Sumitomo Chemical Company is filing patents this year on its advances in sodium ion rechargeable batteries that could find their way into vehicles. The present invention, even when using a carbonaceous material as a negative electrode active material, can prevent the reduction in over-discharging cycle length of the battery, and is useful particularly as a secondary battery.

Fisker launched its hybrid sports car very late and its battery supplier A123 Systems has had quality problems necessitating an expensive major recall in stark contrast to the professionalism at Tesla, the pioneer in successful electric sports cars (though Tesla did recall 439 of its electric sports cars because of a possible fire hazard involving the 12-volt electrical system in 2010). An earlier Fisker recall this year concerned a software malf...

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide has signed a supply agreement with Remy International Inc. for its high performance electric traction motors for the Quantum's Plug-In Hybrid Electric (PHEV) F-150, that is based on America's best-selling pickup truck, the Ford F-150.

Supercapacitor leader Maxwell Technologies recorded total revenue of $39.2 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012. - a up 11% from the same period a year ago. Growth was driven not only by ultracapacitor sales of $22 million, which is up 3% from Q1 '11, but also by unusually strong sales of microelectronics and high-voltage capacitor products, which came in at $17.2 million - up 24% from last year's first quarter.

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions for a number of industries worldwide as well as a long-term partner for research, development and testing for component manufacturers and the automotive industry, has constructed an on-site e-mobility test laboratory in Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany. As of now, the laboratory also offers abuse tests and lifetime tests for batteries and battery packs for electric and hybrid vehicles.

In 2022, over 128 million electric vehicles will be made, mainly two wheelers, according to the IDTechEx report, Electric Vehicles 2012-2022. That means over $260 billion dollars of business in our estimations, even at ex-factory prices, with cars being under 50% of that figure.

Villanova University and Unmanned Ocean Vehicles, Inc., in the USA have been developing the electric powertrain and harvesting for an unmanned surface boat using funding from the US Office of Naval Research since 2006.

The City of Amsterdam has designed a new subsidy scheme to encourage businesses in Amsterdam to switch to more sustainable means of transportation. The subsidy scheme will reimburse businesses in Amsterdam up to 50% of the additional cost of purchasing an electric vehicle.

This article shares some of the research carried out for the new IDTechEx report, Electrochemical Double Layer Capacitors: Supercapacitors 2013-2023

Enova Systems has delivered 4 incremental 120kW drive systems to Optare Plc for integration into their Solo Electric Bus.

Hitachi announced a 11kW highly efficient permanent magnet synchronous motor co-developed with Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd., without using magnetic material containing rare-earth metals such as neodymium and dysprosium. The motor employs an iron-based amorphous metal(1) in the core, the heart of the motor.

Volvo Bus UK has won orders for 174 new hybrid buses as part of the Green Bus fund for England, including its single largest ever hybrid order of 77 double deck buses for Arriva.

Pilot project allows utilities to communicate charging instructions directly to EVs based on power grid conditions

Cutting the weight of new cars and trucks by up to 750 pounds by the end of the decade is a key component of Ford's strategy to improve fuel efficiency. In order to help achieve that goal, Ford Motor Company is partnering with Dow Automotive Systems, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, to research the use of advanced carbon fiber composites in high-volume and electric vehicles.

AC Transit, and a coalition of regional transit partners serving 7 million people in the Bay Area, has unveiled the newest hydrogen production and dispensing station to fuel the latest generation of zero-emission fuel cell buses operating in AC Transit's service area, and in the coming year throughout the region. Federal, state, and local officials formally dedicated the station at AC Transit's Emeryville division, where hydrogen to fuel the flee...

Czech Republic Company AWM recently finished testing its second prototype of a revolutionary wind machine that can recharge electrical cars or batteries in houses, boats, lawn mowers and other electrical home appliances overnight.

Having witnessed the tremendous growth of the solar industry in the past few years, along with all the dramatic events that went with it (consolidation, production capacity growth, efficiency increases, profit margins decreases, competition from thin film technologies, incentives established and withdrawn...), it's hard to map out what exactly can make a new entrant to the sector a successful photovoltaic company.

IBM has teamed with Západoslovenská energetika, a.s. (ZSE), the largest distributor and supplier of electricity in Slovakia, on a smart energy feasibility study that will help prepare the capital city Bratislava for electric vehicles.

CAP-XX Limited a leading developer of thin, prismatic supercapacitors (also known as ultracapacitors or EDLC), announced that it has developed a supercapacitor module which supplies the cranking current to start the engine in Stop-Start vehicles (also known as start-stop, idle-stop, or micro-hybrid vehicles), reducing wear on the battery and eliminating the need for larger, more expensive ones.

Australian company, EV Engineering is using UQM Technologies' electric propulsion system to power its proof-of-concept fleet of Australian-built EV Commodore electric vehicles.