Germany Grid Parts Ukraine 
Teslarati
MARCH 4, 2023
Mercedes has broken ground on a new battery recycling facility in Germany, focusing on “closing the loop” and allowing the automaker to source more battery materials sustainably. This is achieved through a mix of solar energy installed at the facility and green energy purchased from the grid.
Cars That Think
JUNE 27, 2022
Unlike those you may have grown accustomed to seeing, many of these stations don’t just charge electric cars—they can also send power from vehicle batteries to the local utility grid for use by homes and businesses. Debates over the feasibility and value of such vehicle-to-grid technology go back decades. This is good for the grid.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had a clear impact on energy storage deployments in Europe. Germany and Australia are currently the leaders in this space, with sizeable markets in Japan and California as well. Co-located renewables-plus-storage projects, in particular solar-plus-storage, are becoming commonplace globally.
Setec Powerr
SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
The intensifying war in Ukraine is sparking an energy crisis in Europe, with everyone witnessing unfathomable increases in electricity prices. In Germany, Supercharger rates are climbing to 69 to 71 cents per kilowatt hour, according to Teslamag. In Germany, Shell Recharge is already increasing its rates at the end of the month.
Cars That Think
MARCH 18, 2022
Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. No word yet on which EVs will take part. (GM
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 31, 2023
Zap and Helion are part of a renaissance in fusion-energy R&D aimed at achieving practical fusion power using much more modest facilities than the vast International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) being built in southern France, at a cost estimated to be north of US $22 billion by the time it’s completed.
EV Sales
MARCH 22, 2021
The only exception to this geographical intra-Europe rule was Ukraine, entering the Top 10 in 2016-2018 on the power of grassroots-driven lively market of second-hand EV imports, which seems to have stalled in 2019-2020. Claim to fame: part and parcel of the regulations-driven surge, Portugal went from 4.9% EV share, with ~20k sold.
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