Xindayang, an obscure company in China's burgeoning new energy vehicle industry, is looking to carve out a niche with its ZD-brand pure electric micro cars.Earlier this month, Xindayang revealed an aggressive plan to build a 300,000-unit plant in the eastern city of Ningbo in the coming years with renowned Chinese carmaker Geely, which is the owner of premium brand Volvo.
UW-Madison is one of four institutions receiving four Innova Dash all-electric vehicles this summer. The cars, called new urban electric vehicles, will connect to the UW‘s wireless network and will be equipped with tablet-sized personal computers. They will be able to communicate data such as position, speed and battery charge directly to the network, which will provide the information to various research projects.
Colorado State University, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Wisconsin-Madison were also chosen to receive electric cars. The four schools were selected by the non-profit organization Internet2 and Innova UEV from a pool of 11 proposals. The UW’s project is also supported by UW Information Technology, which will provide wireless and cellular connectivity, as well as cloud computing resources for the various experiments.Depending on the nature of the projects, a student or faculty or staff member might get to take a ride in one of these electric cars. Just remember to hold onto your hat.
