Renault

Daimler AG

Daimler AG is a major automotive company with electric vehicle activities under Orion bus, Smart car, Mercedes car and commercial vehicle brands and other activities including an e-scooter. Its fuel cell development for EVs and roll out program is up with the global leaders.

Ford Motor Co

Ford Motor Company is one of the world's largest automotive manufacturers. It has made a late but effective entry into pure electric and hybrid cars, gaining market share rapidly.

Caproni JSC

Caproni JCS is one of the big producers of hydraulic elements and systems in Bulgaria. It was established in 1997 as a producer of hydraulic gear pumps; directional control valves, regulators of flow and pressure, mini power packs and hydraulic stations. The company is a sub-supplier of Fiat, Renault, Peugeot and Volkswagen through Fiat Group. The company recently developed the first Bulgarian industrial electric vehicle.

Nissan

Nissan and Renault are effectively one company in EV marketing terms - major manufacturer of conventional , hybrid and pure electric on-road vehicles. They constitute the world's fourth largest electric vehicle manufacturer, largest pure electric car manufacturer and are number six in forklifts.

Formula E: maiden track test for Spark-Renault electric single-seater

The all-electric Spark-Renault SRT_01E race car has successfully completed its maiden track test at a circuit east of Paris (La Ferté Gaucher).

Polaris Industries

Polaris Industries is a quoted US manufacturer of small conventional and pure electric vehicles, mainly nostalgic conventional motorcycles and leisure and industrial off-road small four wheelers.

Mitsubishi and Renault Nissan expand partnership

The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Mitsubishi Motors will explore several new projects covering shared products, technologies and manufacturing capacity among the automakers.

The rise of thermoelectrics

There has been varying levels of interest in different types of energy harvesters over the past few years. For powering small or mobile devices, photovoltaics dominate - they are widely produced, robust and relatively low cost.

Nissan to lead rapid charge network project

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.

Small electric vehicles succeed in non-glamorous roles

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.

Regen braking on first Spark-Renault e-racer

The recently-announced Spark-Renault SRT_01E Formula E racing car will feature a Rechargeable Energy Storage System.

Renault & Nissan sold 100,000 EVs

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 light industrial & commercial EV business will exceed $20b by 2023

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.

Electric traction motors for EVs see 17.4% CAGR over next decade

All electric vehicles have at least one traction motor, so the market for electric vehicle traction motors is one of the largest markets for electric vehicle parts and a primary determinant of the performance and affordability of a given vehicle. Indeed, IDTechEx Research finds that in 2013 44.6 million electric motors will be needed for vehicles, rising to 147.7 million in 2023.

Disputed sales of electric cars: the truth behind the confusion

How is it that some analysts put pure-electric car sales at hundreds of thousands in 2012 whereas others report a mere 60-65,000? At analysts IDTechEx, we feel that a lack of rigor is largely to blame because there are cars homologated as such and car-like vehicles that are not homologated as cars.

Nissan starts field testing 100% electric van

Nissan has begun field tests for the 100% electric e-NV200 compact van in Saitama City (Saitama Prefecture), one of the city authorities that have expressed enthusiasm for increasing the number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the roads as one step towards improving air quality.

Electric vehicles conference London: report

The conference "Electric Vehicles - Overcoming Barriers, Driving Adoption Conference" could have been more pithily named "Commercial and Private Electric Vehicles" for that was the focus, from incentives to user experience and technical improvements planned.

Supercapacitors improving faster than batteries

Supercapacitors replace lithium-ion batteries. Lithium-ion batteries replace nickel metal hydride and lead acid batteries. There are side stories of course. Some supercapacitors replace electrolytic capacitors and others create new applications. However, in this article, we concentrate on replacing lithium-ion batteries.

Electric vehicles land, water and air in 2013 - PART TWO

In this article, we look at other aspects of what will and will not happen with electric vehicles land, water and air in 2013, whether they are hybrid or pure electric.