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Researchers Discover New Alternative for Battery Power Storage

New materials offering an alternative to battery power has turned out to be a major scientific advancement that has proven to be between 1,000-10,000 times more powerful than the currently available battery alternative - a supercapacitor.

6 Dec 2016

Stanford Study Reveals Battery Electric Cars Reduce Emissions Better Than Fuel Cell Vehicles

Electric vehicles running on batteries would be a better investment than hydrogen fuel cells in a number of communities.

15 Nov 2016

In for the Long Haul! The "MeStREx" Project Extends the Range of Battery-powered Vehicles

As part of the MeStREx (Metallic Stack for Range Extender) research project, Plansee is working together with partners from industry and research on an innovative "range extender".

19 Oct 2016

Arrow Electronics Supports Development of Hong Kong's First Concept Electric Vehicle Through EVTech Makerthon Project

Arrow Electronics, Inc., the global technology company providing products and services that guide innovation forward, today announced it provided technology framework and guidance to support the development of Hong Kong's first concept electric vehicle (EV) through the EVTech Makerthon project organized by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park Corporation (HKSTP) and Makerbay.

21 Sep 2016

Mexican Researchers Convert Internal Combustion Cars to Electric Vehicles to Improve Air Quality

Convert internal combustion cars, which means less economic cost and contribution to a clean environment.

9 Sep 2016

University of Delaware’s Platform for Integrating V2G Technology Makes Large-Scale Renewable Energy More Practical

The University of Delaware’s platform for integrating vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology is now operating in Denmark, creating a new V2G hub outside the United States that is poised to expand widely with commercial products.

30 Aug 2016

Survey Reveals Common Plug-In Hybrid User Trends

Battery electric vehicles provide better energy efficiency, less pollution and greenhouse gas emissions over vehicles powered by fossil fuels. Plug-in hybrid vehicles are in a mid-position - they are capable of extended driving in electric mode with electricity generated from the grid or the use of fossil fuel in an inner combustion engine.

17 Aug 2016

New Hybrid Valladolid Municipal Fleet Vehicles Presented at Plaza Mayor

Four new vehicles of the Valladolid municipal fleet were presented in Plaza Mayor (Valladolid) on July 19th 2016. They are two new extended-range hybrid buses and two fully electric cars purchased within the framework of sustainable mobility actions from the REMOURBAN project.

28 Jul 2016

Researchers Develop New Pricing System to Make Charging Electric Vehicles More Effective

Research at Southampton has developed a new pricing system based on online auction platforms, to make charging electric vehicles more effective. We are also investigating how batteries can give power back to the National Grid when the electric cars are not being used.

15 Jul 2016

New Electric-Hybrid Engine for Venice Water Taxis Could Provide Cleaner, Greener Transport

Engineers from the University of Southampton are helping to develop an electric-hybrid engine for Venice water taxis this summer to provide cleaner, greener transport.

24 Jun 2016