Sales of electric cars with lithium ion batteries will accelerate next year, as drawbacks such as price and efficiency are overcome.
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FedEx Adds Electric Vehicles
Doubling all-electric fleet, adding hybrid-electric vehicles, piloting low-weight composite vehicles, and upgrading thousands of conventional vehicles to more fuel-efficient, lower- emitting choices.
Continue readingElectric car bill an investment in the future
The electric cars Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt are slowly merging onto the nation’s roadways, but electric vehicles need a boost to get up to economic speed.
Continue readingVoltAir shows off electricity powered plane concept
EADS is looking to release an entirely electricity powered plane by the year 2035. The plane, which has been dubbed the VoltAir, was shown off at the Paris Air Show, which took place last week.
Continue readingMotorcycles with lithium ion batteries
Salvaging vintage bikes destined for the crusher, and discarding the gasoline motors and transmissions, he?s converting them to lithium-powered electric vehicles.
Continue readingOakland Welcomes the Electric Vehicles Chevy Volt
Bay City Chevrolet, the Oakland and San Francisco GMC truck and Chevy car dealer, has announced the availability of the electric car Volt.
Continue readingElectric vehicles hit Manila’s streets to counter pollution and high fuel prices
The Philippines, like many other countries, is turning to electric cars as the price of oil remains high. Currently, the country depends almost entirely on petroleum when it comes to transportation.
Continue reading2011 Vehicle Battery Summit ? 14-15 November, in Shanghai
Lithium ion batteries development, along with the growing penetration of electric vehicles, has prompted development of the SAE International 2011 Vehicle Battery Summit, November 14-15, 2011 in Shanghai.
Continue readingElectric car maker Think files for bankruptcy in Norway
Think Global is among the older manufacturers of electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries, emerging more than 20 years ago and launching its Think City model in 1999.
Continue readingsmart launches national electric vehicles drive contest
The main focus of the tour will be to illustrate that a state-of-the-art lithium-ion battery provides the smart fortwo electric car a generous range of 135 kilometres when fully charged.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles Renault Fluence Z.E. in Australia
Thanks to our agreement with Better Place in Australia, energy used to charge the lithium ion batteries for Renault Fluence Z.E. electric cars will be drawn from renewable energy sources.
Continue readingToshiba to Supply Automotive Inverters for Ford?s Electric Vehicles
Ford plans to start mass production of new electric cars with lithium ion batteries in 2012.
Continue reading?Well to wheel? assessment needed for road vehicles
EU?s current policy of viewing electric cars as having zero emissions is harming the competitiveness of electric vehicles, and creating unfair competition with other types of non-fossil-fuel vehicles.
Continue readingBuffett-backed electric vehicles debuts
BYD was selling up to 79-million shares in the IPO and proceeds from the sale would be used to fund its lithium ion batteries project for electric cars.
Continue readingPope Benedict XVI will have its electric car
Pope Benedict XVI promotes electric vehicles, it does not emit CO2, as long as the electricity comes from renewable energy sources like wind energy, solar power photovoltaic and solar thermal.
Continue readingA Fleet of 695,000 Neighborhood Electric Vehicles to be on the Road by 2017
Neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs), also known as low-speed electric vehicles, were one of the original ?electric vehicle? categories and have been on the market for a number of years.
Continue readingEuropean Commission Backs Better Place-led Coalition for Electric Vehicles
The 2.5-year project that comes under the Commission?s e-mobility project ?Greening European Transportation Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles?.
Continue readingMitsubishi to Release Power Module Test Samples for Electric Vehicles
Power modules for automobiles offer even higher reliability than industrial-use modules due to the extremely high requirements for vehicle safety and durability.
Continue readingGM invests in electric vehicles maker
Proterra’s EcoRide BE-35 bus is powered by lithium-ion battery packs that give the bus a 40-mile range between chargings.
Continue readingElectric Cars in China Could Reach 300000 by 2012
According to the latest research of China’s Ministry of Science and Technology, 300,000 electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries could hit the country’s roads by 2012.
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