Norway's capital Oslo will become the first city in the world to install wi...
FILE PHOTO: Buildings are seen in the financial district in Oslo, Norway May 31, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
The project will use induction technology, with charging plates installed in the road at taxi ranks linking to receivers installed in the vehicle, Finnish utility Fortum said on Thursday. Fortum, which is working with U.S. firm Momentum Dynamics and the City of Oslo on the scheme, said the greatest hurdle for electrification of taxis had so far been the infrastructure, as it is too time consuming for cabbies to find a charger, plug in, then wait for the car to charge.
“Time equals money when taxi drivers are working,” said Ole Gudbrann Hempel, head of Fortum’s public charging network in Norway.
France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
Going 'Under': Europe's first underwater restaurant opens in NorwayEurope's first underwater restaurant opens in Norway on Wednesday with more...
Lire la suite »
From California to Oslo: foreign subsidies fuel Norway's e-car boom, for nowOn the outskirts of Oslo, a row of Fiat 500es imported from California stand par...
Lire la suite »
Norway raises rates as expected, sees further hike this yearNorway's central bank raised its main interest rate on Thursday as expected.
Lire la suite »
This Underwater Restaurant in Norway Hopes to be a Subaquatic NomaYou enter by gangplank, and the concrete walls are three feet-thick. But for Norway’s Ubostad brothers, the challenge of constructing an underwater restaurant was part of the allure: “People around here think of what’s possible rather than what’s impossible.”
Lire la suite »
Pupil injures four staff at Oslo school: policeA pupil attacked several employees at a school in Oslo on Tuesday, injuring four...
Lire la suite »
UK reaches post-Brexit trade agreement with Iceland and NorwayBritain on Monday reached an a deal with Iceland and Norway to allow trade to co...
Lire la suite »
Norway and Switzerland: two approaches to life outside the EUIf the Swiss keep using referendums to block EU laws, they could be forced out of the Schengen zone
Lire la suite »
NZ manifesto resembles Norway mass murderer's textThe manifesto that the presumed New Zealand shooter published is shorter and 'more sloppy' than the one written by a Norwegian right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in 2011, but expresses similar sentiments, a Swedish terror expert says.
Lire la suite »
Toyota, Suzuki charge up partnership for electric carsToyota Motor Corp and Suzuki Motor Corp on Wednesday said they planned to produc...
Lire la suite »