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Harnessing wind energy from traffic

Portuguese designer Luis Castanheira Santos has created the "Voltair" concept - a vertical turbine that harnesses the energy generated by moving vehicles to produce electricity.

Volkswagen reveals its latest Super Efficient Vehicle

Volkswagen recently unveiled its new two-seater diesel-electric hybrid concept car at the Qatar Motor Show in Doha. The XL1 claims to be the world's most efficient car.

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.

Ambitious Mahindra Reva

It has been widely reported how the largest automotive company in India - Tata - is taking a long term view including leap-frogging electric technology with its Jaguar and Land Rover acquisitions.

Piaggio prepares low-polluting car for Asia, Europe

Italy's Piaggio is preparing to launch a small city three-person, four-wheel car, including a hybrid-powered version, for use in Asian and European cities to overcome traffic congestion.

Allison Transmission achieves strong city bus and hybrid bus sales

Nearly 14,000 Allison transmissions sold; hybrid sales exceed 1,300 in one year; Allison's global presence in new and developing markets grows as efficiency-driven operators choose Allison for their transit systems.

Huge sales opportunities for EVs and their components into East Asia

Those seeking to create multibillion dollar businesses in electric vehicles, their components, intellectual property and services should look at the world's largest market - East Asia. This region of the world purchases about 56% of the global market value of electric vehicles for land, sea and air and it will still be doing that in ten years time. For Western companies to take this huge opportunity seriously they first need to slay six myths.

Low carbon vehicle technology project

Project set to ensure Britain's place at the heart of the next industrial revolution - in low carbon transportation.

Electric vehicles in India - Part six

Hero Electric, the leading Indian electric bike and scooter manufacturer, made over 70,000 e-bikes in 2009.

Electric vehicles in India - Part four

Mahindra will probably offer the first production diesel hybrid in a light duty application in the USA. So far the only diesel hybrids on American roads are the big transit buses now running many cities.

Electric vehicles in India - Part two

A consortium led by micro gas turbine company Bladon Jets recently secured investment from the UK Technology Strategy Board to develop an Ultra Lightweight Range Extender (ULRE) for next-generation electric vehicles.

Electric vehicles in India - Part one

There are already many manufacturers of traction motors in India and a huge nascent market for everything automotive. In the next twelve months at least ten new electric vehicles will enter production in India, from buses, rickshaws and bikes to forklifts.

Huge sales opportunities for EVs and their components into East Asia

Those seeking to create multibillion dollar businesses in electric vehicles, their components, intellectual property and services should look at the world's largest market - East Asia.

UK's largest Electric Vehicle trial - first findings

The first results of a UK-wide electric and low carbon vehicle testing project have been published

Electric Vehicles- The Clever Ten Year Strategies

The electric vehicle business is over $33 billion today at ex factory prices but cars are less than half of that. As the market nearly quintuples over the next ten years, cars will rise to nearly 55% of the business but the devil is in the detail...

Jaguar Land Rover expands interest in EVs

Hybrid Jaguars will include the XJ and XF and eventually every model

Tata group invests in a start-up producing photovoltaic solar modules

Tata group invests in start-up Flisom who specialize in flexible and lightweight thin-film photovoltaic solar modules.