Electric vehicles

70% of the world's mobility scooters for the disabled - three and four wheel sit-on vehicles - are made in China by about 30 companies.

Over 100 manufacturers now offer pure electric on-road cars yet their combined sales remain much less than one company, Ingersoll Rand, achieves with pure electric golf cars. The main problem is that there is almost nowhere to plug them in.

Dr Peter Harrop reports back on the Hybrid and Electric Vehicles conference - Powertrain development, technology and trends

Underwater electric vehicles, both tethered and autonomous are often used for both civil and military use.

The US Military is in the market for regular electric vehicles both as air base ground Support Equipment GSE that tows aircraft and fetches and carries to them and for general runabouts at military bases.

The increasing variety of applications of electric vehicle technology.

In previous articles in EVR we have described the new electric stunt plane from EADS in France and the production pure electric sport plane from in China. Here we wind the clock back a little to show how the early work on pure electric aircraft is spawning many other very different aircraft, a common factor being the use of lightweight lithium polymer batteries that need no metal enclosure.

Hybrid and pure electric military vehicles are being rapidly developed and deployed around the world.

Hybrid electric drive systems employ energy storage through high energy and power density batteries to supply vehicle systems and support the main engine at peak operation.

The effects of climate policies will require new fuels and energy systems. Ignoring these trends will make us less secure; leading the way can make us more secure. The challenges inherent in this suite of issues may be daunting, particularly at a time of economic crisis. Still, our experience informs us there is good reason for viewing this moment in history as an opportunity.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) officials recently visited the international headquarters of Remy International to meet with company officials and finalize a $60.2 million grant allowing Remy to accelerate standardization and commercialization of their award-winning Remy HVH electric motor technology.

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.

R&D consortium plans to develop the next generation of solar technology to cover the surface of electric vehicles.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation have announced that it has received an order worth approximately four billion yen for electric equipment to be used in railcars operated by Brazil's Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM), or Sao Paulo Metropolitan Train Company.

In 2009, Yuneec International of China demonstrated, in China and the USA, its new e430, the world's first commercially produced electric aircraft.

Project focused on developing carbon nanotube enhanced cathode materials for electric powered vehicle batteries.

The Western media obsess about electric cars to be made in the West, many of them being both overpriced and underperforming in global terms. This misses the fact that 56% of the value of sales of electric vehicles is and will remain in East Asia and cars only account for about half of the value of the electric vehicle business worldwide.

The world's first four-engine electric aerobatic plane will be unveiled at the Green Aviation Show in France this year

Next-generation Lithium-ion battery provider Boston-Power Inc., has announced $60 million in Series E funding co-led by existing investors Foundation Asset Management (FAM) and Oak Investment Partners.

Does the German government subsidise at the right point?