Japanese automaker Toyota announced that it is planning to unveil three concept cars: the S-FR, C-HR Concept, and FCV Plus at the Tokyo Motor Show to be held on 30th October. Toyota C-HR Concept is a compact hybrid crossover which ...
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Just days after Porsche debuted its EV Mission-E, Taiwanese technology group Thunder Power unveiled its answer to the super car with ‘Thunder Power Sedan’, which is capable of providing driving range of 650 km on a full charge. ...
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World-industry leader Bosch is debuting a new battery technology for electric vehicles that might be available in five years as it acquired the U.S. start-up Seeo Inc. founded in Hayward, California. Bosch will combine Seeo’s ...
Bosch is planning to introduce a new battery technology based on solid state cells for electric cars with the help of its recently acquired company Seeo. The company said that it has knowledge and exclusive patents for solid-state ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA has raised its world record for cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) module conversion efficiency to 18.6% aperture efficiency for a full-size module, as measured and certified by the US Department of ...
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University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) has used indium tin oxide (ITO) as part of the cladding for semi-polar indium gallium nitride (InGaN) laser diodes (LDs) [A. Pourhashemi et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p111105, 2015]. The ...
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Zero-emission vehicle maker Proterra has announced an extended range battery system for its electric bus. With the launch of the TerraVolt XR extended-range battery, the buses can be configured to travel up to 180 miles between ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA has raised its world record for cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) research cell conversion efficiency from 21% (reported last August) to 21.5%, as certified at the Technology and Applications ...
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Boston Power, a provider of next generation electric vehicle battery design and production, has secured USD $290 million in local government financial support for the expansion of its two facilities in China. The company's Liyang facility ...
A group of researchers from Canadian Light Source (CLS) and Western University are using cheaper materials with higher energy and better recharging rates to develop batteries for electric vehicles. The new technology is aimed at improving ...
KIA has started selling the electric version of the Soul car in the UK, which is subsidized under the UK governments plug in car grant. The car is powered by a 27 Kwh battery which enables it to go to a maximum range of 132 miles, and ...
Meijo and Nagoya universities in Japan have developed a laser lift-off (LLO) technique for removing gallium nitride (GaN) substrates from ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to improve light extraction efficiency [Daisuke Iida et ...
Scientists have taken a large step toward making a fiber-like energy storage device that can be woven into clothing and power wearable medical monitors, communications equipment or other small electronics. The device is a ...
Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) nearly doubled in 2013, but most won't take you farther than 100 miles on one charge. To boost their range toward a tantalizing 300 miles or more, researchers are reporting new progress on a "breathing" ...
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Ubiquitous but frustrating, lithium-ion batteries fade because the materials lose their structure in response to charging and discharging. This structural change is closely related to the formation of electron-rich regions within the ...
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