14
Jun
Okay, the science nerds in the audience didn’t precisely let us know that we’ve entered the age of commercial superconductors, but apparently Sumitomo Electric has built a Toyota Crown consolation that’s powered by a superconducting engine. Cooled by liquid nitrogen to -200° C, apparently all t…
13
Jun
Look, that looks great and all, and the $10k price makes it even harder to complain, but whether we had a gallon of gasoline for every one of these random electric vehicle projects we’ve seen crop up and fade absent into oblivion, we’d have, um, some gas. The story here is a guy named Bill Prove…
12
Jun
Volkswagen’s hydrogen fuel cell Tiguan made its North American debut nowadays, and it’s a pretty slick bit of kit even whether it won’t seem in showrooms anytime soon, whether at all.
Although the company was plus showing off its upcoming diesel Jetta TDI and talking a lot about the TDI Cup d…
12
May
We’d heard Renault was prepping a new electric car in conjunction with EV start-up Project Better Place, but no one had actually seen the thing until its unveiling nowadays in Tel Aviv. The car itself only has a 125 mile range, which is where Project Better Place’s network of charging and batter…
1
May
On the heels of a pretty dense seventeen-page document outlining Bentley Motors’ commitment to raising its fleet fuel economy and lowering carbon dioxide emissions comes tangible proof that someone at Crewe is working tough to turn the company’s green promises into green reality.
A team of ten or…
22
Apr
We’ve been down that electrified road before. But the Norwegian firm Th!nk (as it likes to spell itself) has announced yesterday that it will introduce its Think City electric car in the U.S. by the end of next year.
The battery-powered Think City has a range of up to 110 miles on a one
charge, …
10
Apr
From the station of unintended consequences we now have a bill before Congress that would address one of the biggest problems with electric cars: They’re too quiet.
It’s not just blind pedestrians who have to anguish. An ongoing study from the University of California at Riverside has found that …
28
Mar
Plug-in hybrids are coming to Peoria, thanks to bureaucrats in California.
The Air Resources Board threw automakers a bone by slashing the number of electric and fuel cell vehicles they must build, but it told them to produce tens of thousands of plug-in hybrids within six years. The rule app…
26
Mar
As alternative fuel technology evolves, so too must the rules governing its adoption. That’s why the California Air Resources Board is once again revising the law dictating how many zero-emission vehicles automakers must produce.
EV advocates say the changes go too far and the board will kill…
11
Mar
Actually, the oil giant simply wants to sell a patented technology for the lithium-ion batteries that are expected to capability electric hybrids. In fact, Electrovaya plans to use the technology in its low-speed Maya-300 (pictured here), which the company announced it would produce in January.
E…
3
Mar
Now that he’s set the stage for Israel to embrace electric vehicles, former Silicon Valley entrepreneur Shai Agassi has his sights set on Japan. Globes reports that Agassi, who left SAP to launch Project Better Place, has spoken with Japanese trade leaders about a joint venture similar to the deal…
14
Aug
It makes no difference if it goes far. Aesthetically inspired by the architect who designed the Disney Concert Hall, a battery of Massachusetts Institute of technology students have almost kinda created the CityCar. The fact that their machine can’t travel more than te…
