21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / The supremacy of Asian battery technology must come to an end in America. This appears to be the desire of Governor Jennifer Granholm and of the lawmakers who dream about making Michigan the key are...
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Still a rumor for the time being but the folks at Motor Trend today wrote that Japanese manufacturer Toyota is working on a new range of Prius models, including a small pickup and a sportier coupe. ...
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Japanese company Toshiba prepares to get more involved into the automotive industry using a new type of Lithium-ion batteries especially designed for electric cars. Although the company currentl...
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Japanese automaker Nissan and NEC will invest approximately $1 billion in lithium-ion batteries production as part of the two companies' plan to get more involved into electric and hybrid cars ...
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / In case you think MP3 is just an audio format, you should think twice before saying it because it may soon represent the world's first mass-produced plug-in hybrid. In short terms, Piaggio unve...
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Batteries for the 2010 Chevrolet Volt may be provided by South Korean company LG Chem, Reuters reported today, pointing that General Motors might confirm the deal in the next few weeks. Chevy Volt w...
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / This year's edition of SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) is pretty special for Ford as the American company prepares the debut of F-150, a fully electric car powered by four engines...
6 Nov 2012, 10:35 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that whenever some ‘green’ vehicle bursts into flames, people always assume that ‘it must be the battery pack’, and as it has been proven time and again, that really...
1 Nov 2012, 14:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / US company CalBattery has announced that it is developing an advanced lithium-ion battery technology, which promises to be 70% cheaper than conventional alternatives, as well as offering a reported ...
12 Oct 2012, 12:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Instead of developing and testing new battery technologies, scientists over at UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering (UCSD) are hard at work on improving the current crop of lithium-ion ...
8 Oct 2012, 15:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With electric bikes becoming more and more advanced, it's small wonder we're getting a beast such as the Lightning, ready to be driven legally on the streets of the city.
So far, the cu...
5 Oct 2012, 11:54 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Welcome the new Zero MX for 2013, a mean machine built for the ulrimate extreme fun and drived from the World Electric Indoor Motocross winner beast.
The Zero MX comes with all the goodies Zero M...
26 Sep 2012, 09:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Nissan officials have announced the formation of an independent global study with the sole task of satisfying the group of unhappy Leaf owners from Arizona who have reported significant battery capa...
14 Sep 2012, 10:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ford has developed a third generation hybrid system for the Fusion the C-Max which replaces the nickel-metal-hydride batteries with new lighter, more efficient lithium-ion batteries, the company sa...
9 Aug 2012, 10:35 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While you may think no dramatic reduction in the cost of batteries is possible within the next 10 years, you’d be wron, according to McKinsey Quarterly, who have done a study on the matter. Th...
25 Jul 2012, 14:23 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After Lithium-Air, now the discussion topic are Zinc-Air batteries, which while not widely used or acknowledged as a solution, are apparently one of the better alternatives currently out there.
A...
23 Jul 2012, 10:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We have been reporting a good number of battery innovations over the last few months, and this, Lithium-Air battery technology is one of the more promising ones. It features Lithium, which is the li...
23 Jul 2012, 09:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As increasing the efficiency of EVs as well as their range via improved batteries and more advanced components is a difficult, time-consuming and very expensive process, other ways need to be found ...
17 Jul 2012, 12:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We all know that the main and really only downside to owning and driving an EV is the limited capacity of its battery, which translates into a range figure which is much lower than that of a normal ...
14 Jul 2012, 11:08 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Is the Nissan Leaf and others like it saving the planet? Well, with so much contradictory information floating around, it’s actually very difficult to have a properly informed opinion on the m...