29 Nov 2010

Oak Park plans a future with electric cars
Hoping to encourage residents and visitors to take the lead in moving the country toward what many believe will be the future of automobile propulsion, the Village of Oak Park soon will offer free parking and vehicle stickers for electric vehicles.
18 Nov 2010

GE announces largest single electric vehicle commitment
GE have announced that it will purchase 25,000 electric vehicles by 2015 for its own fleet and through its Capital Fleet Services business - the largest-ever single electric vehicle commitment.
17 Nov 2010

Panasonic Invests $30 Million in Tesla
Panasonic has invested $30 million in Tesla. The investment was made through the purchase of Tesla common stock in a private placement at a price of $21.15 per share.
15 Nov 2010

Exotica at Future of Electric Vehicles Event
Dr Peter Harrop of IDTechEx is organiser of the "Future of Electric Vehicles" event December 7-8 in San Jose California. He says, "Our unique emphasis is on future breakthroughs in all electric vehicles. To achieve this coverage, we have five automotive giants and NASA speaking but we are also adding awesome smaller projects as well, including Hawkes Ocean Technologies which believes that submarines that fly and dive will be possible. "
12 Nov 2010

New Supercabatteries
Taiyo Yuden's Hybrid LIC boasts the key features of batteries (high voltage and high energy) while maintaining the traditional characteristics of capacitors (rapid charge/discharge, high durability, safety and environmental friendliness).
10 Nov 2010

Nissan introduces new ICT system for EVs
Utilized for Creation of Smart City for Future Zero-emission Society
9 Nov 2010

Can Chicago go electric?
Ford taps experts to examine opportunities, challenges of electric cars
8 Nov 2010

Reducing EV weight
The race is on to reduce EV weight with a ground up reappraisal of every structural material and every component and subsystem.
5 Nov 2010

Suzuki develops e-Let's electric scooter
Suzuki Motor Corporation has completed a prototype of an electric scooter named the e-Let's and has begun studying its operation on public roads in Japan.
4 Nov 2010

Heavy duty electric land vehicles
There are about 250 manufacturers of heavy industrial vehicles worldwide but most do not make EVs. Between them they will make about 700,000 of these vehicles in 2010.
4 Nov 2010

EV land, sea and air - new journal uniquely reaches everyone in EV's
Coming this December, is a new quarterly hardcopy publication that guarantees to report and comment on what's happening in the world of electric and hybrid vehicles— well beyond the concept cars of the international auto shows.
2 Nov 2010

Intelligent Energy comes out of stealth mode in India
Intelligent Energy, the global clean power systems company, has announced the establishment of Intelligent Energy India Private Ltd. as its Bangalore, India based business liaison office. Intelligent Energy is now actively seeking partners to deploy its clean hydrogen fuel cell power systems and hydrogen generation technologies in the backup power, automotive and defence markets.
1 Nov 2010

Third generation batteries are needed
Most of today's pure electric vehicles and those announced for the next few years offer only 100 miles range. Ask a roomful of people if they would buy a car with that range and usually no hands go up.
29 Oct 2010

Zinc Air fuel cell technology
A Montana company has found a low-cost, environmentally safe solution to power electric vehicles for generations to come, thanks to a technology developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
28 Oct 2010

The future market for electric buses and taxis
This is the world's first report forecasting the global market for electric buses and taxis both hybrid and pure electric. It separately forecasts the market in the most important country, China, and it takes a detailed look at technologies present and future with a blunt assessment of reasons for failure and threats for the future, not just the positive aspects.
27 Oct 2010

Police and security electric vehicles
Larger companies are producing a range of police, homeland security and military electric vehicles.
26 Oct 2010

Future technologies of electric buses and taxis
Buses and taxis are an excellent launch pad for new technologies. In the new IDTechEx report, "Electric Buses and Taxis 2011-2021" we assess all the options and the markets resulting.
26 Oct 2010

Power Integrations strategic investment in semisouth laboratories
Clean-Tech Innovators Join Forces in $30M Partnership to Accelerate Development of Energy-Efficient Power Devices for Solar, Wind & Hybrid/Electric Auto Industries Investment.
25 Oct 2010

Micro hybrid diesel autos will realize fuel savings of up to 15%
Micro hybrid diesel autos will realize fuel savings of up to 15 percent in city driving.
22 Oct 2010

SANYO & SUZUKI co-develop system for experimental electric scooters
SANYO has announced the co-development of the Electric Drive System with SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION (SUZUKI). The Electric Drive System combines a `high performance in-wheel motor*1' and a `high efficiency control circuit', basically developed by SANYO, as well as a `dedicated charger' and a `battery system for electric motors' which uses proven SANYO lithium-ion batteries for consumer equipment. SANYO has supplied the system to the experimental electric scooters previously announced by SUZUKI.