Archive for the ‘Technology’

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    Nissan Develops Next Generation Fuel Cell Stack
    Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today released its Next Generation Fuel Cell Stack (2011 Model) for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV). Through improvements to the MEA (Membrane Electrode Assembly) and the separator flow path, which make up the structure of Fuel Cell, Nissan significantly improved the power density of Fuel Cell Stack to 2.5 times greater than its 2005 model and...
    by at October 13th, 2011 at 03:10 am
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    GM Partners with ABB to Use Volt Batteries for Backup Power
    Grid equipment supplier ABB and General Motors demonstrated on Tuesday an energy storage system that combines electric vehicle battery technology and a grid-tied electric power inverter. The two companies are building a prototype that could lead to Chevrolet Volt battery packs storing energy, including renewable wind and solar energy, and feeding it back to the grid. The...
    by at July 21st, 2011 at 02:07 am
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    Volvo Developing Three Types of Range Extenders for Electric Cars
    Volvo Car Corporation is taking the next step in the company’s electrification strategy by producing test cars with Range Extenders – electric cars that are fitted with a combustion engine to increase their effective range. The projects, supported by the Swedish Energy Agency and the EU, encompass three potential technology combinations. Tests of the various...
    by at July 12th, 2011 at 04:07 am
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    Nissan Develops Solar-Powered Charging System
    Nissan and 4R Energy Corp. have developed a super-green way to recharge its electric vehicles that combines a solar power generation system with high-capacity lithium-ion batteries. Testing of this new charging system began today at Nissan’s Global Headquarters in Yokohama. In the new charging system, electricity is generated through 488 solar cells installed on...
    by at July 11th, 2011 at 03:07 am
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    New MIT Battery Could Make Charging as Quick as Pumping Gas
    Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology today published details on a radically new approach to the design of batteries that could provide a lightweight and inexpensive alternative to existing batteries for electric cars and the power grid. In a paper published in the journal Advanced Energy Materials, they said the approach has the potential to boost...
    by at June 6th, 2011 at 01:06 pm
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    GM Electric Motors Plant is First for Major U.S. Automaker
    GM’s electric motor plant near Baltimore will be the first by a major U.S. automaker dedicated to making the critical components for vehicle electrification when the plant opens in 2013. GM broke ground Tuesday for the previously announced addition to the complex housing its two-mode hybrid and Heavy Duty transmission operations. The electric motor plant results from...
    by at May 17th, 2011 at 02:05 pm
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    Toyota Partners with WiTricity for Wireless Electric Car Charging
    Toyota have recently partnered with WiTricity, with whom they have also invested substantial capital in, to develop practical application of wireless electric car charging systems and the promotion of their widespread use. The charging of a plug-in hybrid or electric car could be as simple and convenient as parking near an embedded charger at a home or in a parking facility. WiTricity’s...
    by at May 2nd, 2011 at 04:05 am
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    TREXA Reveals Production Enertube Prototype
    TREXA’s skateboard electric vehicle platform concept has turned tubular. The electric vehicle platform maker has revealed a new production prototype in conjunction with filing for a patent for the company’s Enertube tubular battery storage system. The TREXA vehicle platform has been designed to be scaled up or down for various vehicular applications, and the heart...
    by at April 17th, 2011 at 04:04 am
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    New Battery Technology Allows Electric Vehicles to Recharge in Two Minutes
    Paul Braun and his colleagues at the University of Illinois have succeeded in building new battery technology that allows electric vehicles to recharge in minutes, not hours. The batteries in Illinois professor Paul Braun’s lab look like any others, but they pack a surprise inside. Braun’s group developed a three-dimensional nanostructure for battery cathodes that...
    by at March 25th, 2011 at 04:03 am
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    Google Testing Plugless Electric Car Charger
    Google has installed a plugless electric car charger, designed by Virginia-based Evatran LLC, to charge up plug-in electric cars on its Mountain View, Calif. campus. Developed by Evatran LLC, Plugless Power is a Level 2 (7.7 kW, 240V at 32A) inductive charging system. Plugless Power is based on inductive technology, which has been used in electrical transformers for more...
    by at March 22nd, 2011 at 01:03 am
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