News tagged with electric vehicle technologies
Beijing auto show to unveil cleaner cars
Carmakers at the Beijing auto show are due to unveil scores of clean energy vehicles as they try to convince Chinese customers to swap gas-guzzling SUVs for cleaner but slower and pricier options.
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Apr 23, 2012 |
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Clean energy could lead to scarce materials
As the world moves toward greater use of low-carbon and zero-carbon energy sources, a possible bottleneck looms, according to a new MIT study: the supply of certain metals needed for key clean-energy technologies.
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Wireless power could revolutionize highway transportation, researchers say
A Stanford University research team has designed a high-efficiency charging system that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly transmit large electric currents between metal coils placed several feet apart. The ...
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Feb 01, 2012 |
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Major electric utility buys US Solar Decathlon winner
WaterShed, the international-prize-winning solar house built by University of Maryland students, faculty and professional partners, has found a buyer and a permanent site: Electric service provider Pepco is ...
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Jan 30, 2012 |
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With changes, the grid can take it
Over the next two decades, the U.S. electric grid will face unprecedented technological challenges stemming from the growth of distributed and intermittent new energy sources such as solar and wind power, ...
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Dec 05, 2011 |
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Nissan Leaf electric wins Japan car of the year
Japanese motor giant Nissan won Car of the Year Japan at the Tokyo Motor Show on Saturday for its Leaf electric model, its makers said, the first time an electric vehicle has picked up the award.
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Dec 04, 2011 |
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KAIST's successful transfer of green technology
Daejeon, Republic of Korea, December 1, 2011—The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has reaped the fruits of its hard work in developing an innovative green technology that will ...
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Dec 01, 2011 |
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Battery research: Bionics reduces filling time
The latest development by engineers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT, Germany) is inspired by nature. To fill the porous electrodes of lithium-ion batteries more rapidly with liquid electrolyte, they ...
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Oct 17, 2011 |
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GM, LG partner on electric vehicles
General Motors and LG Group will jointly design and engineer electric vehicles, the companies said Thursday.
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Aug 25, 2011 |
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ECOtality Inc. and car2go team up to bring charging infrastructure to San Diego
ECOtality Inc., a company that works on clean electric transportation and storage technologies, has announced the formation of a partnership with car2go, a car sharing service that is a subsidiary of Daimler ...
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Jul 14, 2011 |
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Germany outlines bold plan to drive electric
Germany outlined Monday a bold plan to rev up the number of all-electric cars on its roads from next to nothing to one million in under 10 years, helping its automakers shift into the key sector.
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May 16, 2011 |
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Tesla, other electric vehicles poised to enter the mainstream
After decades of sputtering starts and stalled hopes, the electric vehicle is poised to enter the mainstream.
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Apr 11, 2011 |
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Electric vehicles: How we get there
During the State of the Union address, President Obama reiterated a goal that surely set the hearts of electric car makers revving.
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Feb 15, 2011 |
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Toyota developing alternative electric motor
Toyota Motor Corp., maker of the popular Prius hybrid car, is developing a new type of electric motor to cut its dependence on rare earth metals and lower costs, a company spokesman said Monday.
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Jan 17, 2011 |
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Who killed the graphite anode? Researchers move silicon anode li-ion battery technology forward
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology with reversible capacity of more than 1,600 milliamp hours per gram (mAh/g) after 40 ...
Oct 11, 2010 |
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