Electric vehicles

The Byon Initiative Research Unit report that they have developed an aqueous lithium-iodine battery with an energy density that is twice that of current lithium batteries.

At the INTRASME Smart Mobility Market Opportunity Workshop in Turin, Italy on the 25th September, successful SMEs will share their insights into emerging opportunities in intelligent transport systems (ITS).

Honda and GM have initiated a long-term technology partnership to develop a next generation fuel cell system and hydrogen storage technologies targeting the 2020 timeframe.

Reliability and performance issues are technical challenges in packaging solutions for compact sized consumer electronics and high power electronics.

ABB has been selected by Fastned to supply chargers to more than 200 electric vehicle fast-charging stations in the Netherlands, bringing an EV fast charger within 50 kilometers of all of the country's 16.7 million inhabitants

To wring more power out of lithium ion batteries, scientists are experimenting with different materials and designs. Michigan Technological University has developed a device that allows researchers to eavesdrop on individual lithium ions - and potentially develop the next generation of batteries.

Researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) developed a new method to massively synthesize enhanced yet affordable materials for supercapacitors - developing an electric vehicle with high power will become a realization not just a dream.

According to a Reuters report, Carlos Ghosn, Chief Executive Officer of Renault and Nissan announced at a recent conference in France that both companies sold 100,000 electric vehicles last month.

The Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) and the S.C. Technology Aviation Center (SCTAC) have contracted with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to support a three-year program to develop and test wireless charging systems for electrical vehicles.

For the first time a plane capable of flying day and night powered exclusively by solar energy has crossed the USA from the West to the East Coasts without using a single drop of fuel.

SAFT Batteries has products in a broad diverse portfolio of applications and markets, with the exception of cars and consumer products. The company's main business is in batteries, and not supercapacitors. However they have acquired a licence from ESMA/Elton to develop nickel supercapacitors based on aqueous electrolytes.

IDTechEx projects that 119,000 electric taxis will be sold giving a $1.8 billion global market. Most of the commercial electric vehicles, including the taxis, are and will be pure electric. That will even be true of large commercial vehicles, notably e-buses, set to exceed a $20 billion market as early as 2018 and dominated by demand in China.

Researchers have developed a novel bio-inspired composite electrocatalyst outperforming platinum.

The world's first electric bus powered by Iron-Phosphate battery is being trialled in the Polish Capital. MZA Warsaw, the municipal transport company, is testing the environmentally friendly bus from the Chinese auto giant BYD.

Come to beautiful Portland, Oregon for EV Roadmap 6: Drivers Take the Spotlight, a conference to be held July 30-31, 2013.

Flux Power Holdings, Inc. (FLUX), a reporting company and an innovator in durable, scalable, and affordable advanced energy storage systems has announced that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) to acquire KleenSpeed Technologies.

Drayson Racing has set a new World Electric Land Speed Record of 204.185mph, subject to FIA homologation.

The European Commission proposed legislation which will require owners of large ships using EU ports to monitor and report the ships' annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

Nissan unveiled the groundbreaking, innovative ZEOD RC - the world's fastest electric racing car that will reach speeds of more than 300km/h with electric technology at the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The development of solid-type electrolytes, safe from explosion caused by high temperature and overcharge, is urgently needed to replace the liquid electrolytes. The solid electrolyte enables batteries to be safer as well as the use of higher energy electrode materials.