Serbia’s H-Bridges win world’s leading student competition with cutting-edge e-bike drive

The H-Bridges team of students from the University of Belgrade School of Electrical Engineering (ETF) have won the International Future Energy Challenge (IFEC) 2019, the world’s largest student competition in the area of innovative and technical efficiency solutions. This year’s competition was about electric bike drive solutions. The IFEC final was held from July 29 […]

Mobility August 5, 2019

The world is in shift to shared, electric, and automated transportation

Timothy Papandreou, a global expert and thought leader in the future of mobility and automation, works with governments and business on the shared, electric, and automated transportation transition. After he took part in Transition Monaco Forum in June, Papandreou, the founder of Emerging Transport Advisors and former strategic partnerships manager at Google X and Waymo, he gave an […]

Mobility July 29, 2019

Croatia’s HEP installs 5 new EV chargers at tourist destinations

Croatia’s state power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) has installed 5 new EV chargers at tourism points in Dalmatia, according to a press release from the company. After enabling electric vehicle (EV) drivers earlier this month to travel from borders to the coast, HEP has now unveiled 5 new EV chargers in towns along Croatia’s coast […]

Solar-powered ferries launched in Montenegro’s Bay of Kotor

Montenegro’s Bay of Kotor, known as Boka, has a new form of environmentally-friendly public transportation – solar-powered ferries. Two boats, one electric and one hybrid, are part of the Bella Boka project. They have been built by the eponymous company with the support of the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism, the Montenegrin Chamber of […]

Montenegro gets 3 public e-chargers, 11 more planned

The cities of Tivat, Cetinje, and Pljevlja now have Montenegro’s first public e-chargers, for which the technical solution was developed by telecommunication company Crnogorski Telekom, the company said on its website. The first of the 3 public e-chargers in Montenegro was installed in March this year, at the Sveti Stefan island, part of the luxury […]

EBRD announces public consultations on Draft Transport Sector Strategy 2019-2024

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is reviewing its strategic approach to the Transport Sector and invites interested stakeholders in sharing comments and suggestions on the Draft Transport Sector Strategy 2019-2024. The Draft Transport Sector Strategy 2019-2024 aims at promoting sustainable transport systems, which embody market principles, balance economic, environmental and social needs […]

Mobility July 16, 2019

Electric car drivers can now travel border-to-coast through Croatia

Croatia’s state power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) has deployed 16 electric vehicle (EV) chargers along highways. The EV chargers now make it possible for electric car drivers to travel from the borders with Slovenia and Hungary to the Adriatic Sea, connecting Croatia with the EV charger network within the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), HEP said […]