Swedish maritime battery system specialist Echandia has been selected to supply the battery systems for San Francisco Bay Ferry’s Rapid Electric Emission Free (REEF) Ferry program. This project marks a significant step towards advancing zero-emission water transit in the San Francisco Bay Area.
As we have reported previously, the REEF Program will see San Francisco Bay Ferry, which is operated by San Francisco’s Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), introduce a fleet of battery...
Now in service with SAAM Towage Canada, the SAAM Volta and Chief Dan Georgeare the first battery electric tugs built specifically to operate in Vancouver, B.C. Built to Robert Allan Ltd’s ElectRA 2300-SX design by Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards, the tugs mark a milestone in the Port of Vancouver’s goal of becoming the world’s most sustainable port as well as SAAM Towage’s leadership in the drive to the decarbonization of harbour operations.
Optimized for emissions-free ship-docking operations in...
While Arizona has had a large presence in the aerospace and defense sectors dating back to the 1980s, the state is becoming a hub for makers of electric vehicles, batteries and semiconductors.
Some of the latest wins for Arizona include LG Energy Solution, which recently announced a $5.5 billion battery manufacturing facility near Phoenix, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), which is investing $40 billion to open the company’s second chip plant in the Grand Canyon State.
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South American ferry operator Buquebús is in talks with Australian catamaran builder Incat Tasmania […]
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After almost two years under construction at the Herman Barthel shipyard in Derban, Germany, what’s claimed to be the world’s first zero-emission push boat, Elektra, was christened this week in Berlin.
“The Elektra is a flagship project,” said Germany’s Federal Minister for Digital and Transport Dr. Volker Wissing. “It is the world’s first push boat that combines battery-electric propulsion with hydrogen and fuel cell technology. The entire project is a blueprint for climate and environmentally...
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Rail technology provider Wabtec saw fourth-quarter 2021 net income grow 116% to $190 million, or $1.02 per diluted share, compared with $88 million, or 46 cents per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Adjusted earnings per diluted share was $1.18, which is 20.4% higher year-over-year.
A higher gross profit in the fourth quarter, due to higher sales as well as lower cost of sales, helped pull fourth-quarter net income higher. Gross profit rose 29% to $652 million, compared with $506...
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Parallel Systems, a Culver City, California-based company that aims to produce autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles, has received a $4.44 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy initiative (ARPA-E).
Parallel, founded by former SpaceX engineers in 2020, will use the grant to fund a 29-month advanced testing program that will start in the second quarter of this year. The company says autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles could make...
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