Originally published on The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. Department of Energy National Labs, SLAC, Stanford Education News Adding polymers and fireproofing to a battery’s current collectors makes it lighter, safer and about 20% […]
LORDSTOWN, Ohio – Today marks the beginning of steel construction at the all-new Ultium Cells LLC battery cell manufacturing facility in Lordstown. Ultium Cells LLC is a joint venture that will mass-produce Ultium battery cells for electric […]
Originally published on the EV Annex blog By Iqtidar Ali In the midst of many cool Tesla races, a video clip of a 1/4-mile drag race between a Tesla Model S P100D and Ferrari F12 displays yet the another […]
There is much discussion about the level of range needed for an electric vehicle to achieve longer journeys. The idea that an electric vehicle requires the same range as a liquid fuelled vehicle is arbitrary, and […]
I have been involved in a number of discussions on CleanTechnica, recently, about the range required for an EV to do longer journeys, and to be considered more than just a “city car”, for local runs. […]
Geely Emgrand GSe On the 9th of June Geely will launch in China the Geely Emgrand GSe, which is an electric version of its internal combustion engine Emgrand GS. The estimated starting price after subsidies has […]
30 Year Wait I had been interested in the idea of having an electric vehicle, (EV), for about 30 years, but before the existence of relatively lightweight lithium-ion batteries, when heavy lead-acid batteries were all that […]
Introduction I was recently involved in a discussion below the line about the effect of levels of acceleration an electric vehicle range. This was below one of the articles in CleanTechnica. I was arguing that heavy […]
Introduction In Part I of this article, I introduced the problem of Climate change, and the history of the science behind it. I then went on to discuss green house gases, noting that greenhouse-gas emissions are […]
Has Tesla Received a Free Pass? Five years ago, electric-powered vehicles began to make an appearance. Nissan and Tesla proceeded along two entirely different approaches to converting buyers from ICE vehicles to electric-powered vehicles. Nissan added […]
The Goldilocks Planet Our planet, Earth, is the only planet in the known universe able to support life. I stress here the word, “known”, as statisticians are able to say that, as there are trillions of […]
The Myth I often hear claims, from EV detractors, that electric cars produce more CO2 than an ICE powered car, because the electricity is produced from polluting sources, and CO2 from the production process of batteries […]
What would it take to get a person to buy an electric car? The debate rages about range, environmental issues, performance, size, looks, and repair issues. All important topics, but what’s occurred in just 5 years? […]
While India is in the midst of a major modernization effort, many parts of the country remain rooted in tradition, whether that means the caste system or garbage pickup. In the ancient South India city of […]
This has been an incredible year at the Shanghai Motor Show, and Porsche has made the spotlight with the debut of its 2014 Porshe Panamera S E-Hybrid, the new plug-in hybrid offering from the German automaker. If the Panamera S […]
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