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Swiss cheese design for Micromorph solar cells

'Swiss cheese' design enables thin film silicon solar cells with potential for higher efficiencies

Volkswagen steps up its use of plug-in hybrid technology

At the 32nd International Vienna Motor Symposium, the Chairman of the Volkswagen Group, Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, announced that the Volkswagen Group will be going into production with a range of important models with plug-in hybrid technology starting in 2013/14.

Microbial fuel cell-based charger for mobile phones

A project to use dirt-powered batteries to charge cell phones in Africa has won a $100,000 grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Audi R8 e-tron: A look inside the development workshop

The first all-electric Audi will be built at the Neckarsulm site, with a small production run of the R8 e-tron sports car to hit the roads in late 2012.

Saft li-ion batteries to be used in Peugeot's e-Vivacity scooter

Saft, the world's leading designer, developer and manufacturer of advanced technology batteries for industrial applications, has added two-wheeled vehicles to the list of its innovations. The Group has specifically developed new modules of lithium-ion batteries for Peugeot's latest scooter, the e-Vivacity.

Energy harvesting: challenges for wireless monitoring applications

Energy harvesters deserve the attention they're receiving, the advent of what can be made possible through the use of ambient energy to power devices has intrigued a wide variety of technologists, developers and adopters.

Teknek introduces high performance solution for cleaning thin film

The problem of cleaning thin films has been solved by Teknek, the global leader in contact cleaning technology, with the introduction of the Ultracleen range of cleaning roller.

Military, Security and Police Electric Vehicles

This article shares some of the research carried out for the new IDTechEx report "Electric Vehicles Military, Security, Police 2011-2021". Electric vehicles are appearing for military, security and police purposes that are on land, on and in the sea and airborne.

Pentagonal tiles pave the way towards organic electronics

New research paves way for next generation of ultra-small electronic devices.

Google and DOE create EV charging location network

As electric vehicle charging infrastructure becomes a key consideration for governments aiming to progress the wide spread adoption of EVs, innovative, smart solutions are becoming imperative. Google and the U.S. Department of Energy lead a collaboration to increase the ease with which EV motorists can locate their nearest charging stations.

Self powering robot detects leaks in water pipes

TubeBot can detect defects and breaches in underground water pipes by scanning a length of the piping system and sending data to a remote location.

Intense interest in energy harvesting for electric vehicles

Two forthcoming events in Germany reflect the intense interest in energy harvesting for electric vehicles. Energy Harvesting Europe 21-22 June covers many forms of harvesting for other applications as well and drills into the technology, investment and other aspects of harvesting in general. On the other hand Electric Vehicles Land Sea Air in Stuttgart 28-29 June is entirely vehicle oriented.

Next generation motoring with Hyundai's Blue Drive range

Hyundai's Blue Drive range is the company's spring board into next generation motoring. In addition to improving fuel consumption and reducing emissions in conventional combustion engine powered cars, the company is also experimenting with new technologies including alternative drive-trains and hydrogen fuel cells.

Energy Harvesting Network: workshop on structural monitoring

Hosted at TRW Conekt, this workshop was designed to facilitate the definition of a number of new research challenges and the creation of multidisciplinary teams that would address them.

Enecsys appoints Louis-Philippe Lalonde

Enecsys Limited announces the appointment of Louis-Philippe Lalonde as VP, Worldwide Marketing and Product Management.

The BEBA meeting in Parliament London

The British Electric Bicycle Assocation had a splendid little meeting at the Houses of Parliament in London 10 May, demonstrating twenty or so ebikes with pedals in Black Rod's tiny garden.

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.