Electric vehicles

There is great interest in planned supergrids controlling the time they charge electric vehicles.

Cruise Car has recently introduced a new line of solar electric Low Speed Vehicles (LSV) that not only provide an alternative mode of transportation requiring no gas to operate, but are engineered and manufactured in the United States utilizing up to 45 - 50% of recycled or certified remanufactured parts and materials, all covered by a new vehicle warranty.

A paper just publishes in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology proposes electromagnetic active suspension system providing additional stability and manoeuvrability by performing active roll and pitch control during cornering and braking and eliminating road irregularities.

Following poor sales of the world's best selling hybrid electric car the Prius in China, Toyota the world's largest carmaker, wants its first compact car in India, Etios, to be a segment leader in India's huge compact car market, says Sandeep Singh, deputy managing director (marketing) at Toyota Kirloskar Motor.

2010 is turning out to be the year of the great exodus from China.

PhUV is the umbrella organization of companies & institutions which pioneered the electric vehicle industry in the Philippines.

News is coming in that the predicted car traction battery shakeout has begun.

MIT researchers unveil autonomous oil-absorbing robot that could absorb up to 20 times its own weight in oil.

Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG), part of the Composites Division of Umeco plc, is engaged in a €3.4 million project with scientists to develop a new composite material which could revolutionise car design and manufacturing.

Scandinavian electric vehicle (EV) maker, THINK, has announced its entry into the French market through a partnership with MOBIVIA Group

Progress is now rapid in improving lithium rechargeable batteries known as lithium ion. Some are counterintuitive and a big surprise.

The Fuel Cell Burgman takes the next step towards offering cleaner, more efficient motorcycles in a practical and accessible form with the potential to significantly reduce emissions around the world.

Pressurex pressure indicating sensor film increases bond strength and reduces defects in ultrasonic welding of batteries.

China's 16 centrally-managed State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) has recently formed an association to assist development of electric cars.

HOK Architects has demonstrated that even parking garages can be environmentally progressive.

Most of the pure electric on-road vehicles becoming available in the next few years will have only 100 miles range.

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

Ability to recharge rapidly could make electric cars more acceptable to consumers, says MIT student team.

Electric vehicles can charge up in 20 to 30 minutes.

The board of electric vehicle company Tanfield has signed a non-binding agreement to consolidate its UK and US electric vehicle businesses, Smith Electric Vehicles UK and Smith Electric Vehicles US. Its US arm, SEVUS, also plans to float on the Nasdaq stock exchange as early as the first half of 2011, Tanfield said.