ABB,the power and automation technology provider,has launched the new Terra SC Duo AC&DC Fast Charging Station for electric vehicles(EV). Featuring an attached AC charging cable,the new 22 kW AC&DC fast charging station will support both ...
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Princeton Satellite Systems has unveiled SunStation,a solar-powered electric vehicle charger. The new electric vehicle charger offers 240 V AC power and can fully recharge a Nissan Leaf in eight hours,a Chevy Volt in four and a Toyota ...
Protean Electric,a producer of in-wheel electric drive systems,has secured$84m in new funding for its in-wheel electric drive from GSR Ventures,New Times group,Oak Investment Partners and the city of Liyang,Jiangsu Province,China. The ...
Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors has temporarily stopped shipments of its i-MiEV electric vehicles(EV)to French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen. Mitsubishi's EVs are sold as iOn Peugeot and Citro?n C-Zero in European market and the ...
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Spanish carmaker Seat has delivered three prototype electric cars to Barcelona for testing the vehicles in its municipal car fleet for six months ahead of mass production. During the testing period,SEAT will collect the feedback and ...
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South Korean scientists have developed a new material for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to cut down the charging time for electric vehicles. Scientists at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology said that they developed a ...
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Japanese carmaker Toyota’s US subsidiary, Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), has launched the new Scion iQ electric vehicle (EV) test programme in the US. The new four-seater city commuter car is powered by an electric motor that ...
Japanese electronics, electrical equipment and information technology firm Toshiba is planning to launch a new lithium-ion battery monitor chipset for automotive applications. The new battery monitor chipset is designed to detect the ...
UQM Technologies(UQM),a developer of alternative energy technologies,will unveil its new PowerPhase HD 220 electric propulsion system at the electric vehicle symposium(EVS26)conference in Los Angeles,US. The HD 220,which will deliver ...
Smith Electric Vehicles(Smith),a provider of all-electric commercial vehicles,has unveiled the Newton Step Van at the NTEA Work Truck Show,North America's vocational truck and equipment event. The new model which is an ...
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Taiwan's National Pingtung University of Science and Technology has unveiled three new electric vehicles(EV)which include a multifunctional EV,a hybrid EV powered by zinc-air fuel and lithium batteries,and a small racing car. The ...
Future electric vehicles which are using traction motors will face a tough time ahead with the burgeoning cost of rare earth magnets, according to IDTechEx report. The report Electric Vehicles 2012-2022 revealed that about 128 million ...
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Despite many governments and industry players anticipating rapidly increasing popularity of electric vehicles(EVs),a recent report from Pike Research,a major market intelligence firm on new technology markets,shows annual sales of plug-in ...
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SemiSouth Laboratories Inc of Starkville, MS, USA, which designs and manufactures silicon carbide (SiC) devices for high-power, high-efficiency, harsh-environment power management and conversion applications, is to close down, according to ...
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NGK Insulators, Ltd. has announced it has developed gallium nitride (GaN) wafers that double luminous efficiency of a LED light source compared to conventional materials. With the assistance of a research institute outside the Company, a ...