News tagged with electronic vehicles

Getting in tune: Researchers solve tuning problem for wireless power transfer systems

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new way to fine-tune wireless power transfer (WPT) receivers, making the systems more efficient and functional. WPT systems hold promise for charging electric ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New method to examine batteries -- MRI from the inside

There is an ever-increasing need for advanced batteries for portable electronics, such as phones, cameras, and music players, but also to power electric vehicles and to facilitate the distribution and storage of energy derived ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 12, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers devise new means for creating elastic conductors

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new method for creating elastic conductors made of carbon nanotubes, which will contribute to large-scale production of the material for use ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Qualcomm's HaloIPT tech brings wireless charging for EVs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Qualcomm has demonstrated its new wireless power transmission system for electric vehicles (EVs) at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The system, including one pad for power transmitting, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

Karma hybrid car offers earth-friendly luxury

Technology lovers stopped and stared as the world's first high-performance hybrid luxury sedan glided silently down a street outside the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Navy researchers investigate small-scale autonomous planetary explorers

Robotic exploration to remote regions, to include distant planetary bodies, is often limited by energy requirements to perform, in repetition, even the simplest tasks. With this in mind, researchers at the ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Next-generation charging technology for environmentally friendly vehicles

Plug-in electric vehicles represent a new direction for environmentally friendly transportation. Unfortunately, plug-in electric cars are currently grid-tie power electronics that can require large quantities ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Glove-friendly touchscreen goes on exhibit

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new screen has been designed that can work with gloved hands, and it comes from Japan-based SMK. The target application will be car-navigation systems which drivers can operate while wearing ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Graphene nanocomposite a bridge to better batteries

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have created a graphene and tin nanoscale composite material for high-capacity energy storage in renewable ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Nissan 350Z most deadly to driver, SUVs safer: study

Drivers of Nissan 350Z sports car and Titan pickup, as well as the humble Chevrolet Aveo run the most risk of dying in a crash, while Audi's luxury A6 cruised in relative safety, according to an insurance ...

Technology / Other

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Ford unveils its first all-electric car (Update)

Ford unveiled its first strictly electric car on Friday, a Focus which is expected to get up to 100 miles (160 kilometers) on a single charge and will be available in North America late this year.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 07, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 70

Epson develops new XV-9000 series of gyro-sensors for vehicle attitude sensing

Epson Toyocom Corporation, the leader in crystal devices, today announced the development of a new series of compact, reliable gyro-sensors (angular rate sensors) capable of withstanding temperatures as high ...

Technology / Engineering

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Panasonic to buy out Sanyo, Panasonic Electric

(AP) -- Panasonic is planning to take 100 percent ownership of its subsidiaries Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works in a move costing up to $9.4 billion to strengthen green businesses such as electric ...

Technology / Business

created Jul 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Brookhaven Lab chemists receive patents for fuel-cell catalysts

Chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have received three patents for developing catalysts to accelerate chemical reactions in fuel cells. The newly patented catalysts, ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Improving UAVs using holographic adaptive optics

Air Force Office of Scientific Research-supported holographic, adaptive, optics research may help transform software into computer-free, electronics for unmanned aerial vehicles, high energy lasers and free-space ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 03, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0