An Upper Austrian pensioner was hospitalised with smoke poisoning after an exploding battery from an electric bike caused a massive blaze in his flat yesterday (Weds).The man, 73, tried to fight the fire with blankets himself before firemen called in by a neighbour dragged him to safety. He passed out minutes later.Fire-fighters in […]
The BBC is to visit Austria in a battery-operated car as part of an online web-documentary.Producer Kevin Dawson, said: “The premise is simple – we want to look at the emergence of battery cars. We’ll investigate the technology, the infrastructure and political will behind the growth of the battery-vehicle culture.”By embarking on this ambitious journey […]
By John Morris in Washignton DCInnovation was the buzz word at this years SAE World Conference at Detroit, 13-15th April 2010 which saw a very strong Austrian presence through main congress sponsors AVL and MAGNA, the Austrian automotive suppliers. US company FORD announced a joint venture with the Styrian company MAGNA to produce the battery […]