Mobile communications provider Vodafone has carried out the first-ever remote-controlled test run of a train using 5G technology. The test was carried out at the company’s smart Smart Rail Connectivity Campus in Germany’s central Erzgebirge region.
German carmaker Opel is following many of its competitors and going green.
MTU Aero Engines has purchased a ten-million-euro stake in the air taxi company e.Sat in the western German city of Aachen. The aircraft motor producer will be involved in the development and construction of an electro-hybrid motor for the air taxis.
BMW is putting the pedal to metal with its electric vehicles. The Bavarian automotive giant is gunning to offer 25 electric models by the year 2023. Originally, the company’s target was 2025.
One prerequisite for the transition from conventional cars with combustion engines to electric vehicles is the ease with which the later can be charged.
The first half of 2019 was a watershed in the electric-vehicle market. According to a study by the Center of Automotive Management (CAM), Germany led the way for the first time ever in newly registered e-automobiles with 48,000.
Readers of the trade magazine Asia Cargo News have voted Hamburg their “Best Global Seaport” for 2019.
Get ready for takeoff! What used to be fiction might soon become reality: Several companies in Germany are currently working on functioning prototypes of air taxis.
Germany added 7,000 more public charging stations for electric vehicles in the past year.
French company Comuto, under the name Blablabus, is offering bus services to 19 German cities.
