Electric vehicles

Recent announcement of National Electric Mobility Plan 2020 envisions six million to seven million EVs on the road in India over eight years

Riding a lightweight electric motorcycle that he designed and built in his Lake Elmo, Minnesota workshop, journalist and writer Kevin Clemens set two national and two international land speed records during the 9th Annual BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials on the legendary Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah during the last week of August.

Remy International has completed a project with Benteler Engineering to develop a progressive concept heavy-duty hybrid truck for MAN.

Hitachi Europe will coordinate a project funded by the European Commission for fully electric vehicles.

For the first time in this year's event in Washington DC on the 7th and 8th of November, a third event, focusing on supercapacitor technologies will be co-located, highlighting the advances, applications and adoption trends in this closely related field.

Formula electric racing cars will have the chance to race in the Formula E Championships starting next year thanks to a consortium of international investors who have licensed the commercial rights from the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile).

The most advanced Comprehensive Charging and Changing Station based in China could give service to 180 pure electric buses.

Fisker has completed a detailed investigation into the roadside fire involving a Fisker Karma sedan on August 10 in California.

Engineering Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Use Intentionally Blemished Graphene Paper To Create Easy-To-Make, Quick-Charging Lithium-ion Battery With High Power Density

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently completed a seven-year project to demonstrate and evaluate hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and hydrogen fueling infrastructure in real-world settings.

Toshiba has developed a high-iron concentration samarium-cobalt magnet that is free of dysprosium, a rare earth mineral that is in extremely short supply and increasingly expensive.

Graphene is one of the most exciting new materials currently being developed. It brings superlative performance to supercapacitors, batteries, touch screens, logic, sensors, displays, composites and much more thanks to its electrical, thermal and mechanical properties.

Yo-Engineering chose to use a supercapacitor in place of a battery in an electric vehicle.

Wanxiang, China's largest automotive components manufacturer and one of China's largest non-government-owned companies, plans to invest up to $465 million in A123 Systems.

CMAL has been commissioned to carry out a feasibility study for Scottish Enterprise that will evaluate the technical and commercial possibilities of using hydrogen fuel cells to enable the development of zero emission ferries.

Genève tram operator TPG is testing a prototype supercapacitor energy storage unit which allows braking energy to be recovered, and enables a tram to run for short distances without an external power supply.

Fisker engineers, working with independent investigators from Pacific Rim Investigative Group, have begun preliminary examination and testing on the Karma electric car involved in a fire in Woodside, California last week.

SK Innovation has won a patent suit against LG Chem over separators for Li-ion batteries.

Energy storage company Boston-Power has entered into a multi-year agreement to provide battery systems to Beijing Electric Vehicle Company (BJEV).

Frito-Lay the $13 billion convenient foods business unit of PepsiCo, plan to increase their all electric truck fleet to 105 in California by the end of the year, making it the largest deployment in any US state.