30 Mar 2011

DOE awards 3M $4.4 million to reduce cost of PV energy systems
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded 3M $4.4 million as part of DOE's SunShot Initiative. SunShot aims to reduce the total costs of photovoltaic solar energy systems by about 75 percent, so that they are cost-competitive with other forms of energy without subsidies.
11 Mar 2011

Electric vehicle battle moves beyond cars
By a big margin, Toyota is number one in hybrid car sales and indeed in sales of electric vehicles overall thanks to such things as sales of its electric forklifts, where it is in the top three in most countries.
9 Mar 2011

Over 500 units of Mitsubishi i-MiEV to be provided to Estonian Gov.
The first case of Provision of EV under Green Investment Scheme
28 Feb 2011

Electric vehicles lead Mitsubishi's lineup
Mitsubishi Motors Corp., maker of the i-MiEV electric car, plans to introduce eight hybrid and battery-powered models by 2015 as demand for fuel-efficient automobiles grows.
22 Feb 2011

Spike in electric vehicle sales predicted in major cities
Recent research conducted by a global management consulting firm predicts a sharp rise in electric vehicle purchases leading into 2012, expecting sales in New York to account for 16 percent of new buys. Hybrid and pure electric vehicles are also expected to account for 9 percent of new vehicles in Paris and 5 percent in Shanghai.
18 Feb 2011

In-wheel electric motors gain market share
In-wheel motors were popular in cars over 100 years ago because they did not intrude into passenger space. An example is shown below. However, they were expensive and they adversely affected the ride and steering. One motor seizing could sometimes lock a wheel.
17 Feb 2011

La Poste receive first electric delivery vans
In 2008 a number of EV manufacturers turned their attention to France where a contract was offered for the production of 500 electric vans for the national postal service La Poste. One of the forerunners competing for the contract was PSA Peugeot Citroen with their pure electric vans based on the Peugeot Partner Origin and Citroën Berlingo First.
11 Feb 2011

Electric vehicle battle moves beyond cars
By a big margin, Toyota is number one in hybrid car sales and indeed in sales of electric vehicles overall thanks to such things as sales of its electric forklifts, where it is in the top three in most countries.
External press release
27 Jan 2011

Lumiotec to begin sample shipment of OLED lighting panels
Move toward evolution into OLED panel business entity -
26 Jan 2011

Mitsubishi taxi rollout in Japan 2011
In January 2011, it has just been announced that an electric taxi based on the successful Mitsubishi i-MiEV pure electric car would be available commercially in 2011.
13 Jan 2011

Breaking the rare earth necklock by China
Breaking China's rare earth necklock on supplies is now a major focus of industry outside China.
External press release
2 Dec 2010

Yamada-Denki starts trial sales of MMC's i-MiEV
Yamada-Denki Co., Ltd. (Yamada Denki) and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to start trial sales of the i-MiEV electric vehicle (EV) in Yamada Denki retail stores and sales(1) will begin from today at total of 17 stores, including Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures.
23 Nov 2010

MMC signs cooperation agreement to promote ev's with Singapore
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation signs cooperation agreement to promote electric vehicles with the Singapore government
19 Nov 2010

The growing EV market will fail without battery size standards support
The growing EV market will fail without battery size standards supported by OEM's and battery companies
17 Nov 2010

Lumiotec to start delivery of 10 types of OLED lighting panels
Lumiotec will start to deliver in January 2011 ten types of OLED panels - five shapes with two colors.
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.
3 Nov 2010

Mitsubishi Motors start testing light commercial electric vehicles
Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. (Yamato Transport) and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced that they have started field testing for parcel collection and delivery operations with the use of a prototype light commercial electric vehicle (EV) built by MMC.
External press release
15 Oct 2010

Mitsubishi Motors commences production of EVs for Europe
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) have announced the start of production of its European-spec i-MiEV new-generation electric vehicle along with production of PSA Peugeot Citroën's (PSA) Peugeot iOn and Citroën C-ZERO at its Mizushima Plant.
13 Oct 2010

Singapore's electric vehicle test-bed taking shape
The inter-agency Electric Vehicle (EV) Taskforce led by the Energy Market Authority (EMA) and the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has appointed Robert Bosch (SEA) Pte Ltd ("Bosch") to design, develop, deploy, operate and maintain Singapore's EV charging infrastructure as part of the EV test-bed programme.
28 Sep 2010

IDTechEx report back from the EV 2010 VE conference on EV's
IDTechEx technology analyst Harry Zervos attended and presented at the EV2010 VE conference on electric vehicles, organized by EMC-MEC, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of electric mobility as a solution to the energy and environmental issues in Canada.