Electric vehicles

The new IDTechEx report, Industrial and Commercial Hybrid and Pure Electric Vehicles 2015-2025 forecasts in eleven categories because so much is now happening.

A consortium has signed a Letter of Commitment with the government of Jordan to begin the deployment phase of a network of solar powered electric vehicles charging stations across Jordan.

Using robotic ocean gliders, researchers have now found that swirling ocean eddies, similar to atmospheric storms, play an important role in transporting warm waters to the Antarctic coast—a discovery that will help the scientific community determine how rapidly the ice is melting and, as a result, how quickly ocean levels will rise.

A new type of driverless shuttle vehicle has been developed thanks to innovative computer vision guidance technology that enables the vehicle to locate itself on a roadway reliably and inexpensively.

How the future will be very different from the past

On November 12th, representatives of five major European bus manufacturers (Daimler Buses (EvoBus), MAN, Solaris, Van Hool and VDL Bus & Coach) have signed a joint Letter of Understanding at the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking's (FCH JU) Stakeholders Forum in Brussels.

E-Mobile will park independently in the future and will also be able to find the next charging station without a driver. Researchers are working on electric cars that can travel short distances autonomously.

Once again, looking at the agenda, with over 250 presentations in total, the next European Electric Vehicle Congress, to take place from 2nd to 5th December 2014 in Brussels, promises to be a fruitful and informative event.

Army researchers are finding they have much to learn from bees hovering near a picnic spread at a park.

CSEM announces the world's first white solar modules.

The SolaRoad pilot road has been opened. This is the first road in the world that converts sunlight into electricity.

GKN has produced the industry's first two-speed eAxle. The technology has entered production on the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car.

Two driverless vehicles are being deployed, free-of-charge for public use inSingapore.

A car powered by its own body panels could soon be driving on our roads after a breakthrough in nanotechnology research.

A long-lived catalyst facilitates the first steps toward a viable small-scale on-board hydrogen generator.