The Tesla 3 gets nearly double the range of the Nissan Leaf by using nearly double the amount of battery but engineers are using a multitude of work rounds to do better: aerodynamics, light-weighting, even including structural electronics ...
Tags: battery vehicle, fuel cell
Automotive and energy storage firm Tesla Motors has offered to acquire SolarCity for about $2.86bn. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is the major shareholder in both the companies with 19% in Tesla and 22% in SolarCity. The company is ...
Tags: Tesla Motors, electric vehicles
The United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC), a collaborative organization of FCA US LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, has awarded a $4m contract to SiNode Systems in Chicago, Illinois, for development of advanced anode ...
Tags: USABC, Ford Motor, Electric Vehicles
Nissan is working on a system that will power cars with electricity generated from bio-ethanol. The Solid Oxide Fuel-Cell (SOFC) system is claimed to be the world first for automotive use. It features an e-Bio Fuel-Cell with an SOFC power ...
Tags: SOFC, e-Bio Fuel Cell
Volkswagen has adopted a new strategy to become a lead in sustainable mobility by bringing out more than 30 new e-vehicles by 2025. In order to achieve these goals, the Board of Management - with the approval of the Supervisory Board - ...
Tags: Volkswagen, pact for the future, BEVS
Electric Car Insider magazine has developed an interactive mobile EV Buyers Guide app for iOS tablets and mobile devices. The app helps people interested in electric cars learn about electric vehicle technology and find a car that fits ...
Tags: Electric Car, EV Buyers, air quality
STMicroelectronics of Geneva, Switzerland says that its silicon carbide (SiC) metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) devices have enabled the ZapCharger Portable (claimed to be the world's smallest ...
Tags: transistor, Electric-Car Charger
The sales of x-electric vehicles (xEV) in China reached a historic high of 300,000 units in 2015. Correspondingly, the market for xEV lithium batteries witnessed surging growth in the same period. In the fourth quarter, for instance, xEV ...
To face the new economic norm and the development of new energy vehicles, FAST fully accelerates the pace of product structure adjustment and transforms upgrading development steps. Recently, researched and produced transmission product ...
Tags: New Energy CV, CV Market
True Zero has opened a hydrogen-fuel station in California, US. Snipping the ribbon in front of the True Zero dispenser at Conserv Fuel, 150 S. LaCumbre Road, included: Aeron Arlin-Genet, District Director & Air Pollution Control Officer, ...
Peugeot Design Lab has designed a universal solar energy charging station for electric vehicles, the DRIVECO Parasol. Ecology and technology are integrated in the design of the Parasol. Its wooden frame supports the photovoltaic panels, ...
COMO Connect is expanding its bus fleet by adding zero-emission, all-electric buses starting this June to better serve customers and reduce operational costs. The three (3), 30-ft, low-floor, all-electric transit buses will be supplied by ...
Tags: Pure-Electric Bus, transit buses
Vision Ridge Partners has made a major investment in EVgo, a public electric vehicle charging solutions provider. The investment will allow EVgo to expand its charging network and will accelerate and support widespread deployment of ...
Tags: Vision Ridge, electric vehicles
Chinese technology firm LeEco has unveiled an autonomous electric vehicle (EV) concept car. Dubbed LeSEE, the concept has fully autonomous capabilities, including machine learning of facial, emotion, system, and path recognition. LeEco ...
Tags: LeEco, EV, Electric vehicle concept car
The International Transportation Innovation Center (ITIC) and Zaptec from Norway have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work on the development of smart charging technology solutions for electric vehicles. Zaptec specializes ...
Tags: ITIC, Zaptec, Smart Charging Technology, MOU