- Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 12:58
- EV Industry Updates
- 1,210 views
Production of electrified vehicles is gearing up worldwide, and automakers are planning to launch an increasing variety of new models over the next few years. However, according to Pike Research, which forecasts global Light-Duty Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid, and Battery Electric Vehicles demand they will have only captured about 1.4% of the annual global light-duty vehicle market selling about 1,342,067 plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) a year ...
- Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 23:46
- EV Industry Updates, Events Calendar
- 831 views
The 4th annual Low Carbon Vehicle event on Wednesday 7th and Thursday 8th September 2011 at Rockingham Motor Speedway in Corby, Northamptonshire, UK. The two day event will be hosted by Cenex and brings together the key UK stakeholders in the field of low carbon vehicles. The LCV2011 event provides a unique opportunity to participate in several different activities which demonstrate the progress and positioning ...
- Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 17:40
- EV Industry Updates
- 1,418 views
A surprise electromagnetism discovery made by a college drop-out over twenty-five years ago could potentially make electric motors many times more efficient.
In theory a new type of generator can be used for Regenerative Acceleration instead of the traditional Regenerative Braking.
Regenerative braking uses the momentum of a moving vehicle to ...
- Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 16:42
- EV Industry Updates, Nissan LEAF
- 1,282 views
A few curious guys in Amsterdam decide to see just how far they could drive a Nissan LEAF in 24 hours.
They picked a route of travel where they could utilize a level 3 DC fast charging network and drove from Noon to Noon starting on a Friday. This ...
- Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 13:54
- EV Industry Updates
- 1,264 views
"A pair of technology breakthroughs added together may quadruple the range of today's EVs, not only would this make the perceived Range Anxiety of electric cars a thing of the past, but it also gives the battery electric vehicle (BEV) a clear range advantage over fossil ...
- Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 4:05
- Australia EV, EDay Life, EV Industry Updates
- 1,224 views
EDay will introduce the three versions of their 5 door hatch passenger vehicle aimed at the family market the E25 (electric), P25 (petrol) or L25 (LPG) and The EDay E15 3 door hatch passenger vehicle for the commuter market.
Kenneth Burridge (the Editor-in-Chief of EV.com) recently had a long talk with Robert ...
- Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 20:17
- EV Industry Updates, Nissan LEAF
- 1,294 views
Top Gear producers fake the driving experience of electric cars (once again). This time with the Nissan LEAF after pulling a similar stunt with the Tesla Roadster on a previous episode.
In the episode that Aired July 31, 2011 (episode 6 Season 17) feature two EVs the ...