EV Battery Prices Fall 40% In 2 Years
One of the hardest and most critical factors to project when it comes to electric vehicles is the price of batteries, which make up a huge portion of an EV’s price. However, the trend is pretty obvious. […]
BMW Predicts EV Driving Range To Double In Five Years
Recently, at a conference in Paris, BMW board member Ian Robertson made a claim that, within 5 years, EVs would double their single-charge driving range. This statement came alongside the soon to be released BMW i3 EV. While […]
Next-Gen Lithium-Ion Batteries From Bosch, Mitsubishi, & GS Yuasa
Robert Bosch GmbH and two Japanese companies — GS Yuasa International Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corporation — recently announced that they were going to triple team lithium-ion battery technology. Well, yeah, they didn’t use the term “triple […]
Tesla Battery Swap Q&A And Demo Videos
The big electric car news of the week was surely the Tesla Model S battery pack swap demo that I wrote about yesterday. Tesla had been hinting about it for weeks… or years, depending on how […]
Tesla Unveils 90-Second Battery Swap (VIDEO)
Tesla’s last big announcement following months of good news and press conferences was the announcement that it could perform a 90-second battery swap and would be rolling out battery swapping stations on the East and West […]
Zap Jonway Introduces 4 New EV Models For China
Zap Jonway, an automobile manufacturer headquartered in Santa Rosa, California, has unveiled its latest lineup of 2013 electric vehicles, including two versions of a 5-star minivan, a 3-Door E380 SUV, and a 5-Door E-Falcon SUV. The 5-star minivan […]
Long-Range EV From GM & Envia (Rumors)
We’ve got some potentially big news out of Rumor Land. According to the rumor, GM could be working on a long-range electric vehicle that would actually have twice the energy density of the Tesla Model S. […]
A123 Exits Bankruptcy, Becomes B456
Well known lithium-ion battery manufacturer A123 Systems (which supplied batteries for the Fisker Karma) went the unfortunate bankruptcy route last year. It is now about to fully pull itself out of that, with the help of […]
CalCharge, CalCEF, & Berkeley Lab Team Up For Better Battery Research
Here’s a cool announcement from from CalCharge, CalCEF, and Berkeley Lab: BERKELEY, Calif. – May 3, 2013 – Beginning this month, the rapidly emerging California battery sector will have access to new resources to accelerate its […]
BYD Going 100% Electric & Hybrid To Save Company
BYD, one of China’s larger automakers, recently announced a new strategic plan to save its ailing company. This follows BYD stock sinking about 75% in the past year. The company has decided to stop producing gas engines and […]
Ultracapacitor Startup Raises €2.2 Million
An executive from ultracapacitor startup Skeleton Technologies emailed me recently to let me know that the company had just raised €2.2 million in Round A financing. According to a press release shared with me, Skeleton Technologies’ ultracapacitors […]
300,000 Kilometers & 3 Years Later, BYD e6 Taxis Lose Just 5% Of Range
According to a recent BYD post on Google+, some BYD e6 taxis have been tested for three years now. One result so far is that these taxis have only lost 5% of their range. From the […]
Nissan Leaf Battery Can Now Be Leased In UK, 100 Improvements Made To Car
Potential Nissan Leaf customers in the UK may be happy to hear that they now have this option. You can now get a Leaf in the UK for as little as £15,990 (after the UK £5,000 plug-in grant), […]
New Research Sheds Light On The Life Of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Interested in buying an EV but holding out because of questions about battery lifespan? Well, now, new research recently presented at the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) can provide you […]
Nearly 200,000 Plug-In Electric Vehicles With V2B Technology To Be Sold By 2020
In a recent study by Navigant Research, the market research firm reports that nearly 200,000 plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) equipped with vehicle-to-building (V2B) technology will be sold from 2012 through 2020. (This should be a standard option on […]