Press Releases 2026

The German automotive industry’s transformation toward electric mobility is more advanced than is often assumed. This is shown by a strategy paper based on a survey of managers in the automotive industry.

In a meta-analysis for the “H2 Companion” project researchers from Fraunhofer ISI analyzed more than 100 fact checks on hydrogen. The results have been recorded on 77 interactive cards and deliver basic hydrogen knowledge and findings such as market ramp-up, infrastructure or costs: They show for example in which areas hydrogen could be indispensable and where there are more efficient alternatives. The fact check provides well-founded, evidence-based guidance for policymakers, industry and society to plan and shape the long-term use of hydrogen.

The new research project “BEWEGT – The Energy Transition Society” by the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI and the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) networks and supports numerous research projects in the funding priority “Energy Transition and Society” of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE). The new web portal www.energiewende-gesellschaft.de now presents the diverse research and the minds behind the projects.