Volta Trucks reveals Carrier Transicold as the supplier of refrigerated equipment at CV Show in Birmingham

Volta Trucks, the leading and disruptive full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services provider, has confirmed the selection of Carrier Transicold as the sole supplier of refrigerated equipment for the full-electric 16-tonne Volta Zero. Carrier Transicold is a part of Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE: CARR), the leading global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable, and intelligent building and cold chain solutions.

How Sustainable is Your Car?

Green NCAP announces its first Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) results, examining the real environmental impact of some of Europe’s most popular cars in order to help car buyers make more informed and   sustainable choices.

To understand the true ecological impact and sustainability of a car, it must be viewed in the context of its whole life cycle.  This means that all processes and flows of resources and energy associated with the car’s production, usage, and recycling must be considered.  Life Cycle Assessment, or LCA, is the method that estimates these individual contributions to predict the car’s environmental impact over its entire lifetime ‘from cradle to grave’.

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Estonian company provides CMS Cruiser for Aarhus Cruise Port

The Danish Port of Aarhus has chosen PowerCon as the turnkey supplier of the new shore power system for the Cruise Port. Shore Link is proud to be part of this package with our advantaged CMS Cruiser.

The Cable Management Systems for cruise vessels (CMS Cruiser) is a separate unit designed to supply shore power for cruise vessels when at berth. The Shore Link`s CMS Cruiser is ideal when it comes to connecting cruise vessels to shore power in a port with limited space such as in the Port of Aarhus. The CMS Cruiser have major benefits such as:

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Candela C-8 performs successful first flight - ushering in a new era of electric foiling powerboats

The world’s most anticipated electric boat has completed its maiden flight. The foiling Candela C-8 promises to disrupt the gas-guzzling powerboat industry, thanks to a unique combination of long all-electric range, high speed, and industry-first features.

After 16 months of intense development, the most ordered electric boat ever took off from the cold waters outside the Swedish tech company’s headquarters at Lidingö, Stockholm.

After reaching its designed take-off speed of 16 knots, the Candela C-8 prototype P-01 lifted off smoothly, and flew noiselessly above the water at a cruise speed of 20 knots.

-Smooth, and very, very silent, said Gustav Hasselskog, Candela’s CEO after piloting the C-8 on its maiden flight.

Master Chefs of IT serve up tantalising recipes of ideas

CIONET, the world's leading community of digital leaders, has brought together the latest ideas about information technology in their new book the CIONET Cookbook: Recipes for Digital Success. Using the analogy of a 5 star restaurant, 25 top IT executives from around the world share their recipes to help companies not only survive but thrive in this drastically changing digital era.

Magical exterior colour-change: The BMW iX Flow featuring E Ink

Digitisation is delivering an integrated user experience characterised by individuality and emotionalisation in the interior of current BMW models. The My Modes allow the driver to tailor the atmosphere in the interior entirely to their personal mood and the driving experience they want. With the BMW iX Flow featuring E Ink being presented on the occasion of CES 2022, the Munich-based premium car manufacturer is offering the prospect of a future technology that uses digitisation to also adapt the exterior of a vehicle to different situations and individual wishes. The surface of the BMW iX Flow featuring E Ink can vary its shade at the driver's prompting.

Ford Pro Charging Launches to Help Businesses of All Sizes Overcome the Hurdle to Seamless Electrification

Ford Pro™ announced the launch of Ford Pro Charging, a comprehensive solution for commercial electric vehicle charging. While more commercial customers want to switch to electric vehicles to reduce maintenance costs, minimize emissions and drive down total cost of ownership*, the transition from all internal combustion-powered fleets can be complex. Ford Pro Charging will help ease this transition by delivering intuitive software and commercial hardware infrastructure to support charging and energy management.

Bercman Technologies wants to buy Estonian IoT company Krakul, which has become famous for its moon cameras

Bercman Technologies, a Nasdaq First North listed deep-tech company developing traffic safety solutions, intends to acquire Krakul, Estonia’s leading IoT and autonomous systems development company. The acquisition of Krakul is part of Bercman’s strategic goal to expand its engineering and software team into developing intelligent transportation systems.

Mart Suurkask, CEO of Bercman Technologies: “The two companies share common goals to make the world a better place through technology. Bercman develops intelligent traffic solutions, Krakul develops IoT and autonomous systems. The merger of the companies would create synergies that would allow us to jointly develop and market new services in the field of autonomous vehicles and intelligent traffic solutions.” 

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VIDEO: Swedish company Jetson created fast personal electric aircraft what looks like podracer

Podracer is a vehicle from Star Wars film The Phantom Menace. It moves fast near the surface and have a high maneuverability. This is exactly what Jetson´s electric aircraft looks.

Jetson´s weight is 86 kg and it can carry up to 95 kg passenger. It fliews 20 minutes with 85 kg pilot weight. Top speed is 102 km/h, but it is software limited, not the actual limit of engines. 

It is all ready fligfht machine and can be purchased for 85 000 euros. Yes, far more than mid-class vehicle. But at 100 km/h, you can reach any corner of city in 20 minutes.

And it´s cool. It looks exactly like a "Star Wars" podracer.

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