Electric vehicles

IDTechEx will be hosting a free webinar on "Electric Boats On and Under Water - A Big New Market" on Tuesday 5 November and we would be delighted if you could join us.

Blue Solutions, the battery company being listed by Vincent Bollore, has already filled the order book for its upcoming share sale, the French industrialist said on Wednesday.

KleenSpeed Technologies Inc. was given a chance to collaborate with ORACLE TEAM USA and jointly developed the high performance lithium-ion batteries used to power the onboard electronics on the AC72 Race Boats, and the ORACLE TEAM USA Chase Boats.

o coincide with European SME Week the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce are pleased to announce our forthcoming events surrounding Entrepreneurship, Internationalisation and Competitiveness.

A revolutionary concept for lightweight structural energy storage components that could improve the energy usage of future electrified vehicles.

Nissan is leading a consortium which aims to establish a network of rapid chargers for electric vehicles running the full length and breadth of the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Volvo Car Group has developed a revolutionary concept for lightweight structural energy storage components that could improve the energy usage of future electrified vehicles.

Analysts IDTechEx have recently pointed out that industrial and commercial electric vehicles (hybrid and pure electric) are now a bigger business than electric cars and will remain so for the coming decade, while making almost all the profit of the two put together.

Subsequent to our survey of adoption of synchronous vs asynchronous (AC induction) motors we took a rain check at eCarTec Munich in October 2013.

Over 170 charging points at five Daimler plants in Stuttgart contribute to the aim of establishing zero-emission mobility as part of everyday life.

Pomerantz Grossman Hufford Dahlstrom & Gross LLP has filed a class action lawsuit against Ecotality, Inc and certain of its officers.

PlugBoat, a first electric boat congress, took place in Nice in the South of France last week.

VIA Motors has signed a contract to build & deliver $20 million dollars of electric pick-up trucks and vans to over 50 participating fleets.

The Japan Times reports that Honda's Fit skyrocketed past estimates during the first four weeks of sales. Of the 62,000 units sold, the Fit hybrid accounted for 70% of sales.

Toyota's funky i-Road personal mobility concept has been added to Toyota Motor Corporations' 'Ha:mo' urban transport system trials at Toyota City in Japan.

A Tesla Model S was filmed burning in the road recently, allegedly having struck a metal object.

Work is to begin on a prototype battery-powered train to use on lines which have not yet been electrified, Network Rail, UK has announced.

Supercapacitors are increasing the range of electric vehicles in several ways and by doing so they are hugely increasing the addressable market for those vehicles. Typically, they last for the life of the vehicle regardless of how many cycles are endured.

Next week, PlugBoat, the 1st World Electric & Hybrid Boat Summit, will take place in Nice, France, from 10th to 11th October 2013.

The six partners in the "H2 Mobility" initiative - Air Liquide, Daimler, Linde, OMV, Shell and Total - have set up upon a specific action plan for the construction of a nationwide hydrogen refuelling network for fuel cell powered electric vehicles.