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FCA | Engie EPS | Terna | Vehicle-to-Grid Project Launched
Stefano Patuanelli (l.), Italian Minister of Economic Development, and Pietro Gorlier (r.), Chief Operating Officer of FCA’s EMEA region
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, the technology group Engie EPS, and the Italian power grid operator Terna have inaugurated a pilot project for vehicle-to-grid technology in Turin (Italy). The project is aimed at researching and testing the interaction between electrically powered vehicles and the public power grid. The technology will make it possible for electric energy to flow in both directions between electric vehicles and the power grid. As a result, these vehicles will become a source of energy for the high-voltage networks and will ensure a more sustainable power supply. In return, this will reduce the operating costs of electric vehicles. According to the company, this can only function efficiently if the systems involved can communicate smoothly with one another. This communication is the main focus of the pilot project.
Hyundai Motor Group and SK Innovation have agreed to work together in the future to develop a sustainable system for electric vehicle batteries. The cooperation between the two com panies will cover the entire life cycle of a high-voltage battery, including battery sales and distribution, the management of batteries during their use, and their reuse and recycling. A focus will be on the use of batteries throughout their entire value chain, which is also known as Battery-as-a-Service and includes both leasing and rental services. The aim is to strengthen the battery supply chain and create a cycle of resources from production to recycling. The overall objective will be to make the entire process more environmentally friendly. At the beginning of the cooperation, data from a battery-powered Kia model will be collected and analyzed.
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Hyundai | SK Innovation | Cooperation on Batteries
Production of the electric Kona model at Hyundai
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BASF | Investment in Pyrum
Pascal Klein (l.), Founder and CEO of Pyrum Innovations AG, and Dr. Christian Lach (r.), Project Lead ChemCycling at BASF, in front of Pyrum’s tire pyrolysis plant in Dillingen (Germany)
BASF is investing 16 million euros in Pyrum Innovations, a company specialized in the pyrolysis of waste tires, headquartered in Dillingen/Saar (Germany). With the investment, BASF will support the expansion of Pyrum’s pyrolysis plant in Dillingen and the further roll-out of the technology. Pyrum is currently running a pyrolysis plant for end-of-life tires that can process up to 10,000 t of tires per year. Two additional production lines will be added to the existing plant by the end of 2022. BASF will take up most of the pyrolysis oil produced there and process it into new chemical products, including plastic polymers that are used, for example, for the production of high-performance components for the automotive industry.
The insurance company Allianz has joined forces with RCAR, an international association of automotive resear
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