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2013

With a new electric taxi program, Rio de Janeiro enters zero emissions

Beginning this month, the city of Rio de Janeiro enters the zero-emission mobility era with the launch of the electric taxi program, a partnership between the Rio de Janeiro City Government, NBA and Petrobras Distribuidora.

Nissan Leaf in Europe gets 15% more range

The New Nissan LEAF has benefited from a raft of changes including an improved range of 199km and cut-in-half charging time that will only boost its popularity.

The Future of Electric Vehicles: Perspectives from a Vehicle Maker

Prius fleet replaced with Nissan Leafs for Australian city workers

Nissan wins a coup over Toyota as Sydney's city government replaces a fleet of Prius's with 10 Nissan Leafs for use by city employees in duties around town.

New programme to make hydrogen powered travel in the UK a reality

A ground breaking project to ensure the UK is well positioned for the commercial roll-out of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles has been launched.

Nissan to triple electric vehicle fast-chargers in USA

Nissan has outlined its strategy for tripling the current electric vehicle quick-charging infrastructure in the United States with the addition of at least 500 quick-charging stations in the next 18 months, including the greater Washington D.C. area's first fast-charge network.

Collaboration may lead to world's first affordable fuel cell EV

Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., have signed a unique three-way agreement to accelerate the commercialization of fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) technology.

Boeing Dreamliner: Implications for electric vehicles

IDTechEx analysts have ten years of experience of the lithium-ion traction battery business and in this article they comment on the implications for electric vehicles land, water and air of these Dreamliner batteries that are not for traction, apparently misbehaving.

State plugs-in to electric vehicles & charging stations

The California Department of General Services (DGS) announced the delivery of 10 new Nissan Leaf zero-emission vehicles, which will replace 10 existing vehicles in the DGS daily rental fleet.

2012

Car manufacturers sign MoU for fuel cell vehicles in Nordic countries

Car manufacturers Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Hyundai signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with organisations from the Nordic Countries on market introduction of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) and hydrogen refuelling infrastructure during the period 2014-2017.

Two partners trial Plugless Power wireless electric vehicle charging

Google and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power join Evatran's Apollo Program, the first Program to test and demonstrate wireless charging capability for passenger vehicles.

Indian government pushes plans to support EV market

Recent announcement of National Electric Mobility Plan 2020 envisions six million to seven million EVs on the road in India over eight years

Big disagreement on where lithium-ion batteries are headed

Lithium-ion is the winning type of rechargeable battery for the decade - there is almost a consensus. You can count about 150 manufacturers of these and IDTechEx has profiled nearly all of them.

The long, winding road to advanced batteries for electric cars

Batteries have come a long way since Alessandro Volta first discovered in 1800 that two unlike metals, when separated by an acidic solution, could produce an electric current. In their evolution, batteries have taken on various forms, ranging from lead-acid, to nickel-metal hydride, to current-day lithium-ion.

A123 goes niche too late?

Following a redundancy, rehiring and large quality recall, struggling lithium-ion traction battery maker A123 Systems is trying some niche marketing now that most of the orders for the world's hybrid and pure electric car batteries over the next three years have been cornered by the big four - LGChem, Panasonic inc Sanyo, AESC and SBLimotive as analysed in detail by the Institute of Information Technology of Japan.

Thomas Edison's battery given new life

Stanford University scientists have breathed new life into the nickel-iron battery, a rechargeable technology developed by Thomas Edison more than a century ago.

1,000 Nissan VENUCIA EVs to be used for pilot project in Chinese city

Nissans joint venture in China, Dongfeng Motor Company signed a contract to deliver 1,000 VENUCIA-branded electric vehicles (EVs) to the pilot program conducted by Dalian Municipal Government by 2014.

Vehicle to grid with Nissan LEAF

Owners of the Nissan LEAF will be able to use their vehicles to supply electricity to their homes with a new power supply system developed by Nichicon.

Electric vehicle charging points for The Jockey Club's venues

The Jockey Club, the largest commercial group in British horseracing, and Chargemaster Plc, Europe's leading provider of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, unveiled a world-first for the horseracing industry by confirming electric vehicle charge points will be installed at all of its 14 racecourses and the historic Jockey Club Rooms by the end of 2012.

The Dilemma of Fast Charging of Electric Vehicles

Many companies now offer fast chargers for on-road vehicles though very few have been installed. For instance, Japan has only installed 80 across the whole country.

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