Posts Tagged ‘electric car’

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    Breakthrough In Electric Cars Not Expected For Another Decade
    European automotive executives are confident that Europe will become the first mass market for electric cars, according to a new research conducted by Ernst & Young. Ernst & Young surveyed the opinion of over 300 European automotive leaders to reveal that the on average they believe that the electric car market will reach a critical mass by 2022. Europe is expected...
    by at October 10th, 2011 at 06:10 am
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    Crash-safe Battery Protection for Electric Cars
    Scientists from Fraunhofer Institute have replaced a battery box for lithium-ion batteries with a lightweight component, that not only save weight and sustain no damage in an accident, but for the first time ever, it can also be mass-produced. If an electric car wants to be environmentally friendly it must weigh as little as possible, because when the light turns green...
    by at October 5th, 2011 at 11:10 am
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    Student-Built Electric Car Sets Land Speed Record at Salt Flats
    An electric car designed and built by BYU engineering students set a world land speed record for its weight class, averaging 155.8 mph over its two required qualifying runs, one of which was clocked at 175 mph. The milestone marks the end of a seven-year quest of more than 130 students, led by Perry Carter, who just retired as an associate professor. In land speed racing...
    by at October 4th, 2011 at 09:10 pm
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    GE, Nissan Team Up to Boost Electric Car Adoption
    GE and Nissan have signed a two-year research collaboration to speed up the development of a reliable, robust smart charging infrastructure to fuel mass market adoption of electric cars. GE and Nissan have identified two key focus areas for the research efforts. The first relates to the integration of electric cars with homes and buildings. The second looks at electric...
    by at October 1st, 2011 at 01:10 am
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    GE, GM Team Up on Electric Cars in China
    General Electric and General Motors are partnering to jointly accelerate the deployment of electric car charging infrastructure in China. The companies have signed an agreement to better develop the EV charging infrastructure in Shanghais metropolitan area. The two companies agreed to install GE’s WattStation and DuraStation charging systems at a government-assigned...
    by at September 22nd, 2011 at 09:09 pm
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    GM, SAIC to Co-develop Electric Cars in China
    General Motors and its Chinese joint-venture partner SAIC Motor Corp. signed an agreement today in Shanghai to develop parts and vehicle platforms for electric cars in China. The Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC) – SAIC and GM’s engineering and design joint venture in Shanghai – will serve as the development center for the new electric car architecture....
    by at September 20th, 2011 at 09:09 am
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    Electric Cars Too Expensive: Report
    Electric car manufacturers need to cut prices if they want to energize the market, the British Car Rental and Leasing Association has warned. According to August sales figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), just 812 buyers have taken up the Government’s £5000 Plug-In-Car Grant so far this year, suggesting that electric cars are still...
    by at September 6th, 2011 at 08:09 am
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    Ontario, Magna Team Up on Electric Cars
    The government of Ontario and auto-parts giant Magna International Inc. unveiled plans to invest C$432 million (US$441 million) over the next six years to develop next-generation electric car technologies. The province of Ontario, the center of Canada’s auto industry, will contribute C$48.4 million to the total. The funding will go towards developing electric car...
    by at August 30th, 2011 at 04:08 am
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    Nissan Delivers France’s First Electric LEAF
    Nissan delivered its first mass produced electric car, the Nissan LEAF, to customers in the France. Carine and Phillip Gerbaud got handed the keys to their white Nissan LEAF at NISSAN COURIANT in Aix-en-Provence on August 2nd. Carine Gerbaud will mainly use her Nissan LEAF for daily commuting to her workplace. As she drives 80km per day on average, the Nissan LEAF’s...
    by at August 9th, 2011 at 05:08 am
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    Electric Cars Facing Challenges in Germany
    German consumer purchase considerations for electric cars remain relatively low compared to other powertrain technologies and that most current EV offerings miss consumer’s electric car purchase and ownership requirements, a Gartner, Inc. study revealed. The analysis of Gartner’s latest electric car readiness study conducted in Germany in the first and second quarter...
    by at August 8th, 2011 at 12:08 am
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