Aqos developing solar-powered car
A team of designers and entrepreneurs based in Belgrade is working on solutions to reduce the car industry’s share in greenhouse gas emissions. Saša Milovančević, one of the founders and chief executive of Aqos Technologies d.o.o., said a solar film which the startup developed allows for the creation of thematic solar-conventional vehicles which won’t have […]
Zagreb gets first ultra-fast solar car charging station
In front of the City Administration of Zagreb building, on Stjepan Radić Square, HEP Group inaugurated the first ELEN LEAF battery charging station for electric vehicles. It is a prototype of the most advanced charging station for electric cars in Croatia and also the first that is powered by solar energy, the state-controlled utility said. […]
Ono Bikes puts its electric bicycle in spotlight
The young team of Serbian startup Ono Bikes presented its work at the Pioneers festival in Vienna with the help from the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Serbia. It developed the Archont electric bicycle, which was reported on by the Guardian, Ciclosfera, Velomesto, Fubiz.net and Dutch FHM. The basic version weighs 20 kilogrammes. It […]
Green cars sales rise by 112% through April on the year
In the first four months of this year Romanians bought 195 hybrid and pure electric vehicles, figures provided by the Association of Producers and Importers of Automobiles (APIA) show. Green car sales have increased by 112% compared to the same period last year, portal Energynomics.ro reported. Although the percentage of the increase in green cars […]
HEP inaugurates car charging station in Krapina
HEP Group, Croatian state-owned power utility, said it launched its seventeenth ELEN electric car charging station. The inauguration ceremony in Krapina, town in northern Croatia, was attended by municipality officials and the company’s eMobility (eMobilnost) project representatives. The town provided the parking place and HEP delivered and installed the charging station. Total worth of this […]
Procurement of electric buses initiated in Belgrade
Serbian capital’s mayor Siniša Mali announced a public call for procurement of five electric city buses and stated Belgrade will be the first in the region with such vehicles. In his words, the contract may be signed within a month, and the buses should be in operation by the middle of next year, RTS said. […]
Significant rise in number of electric vehicles, hybrids
The number of electric vehicles in Bulgaria has grown 36%, to a total of 497 between 2012 and 2014, a report on the progress of Bulgaria’s national plan for eco-friendly mobility found. Meanwhile, hybrid vehicles were even more popular, as their number increased with 61%, to 1,031 in total. The report attributes growth to tax […]
HEP pushes projects for electric cars, chargers
National electricity company HEP Group presented new electric vehicles in its fleet to reporters together with the charger network ELEN. The cars were purchased with a subsidy from the Environmental protection and energy efficiency Fund, Croenergo.eu portal said. The system is part of the group’s strategic project eMobilnost, the report said. The operator said it […]