After 11 months of construction PMI has inaugurated its first ebus charging depot as part of its ten year 100-turnkey electric bus contract with Rajkot Municpal Corporation.

Mobility services provider, Chartered Speed, contracted to co-ordinate development of electric transpport system in new town of GIFT City.

The two companies believe that inductive charging – a type of power transfer which uses electromagnetic induction – has multiple advantages over conventional plug-in chargers; for instance, allowing a driverless vehicle to recharge itself without any human input. 

Toyota, Daihatsu and others are working together to study more efficient ways of sourcing biomass and producing bioethanol for use as a fuel.

The German manufacturer kickstarted trials of a prototype truck fuelled by liquid hydrogen, which could potentially provide more cargo space, payload and range than gaseous hydrogen.

Hydrogen fuelling stations will be located in the cities of Colton and Ontario and in the Port of Long Beach - with more to follow in the near future.

EnergyAustralia will help SEA Electric to offer an "end-to-end solution", advising its customers on how to best meet their charging needs.

The Finnish firm is investing EUR1.9bn to expand production at its refinery from 1.4m to 2.7m tons per year, beginning in the first half of 2026.

Ceres will be piloting a solid oxide electrolyser - which uses a ceramic as the electrolyte in the process of splitting water molecules to produce hydrogen gas - at Shell's R&D centre in Bangalore.

Elogen will supply the joint venture firm with a PEM electrolyser, which will produce one tonne of low-carbon hydrogen per day for Symbio at its projected facility in Saint-Fons, France.

The Power Cube is a mobile, remote-controlled charging station for commercial electric vehicles which can store up to 3 MW of power and can recharge vehicles in 1-2 hours, while recharging itself with wind and solar power.

Volvo Group North America, with various partners, are participating in a state-funded project to develop a publicly-accessible charging network for medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles which will cover a major haulage route in the Central Valley of California.