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, as well as an expected ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 5, 2011
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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.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 4, 2011
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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 benefit all industries, ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 1, 2011
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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 use a physico-chemical ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 17, 2011
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General Motors and LG Group will jointly design and engineer electric vehicles, the companies said Thursday.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 25, 2011
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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 North America ...
After decades of sputtering starts and stalled hopes, the electric vehicle is poised to enter the mainstream.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 11, 2011
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During the State of the Union address, President Obama reiterated a goal that surely set the hearts of electric car makers revving.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 15, 2011
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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.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 17, 2011
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(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 charging/discharging ...
Materials Science
Oct 11, 2010
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