Mobility

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1920s – The first customer

1920s – The first customer

In 1923, a small startup in Essen officially began operations. The business revolved around products designed to ensure the electromobility of workers. After visiting the number one customer … A…
Truck with Megawatt

Truck with Megawatt

They can trash. They can wheel hubs. They can power load. They can do trucks. And e-mobility on every scale anyway. Designwerk in Winterthur is one of the most exciting…
Balancing act on the rail

Balancing act on the rail

At first it was just a vision. Pretty animated 3-D renderings. As is so often the case when it comes to the future and traffic. But the MonoCab has made…
Energy for Energica

Energy for Energica

The Road to Italy has taken us to the coast of Rimini, around Lake Garda and back to East Westphalia. On two wheels, four wheels and with a lot of…
Reusable instead of disposable

Reusable instead of disposable

Actually, an automobile is neither particularly car nor particularly mobile. It sits around most of the day, and it can’t be autonomous (yet). But if you switch the energy source…
We make tunnels smart

We make tunnels smart

They belong to Switzerland like watches, banks and the Alps – tunnels. Hardly any other country is as adept at the art of perforating its interior as the Swiss. But…
Icarus’ chariot

Icarus’ chariot

It’s impossible to get too close to the sun when the RWTH Aachen University and FH Aachen University’s solar-powered car starts moving. But the flirtation with the fire in the…
Parking under first floor

Parking under first floor

When the automotive treasure is ordered underground and the systems of Klaus Multiparking are in play, then the end of the technical lifetime is not reached. It is only parked…
Over rough and smooth

Over rough and smooth

It doesn’t get much wilder than this – Rally Cross is an archaic version of motorsport. Huge engines, lightweight vehicles, transverse driving, and dirt and dust galore. This is exactly…
It does not work without Chile

It does not work without Chile

The vision of an All Electric Society, in which fossil fuels are replaced by intelligently networked regenerative energy generation, cannot be realized without Chile. Chile is the world’s largest copper…
Cruising under floodlight

Cruising under floodlight

The sea route from the North Sea to Ghent in Belgium is 32 kilometers long, 200 meters wide and illuminated on both sides. The control of the lighting system must…
Flash launch in Poland

Flash launch in Poland

Poland has not been a low-wage country for longer time. But it is a country with many young, committed and well-educated talents. It also has plenty of potential and the…
Electromobility at an angle

Electromobility at an angle

Summer, sun, Saxony – in 2019 the world was still in order. No trace of the virus, but plenty of burnt rubber in the air. At least when you visit…
Future Megawatt Connector

Future Megawatt Connector

Three at one go: We could not miss the chance to talk to the two managing directors of Phoenix Contact E-Mobility, Michael Heinemann and Ralf Döhre, as well as the…
E-Mobility goes East

E-Mobility goes East

Electromobility will experience a huge rise in the coming years. It will not only change the daily street scene, but also the accustomed balance of power in industry, especially among…
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