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1000 electric Teener microcars set for production by the end of 2011

A recent partnership between IKEA Corsico and Movitron sees one thousand Teener microcars set for production by the end of 2011.

Intelligent compensating electronics for energy harvesters

Most of the effort in the energy harvesting industry so far has been on creating smaller, more efficient energy harvesters and low power electronics for wireless sensing.

Improvement in electrical conductivity of polymeric composites

Physicists at the University of Luxembourg have developed a new method to improve the electrical conductivity of polymeric composites.

Moving to low dimensional structures for thermoelectric harvesting

Dr Jeremy Watling from the University of Glasgow recently presented at the "Intelligent Harvesting Workshop" in London, covering their progress with Thermoelectric Energy Harvesters.

Comprehensive line-up for Electric Vehicles Land, Sea & Air

Analysts IDTechEx have added a number of carefully chosen best-in-class speakers to the lineup for their unique event that covers the whole subject for the first time. There are six on-road vehicle manufacturers plus two companies involved in off-road electric vehicles. Six organisations describe electric aircraft work and four speakers cover their inland and seagoing electric boats.

Energy harvesting for automotive applications

Energy harvesters do not necessarily make sense in all potential applications where a battery is replaced.

CDT agreement with ONDL

The National University of Singapore (NUS) Organic Nano Device Laboratory (ONDL) is recognised worldwide for its innovative research in P-OLED and organic semiconductors.

Solar power without solar cells

A dramatic and surprising magnetic effect of light discovered by University of Michigan researchers could lead to solar power without traditional semiconductor-based solar cells.

More pressure for aircraft electrification

Small pure electric aircraft take off, fly and land almost silently and now the Polytechnic University of Turin is figuring out how large feeder aircraft can at least land silently in all electric mode without waking local residents at night.

New pixel technology for next generation of consumer electronics

The technology that makes your smart phone's display screen fast, bright and lightweight could be coming to your television or laptop, thanks to a new type of light emitting transistor created by University of Florida researchers.

Compressed air energy storage

Canadian firm Thin Red Line Aerospace has completed the first structure specifically designed and built for undersea compressed air energy storage.

Iowa chemist designs new polymer structures for 'plastic electronics'

Iowa State University's Malika Jeffries-EL says she's studying doing structure-property studies so she can teach old polymers new tricks.

Federal funding puts capacitor design on the road to realization

Funded with a recent $2.25 million stimulus grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, or ARPA-E, Welsch will try to make a capacitor ready for market within three years.

Solar Frontier opens world's largest CIS Solar Module Plant

Kunitomi has one of the world's largest production capacities for solar panels in a single plant, bringing an entire process from raw materials to finished modules under one roof.

First international flight for solar powered plane

In the framework of its European solar flight campaign, Solar Impulse, under the patronage of the European Commission, has selected Brussels as its first international destination.

Azure Dynamics Sells 18 Transit Connect Electric Vans

Azure Dynamics Corporation, a world leader in the development and production of hybrid electric and electric components and powertrain systems for commercial vehicles, today announced 18 Ford Transit Connect Electric van sales, including a five unit sale to Ford Motor Company to support various engineering, marketing and demonstration programs.

$20,000 Turkish electric sports car

Turkish manufacturer Etox is to launch a pure electric version of their Zafer sports car.

New report Electric Vehicles for Military, Security & Police 2011-2021

The latest IDTechEx report concerns electric vehicles for military, security and police duty. Even excluding regular hybrid and pure electric cars minimally modified for such use and the excluding the huge development contracts, the IDTechEx projections show a strongly rising market. It becomes around 15% of the total electric vehicle market by value in 2021, primarily due to the high prices attracted by the specialist constructions for land, sea and air use that are involved.

New spin on graphene

Scientists including an MIT physics professor have found a way to make wonder material graphene magnetic, opening up a new range of opportunities for the world's thinnest material in the area of spintronics.

Energy harvesting for electric vehicles

Energy harvesting is the production of electricity from ambient energy. Usually the objective in electric vehicles is to increase range and safety. Range is increased in two ways. Either a very powerful form of energy harvesting such as shock absorbers or regenerative braking adds significant amounts of energy to the traction battery or wireless sensors and actuators improving safety also save many kilograms of wiring this also increasing range significantly.