31 Jan 2014

Toyota launches fuel cell car in the US
The supercapacitor industry closed last year (2013) with a continued double-digit growth. According to Maxwell Technologies' executives, China has been the main source of growth. New announcements confirm what IDTechEx has stated in recent years: the supercapacitor and the battery industry are the same.
29 Jan 2014

Tesla expands supercharger network in Europe
Tesla is officially opening new Supercharger locations connecting the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.
14 Jan 2014

'Superlens' extends range of wireless power transfer
Duke University researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of wireless power transfer using low-frequency magnetic fields over distances much larger than the size of the transmitter and receiver.
3 Jan 2014

Ford unveils solar powered car with new system that tracks the sun
Ford has unveiled plans for a prototype solar-powered hybrid car.
27 Dec 2013

Graphene can host exotic new quantum electronic states at its edges
Under an extremely powerful magnetic field and at extremely low temperature, the researchers found, graphene can effectively filter electrons according to the direction of their spin, something that cannot be done by any conventional electronic system.
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25 Dec 2013

BMW Group
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25 Dec 2013

Volkswagen
Volkswagen Group makes pure and hybrid electric cars and commercial vehicles under VW and Porsche brands and pure electric MAN buses.
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20 Dec 2013

Hyundai
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16 Dec 2013

Mazda
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15 Dec 2013

Tesla Motors
Tesla is the world's sixth largest EV manufacturers coming from nothing in a few years with its Apple-like "must have" product propositions in up-market electric cars and soon pure electric mainstream cars and light commercial vehicles.
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14 Dec 2013

Daimler AG
German auto maker Daimler AG and specialty chemicals maker Evonik Industries AG are considering a sale of their unprofitable battery joint venture Li-Tec Battery GmbH, in a transaction owners hope could fetch as much as €1 billion ($1.32 billion). Daimler, which owns 49.9% of Li-Tec and Evonik, which holds the rest, are weighing a sale of the Dresden-based company after efforts to get a third owner on board have not succeeded so far, and expectations of a pure electric-car boom have faded. Industry sources suggest the joint venture could be a good fit for Asian battery specialists. It leaves Daimler exposed to Japanese and Korean leadership in the vital lithium-ion batteries.
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11 Dec 2013

Ford Motor Co
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5 Dec 2013

Nissan
Nissan and Renault are effectively one company in EV marketing terms - major manufacturer of conventional , hybrid and pure electric on-road vehicles. They constitute the world's fourth largest electric vehicle manufacturer, largest pure electric car manufacturer and are number six in forklifts.
14 Nov 2013

London store marks the arrival of Model S in the UK
Tesla Motors has opened its first retail design store in the UK at London's Westfield Shopping Centre in White City, one of the capital's most popular shopping destinations.
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5 Nov 2013

Brammo
Brammo is an Oregon, USA based electric motorbike manufacturer with high brand awareness in the USA and increasingly more in Europe. The company has kicked off sales in the new segment in 2012. They are planning to design an electric racing car in 2015.
18 Oct 2013

Lessons from eCarTec Munich October 2013
Subsequent to our survey of adoption of synchronous vs asynchronous (AC induction) motors we took a rain check at eCarTec Munich in October 2013.
15 Oct 2013

Report on PlugBoat, Nice France, Part One
PlugBoat, a first electric boat congress, took place in Nice in the South of France last week.
7 Oct 2013

Lessons from a burning Tesla and a sinking Titanic
A Tesla Model S was filmed burning in the road recently, allegedly having struck a metal object.
27 Aug 2013

Energy Department releases updated eGallon prices
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has highlighted the continued growth of electric vehicle sales - doubling in the first 6 months of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012 - as the Energy Department released its most recent pricing data showing the low cost of fueling on electricity.
30 Jul 2013

Tesla may be able to fully charge electric car batteries in 5 minutes
Kompulsa GE reports "JB Straubel , CTO of Tesla Motors has said he thinks Tesla will be able to fully charge electric car batteries in five to ten minutes before too long (without battery swapping).