Force Energy Corp. (OTC:QB:FORC Company) is a junior lithium and rare earth metals mineral Canadian exploration company with over 1.7 million tons of lithium reported. Demand for lithium is currently at an all time high , as today lithium batteries power the majority of mobile electronics and electric car batteries. It is predicted that carmakers … Continue reading The Auto Industry Races Toward Electric Vehicles
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China’s State organs to use electric vehicles
total of 23 electric cars will be used among 11 State organs in a pilot program to promote new-energy vehicles for official use, according to a statement from the Ministry of Science and Technology, or MST, on Tuesday. The 11 departments include the MST, the Government Offices Administration of the State Council, or GOASC, the National … Continue reading China’s State organs to use electric vehicles
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Renault will supply DHL France with a fleet of electric vehicles by 2015
A total 50 electric vehicles have already been confirmed. The first four which are Kangoo Z.E., will be delivered by the end of 2012. Renault already chose DHL in 2011 to manage the logistics of battery shipments to all Z.E. centres and expert sites across France. The new partnership signed today strengthens the cooperation between … Continue reading Renault will supply DHL France with a fleet of electric vehicles by 2015
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Research seeks affordable energy storage for electric vehicles
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Stuttgart-based M+W Group have signed an agreement for a research cooperation to significantly reduce energy and material costs in the battery production of electric vehicles. The high costs for batteries are regarded as a major roadblock for a broad introduction of electric vehicles. One of the reasons for … Continue reading Research seeks affordable energy storage for electric vehicles
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GRD Gets Electrified
We wish to share with you some news of a program innovation within the Town of Gibsons (British Columbia, Canada). We are launching Phase One of a curbside collection program for Recyclables in Gibsons. If this works as well as we anticipate, we will expand it in Phase Two to include our contiguous neighbours … Continue reading GRD Gets Electrified
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India eyes solar energy for electric vehicles
India’s government has approved a new $4bn (£2.5bn) plan to spur the production of electric cars over the next eight years. It includes an ambitious target of producing 6 million units of electric vehicles by 2020. But with choked roads and an already overloaded energy grid, will this next generation of electric vehicles catch on … Continue reading India eyes solar energy for electric vehicles
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Why you must charge your electric car with wind power
The problem, according to a study [PDF] in the Journal of Industrial Ecology: Making electrical vehicles exacts a much higher environmental toll than making internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs). It’s a no-brainer that it’s better to charge electric vehicles with clean energy rather than the dirty stuff. But a new study makes the case that … Continue reading Why you must charge your electric car with wind power
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Keep on open mind on electric vehicles
Almost everything you read or hear about electric vehicles (EVs) is wrong — either written by deep-pocket oil company cronies, narrow-minded media, others with an interest in maintaining our total reliance on an oil society, or writers stuck in the century-old legacy thinking of the gas tank fill-once-a-week car model. The electric car is not … Continue reading Keep on open mind on electric vehicles
Continue readingSmart ForTwo electric car, the cheapest an EV can get
Electric vehicles are highly preferable to conventional rides when it comes to environmental factors. Electric cars leave a lot smaller carbon footprint on the environment compared to the cars running on gas and that is one of the major selling-point of electric vehicles. However, one of the chief constraints for EVs from going mass-popular is … Continue reading Smart ForTwo electric car, the cheapest an EV can get
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Why Electric Vehicles Are Our Future
Bill Destler, president of Rochester Institute of Technology, lists six key reasons why electric cars will eventually be the vehicles we drive. As the president of Rochester Institute of Technology, one of the nation’s largest technical universities, I became interested in electric vehicles a few years ago because one of our major research centers was … Continue reading Why Electric Vehicles Are Our Future
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When Do Electric Vehicles Make Sense?
FleetAnswers discovers that a combination of rising fuel prices, regulations, and reduced operating costs associated with the smarter application of EV technology suggests promising returns for some. In a webinar session jointly organized by FleetAnswers and The Electrification Coalition, representatives from FedEx Express, PG&E, and Dow Kokam shared when and why electrification has made economic … Continue reading When Do Electric Vehicles Make Sense?
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IBM and ESB deliver smart charging system for electric vehicles
The system will manage and support the 1,000 charging points throughout the country. Electric vehicle (EV) users have an RFID card that allows them to use the charging systems. The charging points, whether home, street or service station units, are SIM card equipped for mobile network communications. The charge points can then ensure that the … Continue reading IBM and ESB deliver smart charging system for electric vehicles
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U.S. Development of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Technology
It’s no secret that auto manufacturers, battery manufacturers, government officials, and champions of renewable energy everywhere are disappointed by the slow rate of consumer adoption when it comes to electric vehicles like the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf. But imagine how that might change if consumers could earn money from their electric cars. That … Continue reading U.S. Development of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Technology
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Batteries Remain a Key Issue in Electric Vehicles
Due to the high cost of batteries, many consumers consider hybrid and electric vehicles to be too costly when compared to conventionally-powered models, which are becoming more fuel efficient. This situation poses a dilemma to auto makers, which face tightening fuel economy and emission mandates that may require electrified powertrains for compliance. The Strategy Analytics … Continue reading Batteries Remain a Key Issue in Electric Vehicles
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How Solar Energy and EV’s Will Save Us
On the tail end end of whirlwind tour around the country to present at EcoGen MasterClasses, I had my own little epiphany around some of the issues that our industry faces today. I remembered the principle of taking just one step. Almost 25 years ago, I was working in a car factory making automotive parts … Continue reading How Solar Energy and EV’s Will Save Us
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Electric vehicles in cities will improve air quality
Electric vehicles have an important role to play in improving air quality, particularly in cities. If electric vehicles are used appropriately in big conurbations, it could help to improve air quality, says Europe’s biggest professional engineers’ body. The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) submitted evidence to the Transport Select Committee inquiry into low carbon … Continue reading Electric vehicles in cities will improve air quality
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Renault and Others Debut Electric Vehicles at Paris Show
The Renault Zoe costs less than most electric vehicles at 20,700 euros ($26,650), or 13,700 Euros in France, thanks to government incentives. And it travels 210 kilometers (130 miles), according to the standard European mileage test. Simon Luque, Zoe project director for Renault, promises that this will translate into 150 kilometers of real-world driving. “That … Continue reading Renault and Others Debut Electric Vehicles at Paris Show
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Hyundai to Launch Fuel-Cell Electric Cars
The South Korean automaker is betting that fuel-cell electric vehicles will be a more realistic future auto technology than pure battery electric cars. FCEVs, in Hyundai’s estimation, present a more likely future scenario than battery electric cars like Nissan’s (TYO: 7201) Leaf. Cars of this latter variety have faced problems due to high battery expense, … Continue reading Hyundai to Launch Fuel-Cell Electric Cars
Continue readingTesla Motors Launches Revolutionary Supercharger Enabling Convenient Long Distance Driving
Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) unveiled its highly anticipated Supercharger network. Constructed in secret, Tesla revealed the locations of the first six Supercharger stations, which will allow the Model S to travel long distances with ultra fast charging throughout California, parts of Nevada and Arizona. The technology at the heart of the Supercharger was developed internally … Continue reading Tesla Motors Launches Revolutionary Supercharger Enabling Convenient Long Distance Driving
Continue readingLithium air batteries could give electric vehicles the range expected
IBM started the Battery 500 project in 2009 to explore the science of lithium air batteries, which hold the possibility of powering an electric car for 500 miles on a single charge. The project was developed out of the Almaden Institute, a forum that brings together thinkers from academia, government, industry, research labs and the … Continue reading Lithium air batteries could give electric vehicles the range expected
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