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Sustainability

Electric cars: Battery recycling for increased sustainability

Manufacturing batteries for electric cars requires enormous amounts of energy and resources That’s why it’s important to recycle them. This is something that will be particularly relevant from the 2030s onwards. Swiss companies are looking to get involved, too.

01.07.2024

Sustainability

Electric cars: does the battery pose an increased risk of fire?

Mobility operates 600 electric cars. Are you wondering if the risk of fire is greater than in the case of a combustion engine? Here you can find out why this much-cited prejudice is in fact misguided – and what to do if the worst comes to the worst.

01.07.2024

Sustainability

Efficiency: electric cars are much more efficient

The efficiency of an electric drive is so high that it is predestined for road traffic. We explain how electric cars, combustion engines, and fuel cell vehicles compare. And where the differences derive from.

01.07.2024

Sustainability

Electric car depreciation: what is the residual value of the battery?

The market for used electric cars is growing, yet there is virtually no second-hand car market. How Mobility is responding to the lack of standards in the still young electric car sector.

01.07.2024

Lifestyle

Discover Lake Neuchâtel with Mobility

The book series “111 places that you shouldn’t miss” is growing month-by-month with new releases devoted to Switzerland. The idea is both simple and effective: authors introduce readers to a corner of the country they know well through 111 tips.

30.06.2024

Sustainability

Bidirectional charging: Definition, potential & examples

Imagine your electric car not only consuming electricity, but also acting as a mobile energy source. That’s exactly what bidirectional charging facilitates – a technology with great potential. Read on to find out how it works, where it could be used, and what the challenges are.

26.06.2024

Mobility

Bidirectional charging project: "We are sending a strong signal to car manufacturers"

Mobility has carried out the largest practical test involving bidirectional electric cars to date and has come to the conclusion that this technology works and could be used in a financially viable way. Having been approved by popular vote, the Swiss Electricity Act [Stromgesetz] also provides more favourable regulatory conditions in Switzerland. But to enable electric cars to stabilise the power grid on a large scale in future, politicians, car manufacturers and network operators will need to do more still.

25.06.2024

Sustainability

Bidirectional charging: new Electricity Act provides better conditions

Mobility’s “V2X Suisse” project has come to an end. The conclusion: the electromobility of the future is shared, bidirectional and grid-serving. Here are key questions and answers about Switzerland’s biggest trial to date.

19.06.2024

Future

“More roads are the wrong approach to countering traffic growth”

Between e-mobility, public transport and muscle power: mobility researcher Thomas Sauter-Servaes explains what it takes to achieve a sustained transition in transport – and why people still hang on to their cars.

21.05.2024

Mobility

Do you know what your car costs you per year?

A car represents freedom and independence; it’s also practical and convenient. But does it make sense for it to be parked up 23 hours a day?

21.05.2024

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