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Nissan supports UK Government EV grant announcement

The UK Government has announed the new levels for the Plug-In Car Grant from 16 February 2016.

Report: Meeting of SMMT EV Group, London 10 Dec

This article includes a summary of the SMMT EV Group meeting which took place in London on Thursday 10 December.

How local electricity networks can cope with charging clusters of EVs

My Electric Avenue is a three-year Ofgem-funded project that has been carrying out trials to discover the impact that charging clusters of electric vehicles might have on local electricity networks at peak times.

SMMT International Automotive Summit London 13 Oct 2015

This invitation only meeting ably introduced and summarised by Zeinab Badawi was mercifully free of PR speak.

New longer range Leaf

Nissan is once again transforming the performance, practicality and perception of EVs with the introduction of the LEAF 30 kWh - an updated Nissan LEAF that gives drivers 155 miles of motoring range.

Outlook on fuel cell technologies for automotive applications

Being the automotive sector a trillion dollar market and given the existence of multiple low carbon powertrain technologies and sunk investments in specific powertrains technologies, the possibility of "betting on the wrong horse" makes the transition to low carbon vehicles a very risky process for incumbent automotive companies (global automotive manufacturers and their tier one suppliers). Through these technology developments these incumbent companies are primarily trying to maintain or increase their captured added value of the automotive value chain and their global sales market share. For new entrants with no existing interests, the risks are lower given they are not compelled to capture most of the value of the powertrain technology, giving them the possibility of sharing it with other parts of the value chain (suppliers, technology developers etc.)

SMMT EV working group meeting London 3.9.15

This excellent meeting saw an update from the UK Government Office for Low Emission Vehicles, the REV Technical Working Group and Transport for London. An EV consumer panel reported on consumer-related aspects with analysis by What Car? Magazine, Green Publishing and Ford's Car Club renting out cars.

Nissan lends EV expertise to eVADER pedestrian alert system project

In an innovative move to assist pedestrian recognition of electric vehicles, Nissan has taken a leading role in the European Commission-led project, eVADER, to create a pioneering audible pedestrian alert system.

Test environment for connected and driverless vehicles

he University of Michigan has opened Mcity, the world's first controlled environment specifically designed to test the potential of connected and automated vehicle technologies that will lead the way to mass-market driverless cars.

Autonomous taxis would deliver significant benefits

Imagine a fleet of driverless taxis roaming your city, ready to pick you up and take you to your destination at a moment's notice. While this may seem fantastical, it may be only a matter of time before it becomes reality.

48V Vehicle Systems

48V systems are close to adoption in some new cars across the world partly to cope with the greater amount of electricity being stored and distributed. They are also becoming attractive for some of the more basic electric vehicles.

EV Insights: Can Motorsport Technology Clean Up Our Cities?

This is an IDTechEx report on the invitation-only meeting "Can Motorsport Technology Clean Up Our Cities?" in London on June 26 2015.

Electric vehicle power electronics: divergent approaches

The power electronics business as applied to electric vehicles is becoming so huge that very divergent approaches become viable.

Power electronics for electric vehicles: $45 billion market

Power electronics is at the heart of the disruptive change of all electric vehicle parts.

Fuel cell electric vehicles 2015-2030: surprises continue

This article shares some of the findings of the new IDTechEx Research report, Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles 2015-2030: Land, Water, Air and some of what will be discussed in the forthcoming IDTechEx webinar on 9th June.

Making the cleanest cars affordable

The California Air Resource Board is initiating a pilot project in the Greater Los Angeles area and San Joaquin Valley to help low-income individuals and families get rid of old polluting vehicles and purchase much cleaner and more fuel-efficient cars.

The direction of development in autonomous vehicle research

Autonomous vehicles uses a portfolio of sensors that is highly dependent on Lidar technology, given the high price of these sensors, researchers are looking how to reduce the reliance on this technology through enhancing the capabilities of cheaper sensor technologies.

IDTechEx: Invest Now in Fuel Cell Vehicles?

There is divided opinion on future of traction fuel cells in electric vehicles, though few argue any more that they will power the majority of electric vehicles. Nonetheless some manufacturers are very enthusiastic and now could be the beginning of the end of the trough of disillusionment, indeed the time to invest.

IDTechEx: Invest now in fuel cell vehicles?

There is divided opinion on future of traction fuel cells in electric vehicles, though few argue any more that they will power the majority of electric vehicles.

Goodbye, range anxiety?

n the first study of its kind, scientists quantitatively show that electric vehicles will meet the daily travel needs of drivers longer than commonly assumed.