Electric vehicles

BYD Motors Inc has officially unveiled the world's first long range, 100% Battery Electric Over the Road Coach Bus.

IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Thursday 12 February 2015.

In the new report, "Electric Buses 2015-2025" analysts IDTechEx examine how Chinese hybrid buses are in some respects more advanced as the Government only supports plug-in versions with long pure electric range.

Polaris Industries Inc has acquired the electric motorcycle business of Brammo Inc. In addition, Polaris is acting as a leading investor in a recapitalization of Brammo that enables the company to focus exclusively on the design, development and integration of electric vehicle power trains.

A Fuel cell range extender will be used in light commercial vehicles to double the daily range of battery powered vehicles, a significant improvement that makes hydrogen-powered electric vehicles more competitive in the automotive markets.

Toyota Motor Corporation has announced that it will increase production of the "Mirai" fuel cell sedan.

IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Monday 26 January 2015 discussing the progress surrounding supercapacitor penetration.

A patent for electric and hybrid EV motor design using non-rare earth magnets, will limit exposure to price fluctuations of rare earth magnets which are used in the majority of hybrid and pure electric vehicles produced today.

IDTechEx analyst Franco Gonzalez discusses some of the trends with Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage.

The oil price may stay low for many years due to oversupply. This will not affect the sales of electric road vehicles because their sales numbers decoupled from the oil price many years ago thanks to superior performance, subsidies and privileges such as no congestion charge.

Chevrolet has made a significant statement on its commitment to electrification with the introduction of the Bolt EV concept - a vision for an affordable, long-range all-electric vehicle.

Sun Solar Technologies Inc has received the green light on government funding for an exciting new R&D collaboration with The University of Windsor aimed at optimizing Unconquered Sun's already popular Solar Fueled Electric Vehicle Powertrain technology.

Toyota is opening the door to the hydrogen future, making available thousands of hydrogen fuel cell patents royalty free.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company and automaker BMW are teaming up to test the ability of electric vehicle batteries to provide valuable services to the electric grid.

A revolution is slicing through the car industry.

China has abolished export quotas for rare earth metals as the government complied with a World Trade Organization ruling in March last year.

Solaris with Warsaw and Poznan Universities of Technology developed a bi-articulated, 24-metre electric bus based on the new version of the Urbino family that had its world premiere at IAA exhibition in September 2014.

Electrovaya is pleased to announce that the KF Hisarøy electric cable ferry has now been sailing between Mjånes and Hisarøy in Norway daily for over one year, with flawless operation.

An aircraft with a parallel hybrid engine - the first ever to be able to recharge its batteries in flight - has been successfully tested in the UK.

Zero Motorcycles has announced that it has entered full production of its 2015 model line.