News tagged with car batteries

Solar car aims to put rivals in the shade

(PhysOrg.com) -- Plans for a solar-powered racing car which will cruise at 60mph using the same power as a hairdryer have been unveiled by students at Cambridge University.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (24) | comments 2

Orders streaming in for new Tesla electric sedans

Tesla Motors says orders have been streaming in for its electric Model S sedans due to begin rolling off assembly lines in 2011.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Proton goes Dutch in electric car tie-up

Malaysian automaker Proton has said it will manufacture electric cars for eco-conscious markets in Europe and the United States, in a deal with Netherlands-based Detroit Electric.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Tesla unveils groundbreaking electric car

US automaker Tesla Motors unveiled Thursday its state-of-the-art five-seat sedan, billed as the world's first mass-produced, highway-capable electric car.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (40) | comments 25

Tesla to unveil electric 5-seat sedan next week

US electric automaker Tesla Motors, which launched a breakthrough gas-free sports car last year, announced Thursday it will unveil in coming days a five-seat sedan, to roll off assembly lines by 2011.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 3

DEIMOS joins MARS and its satellite of instruments on seafloor

The planet Mars has a moon named Deimos, so it seems only appropriate that the ocean observatory MARS in Monterey Bay have its own DEIMOS. This DEIMOS, however, is an underwater acoustic package designed to ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nanoball Batteries Could Charge Electric Cars in 5 Minutes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT have designed a new battery that can recharge devices about 100 times faster than conventional lithium ion batteries. The design could lead to electric car batteries that ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (28) | comments 10 weblog

New battery material could lead to rapid recharging of many devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT engineers have created a kind of beltway that allows for the rapid transit of electrical energy through a well-known battery material, an advance that could usher in smaller, lighter batteries ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (21) | comments 9

Solar-car inventor pursues distance record alone, with empty pockets

From stem to stern across the continent, skirting blacktop and blue highway in his oddball little electric car, Marcelo da Luz has devoted the last eight months of his life to following the sun.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Advanced car battery makers seek juice from stimulus plan

The U.S. is struggling to catch up with China, Japan and Korea in a race to build the advanced batteries needed to power the electric cars of the future.

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 18, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 7