Category: Tech

Weeks after battery developer Gotion-High Tech acquired a 25% stake in startup InoBat, the two companies have signed an agreement to erect a gigafactory in Europe. As a Tier 1 battery supplier to its top shareholder Volkswagen Group, Gotion will look to InoBat to help it provide the German automaker and other marques with EV...

Corporate carbon accounting software provider Plan A has raised a $27 million funding round to expand its team, further develop the capabilities of its platform and expand throughout Europe as it throws its main focus on building its French, UK, and Scandinavian markets. The Berlin, Paris, and London-based company has developed a greentech SaaS solution...

The EU’s plan to decarbonise its economy and achieve net zero emissions by 2050 was supposed to be Europe’s “man on the Moon” moment. But four years after being announced, parts of the EU’s Green Deal have been watered down or delayed amid backlash from industry, farmers and companies that are facing high inflation and...

Buzzwords in Brussels come and go. In 2021, the concept of “strategic autonomy” was all the rage in Europe’s corridors of power. In theory, it was meant to signal greater European independence in global affairs. But many of its ostensible goals—in trade, finance, and the economy—were primarily aimed against the United States, not least to...

Recent data in Europe, such as the purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data, shows that the European economy is weakening. In fact, the in August reflected the deepest contraction in nearly three years, while nearly every economy in the region reported weaker readings, led by Germany. As shown in Figure 1, the Eurozone Composite PMI fell to...

Responding to citizens and businesses’ urgent and rising need for more bandwidth and very high capacity networks across the Union, the European Parliament, led by Renew’s MEP Alin Mituța, is ready to enter negotiations with the Council after having adopted its position on the Gigabit Infrastructure Act on Tuesday morning. In the Parliament’s position, Renew...

Enabling & Support 19/09/2023 33 views 1 likes On Earth, raw materials and finished goods move from source to destination with the help of a highly developed logistics network. ESA believes the same will be true in space in the future – made possible by a new generation of reusable launchers, in-space delivery vehicles and...

On Monday, 11th September, European hospitality leaders from different HSMAI Europe Advisory Boards discussed the opportunities to accelerate AI knowledge and integration to empower hotel professionals and enhance the guest experience. Finding the balance between man and machine – the AI sweet spot – is crucial to future-proofing the hotel sector, leveraging technology to empower...