500 Million EV Charging Stations In The US
This is something that may be unique to me, but I don’t think so — for a long time, I thought electric cars needed a special charging station or charger. All the talk about new EV […]
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 […]
Volvo Testing In-Road Wireless EV Charging
Remember when roads weren’t everywhere? Maybe not. However, they had to be built at some point. That was expensive. However, the current gasoline-powered road transportation system is old, unreliable, and inefficient because gasoline engines are unreliable […]
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 […]
Electric Car Cost vs Gas (Calculators)
Electric car cost vs gas car cost is a perennial issue of discussion. Of course, the result keeps changing, and the options for comparison keep growing (as more and more electric cars are available for sale […]
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 […]
Carlos Ghosn Saw It Coming — Said No More Battery Swap Vehicles Before Better Place Folded
Carlos Ghosn is and interesting man. He’s a French Lebanese Brazilian businessman and is Chairman and CEO of both Paris-based Renault and Japan-based Nissan. He’s one of the notable figures most optimistic about the future of electric […]
Plugless EV Charging Gets More Affordable Thanks To Bosch
Evatran’s PluglessTM Level 2 Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging System is a clear leader in the wireless EV charging realm. I’ve been following the technology for years, and there aren’t many that are competing with it. Now, Bosch […]
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Production To Double Following Fire Investigation
Production of the Mitsubishi Outlander plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) is set to double now that the source of some fire-related issues has been identified. The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, which is produced in Japan, is going […]
BMW Sustainability Hackathon Winners Solve EV Charging Dilemmas
BMW recently hosted a hackathon in Mountain View, CA, aimed at addressing issues related to electric car charging. The hackathon was sponsored by ChargePoint and Drive Now. The big dilemma the hackathon was focused on was how […]
Nissan Leaf 2nd-Highest Sales Of Any Car In Norway In April
Sales of the Nissan Leaf are booming in Norway. The popular electric vehicle was the second best-selling car, of any type, in the country during the month of April. The Nissan Leaf sold 455 units in […]
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 […]