paean marcus that came as a result of inquiries from gardening companies and organic farmers who said if you have a simple inexpensive electric vehicle why not sell it in europe as well. to start up hopes to have the a car in series production next year for its developers the car is no longer just a research project they founded a company that has 50 employees of who have 30 year students. they hope that sales in europe will make the company profitable the 1st 1000 acres to be marketed there will cost between 20 and 25000 euros the profits will be used to enable the technology transfer to other countries. the traffic with its congestion emissions and noise pollution is a problem all over the world. quiet and clean electric vehicles could help. but the wrong materials they use bring new problems extracting these resources often takes place under inhumane conditions and causes ecological damage. so in germany the search is on for alternatives to these controversial commodities. researchers here at the helmholtz institute in southern germany are working on batteries that can run on apple