16 Dec 2014

Daimler expands manufacturing capacities for lithium-ion batteries
Daimler AG is expanding the production capacities for lithium-ion batteries with investments of around 100 million Euros in the Deutsche ACCUmotive subsidiary in coming years.
4 Dec 2014

EEVC Belgium: Lessons from the first day
This two yearly event again had about 400 delegates. Once again it provided a forum for the huge number of European and global EV related organisations with overlapping agendas. Of the hundreds of millions of dollars they spend each year, too much goes on soft topics such as consumer attitudes to car models that will not be with us for long or how cars may form a meaningful part of a smart grid over ten years from now.
19 Nov 2014

European bus manufacturers and leading mayors sign electric buses
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.
External press release
17 Nov 2014

European Electric Vehicle Congress
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.
17 Oct 2014

Perfect torque distribution for safe driving
Researchers have developed a torque vectoring transmission with characteristics that are optimally adapted to electric vehicles.
29 Sep 2014

Ulm battery research center now complete
A new battery research platform has been inaugurated in Ulm, Germany.
18 Sep 2014

Electric Vehicle News from Hybrid & EV Forum Munich Day One 17 Sept.
The event Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Forum consisted a conference with about 70 delegates and a small display area for a few organisations. It was very pan European with delegates from the UK to the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Russia and Romania but also further afield such as Japan, South Korea and the USA - professors, industrialists and developers. Here we give some details of the presentations that particularly caught our attention.
18 Sep 2014

Highlights from Hybrid & EV Forum Munich 2014
The event Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Forum consisted a conference with about 70 delegates and a small display area for a few organisations. Here we give some details of the presentations that particularly caught our attention.
17 Jul 2014

Hybrid vehicle traveled Africa To England on a single tank of fuel
A Mercedes-Benz E 300 BlueTEC HYBRID has travelled the 1968 kilometres from Tangier in North Africa to Goodwood in England without having to refuel - and on reaching its destination still had enough fuel left for a further 160 kilometres.
14 Jul 2014

Electric Vehicles Adopt Range Extenders without Pistons
Range extenders are the engine part of series hybrids for land, water and air whether plug-in or not. Plug-in cars alone promise to be a $122 billion market in 2024 which means a very large marker for range extenders - probably over $60 billion in 2024 - that are smaller, lighter weight, have less noise and vibration, can be mounted any way up, are preferably multi-fuel and more effiecient and clean and have lower up-front cost and cost-over-life.
5 Jun 2014

IDTechEx: Electric Cars Reinvented - $178.9 Billion Market
IDTechEx finds that the global sale of hybrid and pure electric cars will triple to $178.9 billion in 2024 as they are transformed in most respects.
2 Jun 2014

Supercapacitors Leap Ahead: Electric Vehicles, Graphene & Printing
Consider three supercapacitor riddles as we reveal how the supercapacitor industry is in good health in 2014 with added potential. What takes a lot of space and no space? What has a rival that is a partner? What do fuel cells need next?
22 May 2014

Toyota Simplifies Priorities: Tesla Gets Lonely, Fisker unites
Toyota Motor, world number one in electric vehicles by a big margin, has long done the minimum with pure electric cars, saying that they remain unready for prime time due to cost and range. The rejection of pure electric cars further firmed up in May 2014.
Full profile interview
5 May 2014

Daimler Mobility Services GmbH
Daimler Mobility Services is a subsidiary of Daimler financial services, this company is in charge of developing the car sharing scheme Car2Go that uses Daimler's Smart in its fuel and electric version.
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29 Apr 2014

£31m plan to demonstrate viability of hydrogen vehicles
A pioneering £31 million deal has been struck to make hydrogen vehicles a viable and environmentally friendly choice for motorists across Europe.
21 Apr 2014

Smart car meets smart charger at UC San Diego
Known as the Intelligent Charging Project, the California Energy Commission-funded endeavor brings together smart fortwo electric drives from Daimler, electric vehicle charging stations supplied by RWE - Germany's second largest utility - and the University of California, San Diego as the demonstration site.
11 Apr 2014

Shale gas profitability doubts cast shadow on fuel cell cars launch
Last year finally saw the kick-off in sales of electric cars with 2014 seeing a new impetus on fuel cell cars.
3 Apr 2014

Daimler and Evonik restructure lithium-ion activities
Daimler AG and Evonik Industries AG are restructuring their activities in the field of electric mobility in Kamenz and Kirchheim/Teck, and are thus reflecting the changed market conditions.
6 Mar 2014

Smart grid for electric vehicle fleet
Being able to charge up to 30 electric cars at once requires some ingenious energy management. Researchers are incorporating a mix of renewables into the design of a smart grid for Germany's largest charging station.