Emerging technologies

Toyota plans to make an all solid-state battery as part of its ambitious plans for battery electric vehicles, the company said yesterday, amid mounting criticism Japan's top automaker needs to do more to fight climate change.

The Parliamentary Trade Committee of Cyprus' House of Representatives has examined the issue of the absence of renewable electricity storage systems, which results in the rejection of significant power generation. This discussion followed the Electricity Authority of Cyprus' recent decision to install remote-control ripple-control systems in buildings.

The National Assembly has passed a law paving the way for a significant expansion of infrastructure for alternative fuels and a faster uptake of electric vehicles.

Described by the government as a keystone green transition act, the legislation sets out to introduce a dense publicly accessible network of refuelling and supply infrastructure for alternative fuels in transport.

Dronamics, the company founded by brothers Svilen Rangelov and Konstantin Rangelov, announced that it had made the first successful flight of its cargo drone. The test was conducted at an airport near Balchik and the "Black Swan" drone was in the air for just over 10 minutes under remote control by two pilots from the ground.

The joint vision of Motor Oil and PPC for the hydrogen economy, as initially reflected by the signing of the memorandum of understanding in January 2022 and then the establishment of the joint company Hellenic Hydrogen six months later, is moving into the next phase of implementation of the first investment plans.

No foreign objects were attached to the drone, the newspaper said, citing an unnamed source. The details of the incident are not clear, Reuters reported.
Yesterday, three drones were found in the Moscow region, not far from where the alleged kamikaze drone crashed, the Russian news agency Tass reported, citing a source from the security forces.

Mytilineos on Monday announced the acquisition of a 15% equity stake in Clara Energy's Rosedale Green Hydrogen project in Australia.

The first Greek bus running on hydrogen was tested on regular schedules on Wednesday by OSY SA, which runs the buses and trolleys for the Transport for Athens (OASA Group).

The Urbino 12 Hydrogen was provided to OSY by Solaris Hellas SA following an open invitation by the Infrastructure & Transport Ministry.

Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine's southern port city of Odesa early Wednesday but there were no reports of casualties, authorities said.

"At night, the enemy carried out an attack by UAVs of the Shahed-136 type on the Odesa region," Yuriy Kruk, head of the Odesa district military administration, said in a statement on Telegram.

In the near future, drivers of motor vehicles should be able to find a charging station at least every 60 kilometers along the most important transport arteries in the EU.