Dozen Selected Projects Will Develop Advanced EV Batteries that Charge Faster, Have Greater Efficiency and Resilience, and Boost Consumer Confidence Against Range Anxiety The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)...
Agreement with WattTime will allow Toyota and Lexus customers to identify ideal times to charge electrified vehicles to help reduce impact of CO2 emissions Aligning with its goals to provide...
Volkswagen continues to make rapid progress with the transformation to e-mobility: at around 330,000 units, worldwide deliveries of all-electric vehicles (Battery Electric Vehicles – BEVs) grew 23.6 percent year-on-year. Overall,...
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Mercedes-Benz announces far-reaching plans to launch a global high-power charging network across North America, Europe, China and other key markets. It will begin to be built this year in the...
EVgo is Amazon’s first charging network partner for its voice-initiated charging and payment experience EVgo Inc., one of the nation’s largest public fast charging networks for electric vehicles, announced a...
Mercedes-Benz Energy and Lohum are pleased to announce a strategic partnership through a multi-year supply contract agreement for second-life batteries. Lohum is Mercedes-Benz Energy’s first partner in Asia as both...
Eni announces the incorporation of Eni Sustainable Mobility, its new company dedicated to sustainable mobility. The company is vertically integrated along the entire value chain, bringing together services and products...
Porsche and international partners working with the Chilean operating company Highly Innovative Fuels (HIF) have started the industrial production of synthetic fuels. In the presence of Chilean Energy Minister Diego...
Ford Motor Company reported first-year actions guided by the sustainable financing framework the company launched in November 2021. The Sustainable Financing Report 2022 highlights how the net proceeds from the company’s inaugural...
Canadians have been clear: they want clean air, good jobs, and a strong economy. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has led the fight against climate change and done more...
Initiative Boosted by Postal Service “Delivering for America” Network Modernization and Funding from Congress The United States Postal Service announced that it expects to acquire at least 66,000 battery electric...
Toyota Motor North America and Oncor Electric Delivery, a Texas-based electric transmission and distribution company, have agreed to collaborate on a pilot project around vehicle-to-grid, a technology that allows vehicles...
Hydro will supply Mercedes-Benz with low-carbon aluminium to reduce the carbon footprint of their vehicle fleet, including EQ models. The parties have agreed to a common low-carbon technology roadmap in...
DHL Parcel UK has taken delivery of six fully electric 16-tonnes Volvo trucks which will hit the road in London from January 2023 and 30 Liquefied Natural Gas Volvo tractor...
Fleet-focused sessions will cover zero-emission infrastructure, billions in funding, upcoming regulations, and a range of sustainable transportation issues Organizers of the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo today announced the 2023...
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Volkswagen AG and its charging and energy brand Elli have reached their next milestone: With 400,000 charging points, Elli is now operating the greatest charging network in Europe, with more...