Tesla Opens New Showroom In NYC
Tesla is opening on Friday a brand-new showroom in New York where it will sell cars, batteries, and solar panels all under one roof, and the new store opening incidentally Continue Reading
Denmark sets milestone for EV charges
The Danish market for electric vehicles set a milestone with more than 1 million charges and 36 million miles since 2014, a utility provider said Thursday. German utility company E.ON Continue Reading
Tesla lines up buyers for electric semi-truck
Reuters reports that the food and beverage giant has reserved 100 of the trucks, the largest reported corporate purchase plan thus far. Walmart has reserved 15 trucks and the trucking Continue Reading
Ford Will Build Electric Cars in Mexico, Shifting Its Plan
Ford says it will build driverless vehicles at a Michigan plant previously designated for electric car production. Almost a year ago, after heavy criticism from President-elect Donald J. Trump, Ford Continue Reading
U.S. transit agencies cautious on electric buses despite bold forecasts
Communities across the United States are looking to replace their dirty diesel buses, ushering in what some analysts predict will be a boom in electric fleets. An electric bus sits Continue Reading
China Launches World’s First All-Electric Cargo Ship
China just launched its first all-electric cargo ship, which will travel 50 miles at a top speed of 8 miles per hour on a single charge. Though it will be Continue Reading
Investors wean themselves off oil as electric future beckons
European oil shares, having been for so long the dividend darlings of income funds, are losing their pulling power as investors take another look at the long term future of Continue Reading
China Will Lead an Electric Car Future, Ford’s Chairman Says
Fords at an auto show in Guangzhou, China, last month. Ford Motor said Tuesday that it planned to introduce 15 models in China by 2025 that run at least in Continue Reading
Honda installs new bi-directional charging technology at European R&D center
Honda has invested in advanced bi-directional charging technology at its European R&D site in Offenbach, Germany, which is helping to balance demand and store energy more efficiently across the facility. Continue Reading
Ford ramps up electric vehicle push in China amid slowing sales
Ford Motor Co ( F.N ) will launch 50 new vehicles in China by 2025, including 15 electrified vehicles, the U.S. firm said at an event in Shanghai on Tuesday, Continue Reading
The Electric Truck Revolution Is About To Accelerate
In fact, I would argue that electrically-powered wheels may come to the trucking market faster than the world of passenger cars. The reason is simple. Trucking companies—like any capitalist, profit-maximizing Continue Reading
The Stunning Energy Cost Of Tesla’s Semi-Truck
Elon Musk’s reliance on shock-and-awe tactics and unjustifiably lofty performance projections is creating serious problems for the so-called visionary as a growing number of experts have come forward to explain Continue Reading
FastCharge consortium evaluating ultrafast charging; 450 kW anticipated
The German FastCharge project, inaugurated in July 2016, is investigating the limits of fast charging systems for the future. Participants of the three-year project are Allego GmbH, the BMW Group Continue Reading
First Hybrid Electric-Powered Airliner Could Fly by 2020
By 2020, Airbus, in collaboration with Siemens and Rolls Royce are aiming to test their first hybrid electric aircraft engine on a BAe146 If all goes well, sometime in 2020, Continue Reading
Graphene balls for lithium rechargeable batteries with fast charging and high volumetric energy densities
Improving one property without sacrificing others is challenging for lithium-ion batteries due to the trade-off nature among key parameters. Here we report a chemical vapor deposition process to grow a Continue Reading
GM Aims for Self-Driving Taxi Fleet by 2019
General Motors Co. said the robotaxi service it is developing could potentially eclipse the profits it earns in the core automotive business within a decade, an ambitious target based on Continue Reading
General Motors aims to run fleets of self-driving taxis by 2019
General Motors aims to launch a public ride-sharing service across several cities that uses fully self-driving cars by 2019, potentially becoming the first traditional carmaker to deploy autonomous technology at Continue Reading
Tesla most popular global electric vehicle brand between January and September 2017; EV sales accelerating
The adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) has accelerated as policymakers across the globe pass regulations to reduce emissions of air pollutants, according to the latest analysis by JATO Dynamics. 2017 Continue Reading
Why Battery Cost Could Put the Brakes on Electric Car Sales – Bloomberg
Battery prices need to drop by more than half before electric vehicles will be competitive with cars powered by internal-combustion engines, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, whose two-day Future Continue Reading
Samsung’s Graphene-Based Battery Charges In 12 Minutes
The Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) created “graphene balls” to increase battery capacity by 45 percent and charge up to five times more quickly. The company says the innovation Continue Reading
Tesla truck will need energy of 4,000 homes to recharge, research claims
One of Europe’s leading energy consultancies has estimated that Tesla’s electric haulage truck will require the same energy as up to 4,000 homes to recharge, calculations that raise questions about the Continue Reading
When Will Electric Planes Be Clear For Takeoff?
With so much talk of electric cars, it’s easy to overlook another segment of the transport industry that is seeing an influx of electric projects: aircraft. There are probably a Continue Reading
SolidPower: The Solid State Breakthrough EVs Are Looking For
SolidPower researchers in Colorado developing solid state lithium batteries The current generation of lithium-ion batteries have given us day-long cellphones, hours-long laptops and 200+ mile electric cars. Now solid-state batteries Continue Reading
Driverless cars may kill off the world’s deadliest invention
We often make lists of the best inventions of all time. But which are the worst? The nuclear bomb would be up there. The AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifle also has Continue Reading
IONITY partners with Shell, OMV, Tank & Rast and Circle K on sites for high-power charging network; 18 countries, >200 sites
IONITY , the joint venture of BMW, Daimler, Ford and Volkswagen with Audi and Porsche that is developing and implementing a High-Power Charging (HPC) network for EVs across Europe ( Continue Reading
A Low-Cost Alternative To Lithium-Ion Batteries
Forschungszentrum Juelich researchers with American Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have now successfully observed with nano-scale precision how deposits form at the iron electrode during operation. A deeper understanding of Continue Reading
Tesla’s Newest Promises Break the Laws of Batteries
Elon Musk knows how to make promises. Even by his own standards, the promises made last week while introducing two new Tesla vehicles—the heavy-duty Semi Truck and the speedy Roadster—are Continue Reading
Thanksgiving Travelers Smash Records
As we all know from the personal experience of enduring long lines at the airport and inching along frosty highways in bumper-to-bumper holiday traffic, Thanksgiving week is unquestionably one of Continue Reading
UK launching £400M vehicle charging infrastructure fund; putting extra £100M to support for buying EVs
The UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, presented his Autumn Budget to Parliament. Among the elements in the budget are the launch of a new £400-million (US$530-million) Charging Investment Continue Reading
Global Electric Car Sales Jump 63 Percent
China made more than half of EV purchases in the third quarter Bloomberg New Energy Finance expects 1 million sold this year Electric vehicles sales surged to a record in Continue Reading
Is Tesla’s E-Truck A Game Changer For Energy Markets?
Tesla is facing a real crossroads in its future as it runs behind schedule for the affordable, 220 mile range Tesla Model 3 reaching mass market. Why would the company Continue Reading
India opens first-ever EV charging station
Choking from high levels of air pollution, a state-owned oil company in India opens the nation’s first-ever charging station for electric vehicles. In announcing a first, a state-owned oil company Continue Reading
Is China making U.S. irrelevant to the future of automobiles?
The first automobile was invented in Germany in 1885 by Karl Benz, but it was the U.S. that led the building of the global 20th-century automobile industry. Through the turn Continue Reading
Volvo Promises Uber Fleet of Self-Driving Taxis by 2019
Volvo Cars said it has agreed to supply Uber Technologies Inc. with a fleet of 24,000 self-driving taxis beginning in 2019—one of the first and biggest commercial orders for such Continue Reading
Fossil Fuel to Renewables, Not Horses to Cars
Profs. Lee E. Ohanian and Ted Temzelides recount the story of the environmental crisis that hit cities in the late 1800s—namely excess horse manure—and how it was solved by the Continue Reading
Mercedes-Benz will offer electric drive on all commercial van lines; electric eVito now available to order, eSprinter in 2019
Mercedes-Benz Vans will offer electric drive options on all its commercial van model lines. This will start with the mid-size eVito, with deliveries commencing in the second half of 2018. Continue Reading
Musk’s “Hardcore Smack-Down” To Gasoline Vehicles
The electric semitrailer would have a 500-mile range and will roll out in 2019, if all goes according to plan. On top of that, Musk surprised the crowd gathered at Continue Reading
Tesla Investors Are Losing Patience
I have covered advanced biofuel companies for more than a decade, and just about all of them made implausible claims about their technologies. They consistently overpromised and underdelivered, until they Continue Reading
The Hidden Cost Of Electric Cars
EU electric car producers got a fresh lease on life last week as the European Commission proposed caps on vehicle emissions as a way to fight against global warming—and to Continue Reading
Tesla Truck Could Threaten Big Chunk of Oil Demand, If It Works
Freight vehicles account for about 20% of world fuel use Future demand growth is dominated by medium and heavy trucks Tesla Inc. ’s unveiling on Thursday of a new electric Continue Reading
Despite Big Push From Beijing, Electric Cars Struggle in China
Electric vehicles aren’t yet living up to the hype, automakers in China are finding, as they churn out more EVs than they can sell to satisfy government directives. Beijing tempts Continue Reading
Tesla Plays the Long Game With Semi Truck
Tesla’s Elon Musk says the Semi will be able to travel 500 miles on a single charge. Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk is taking on the commercial truck market Continue Reading
Tesla’s Electric Semi Truck Gets Orders From Wal-Mart and J.B. Hunt
Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk introduced the Semi electric truck Thursday. Some of the country’s biggest trucking fleets are among Tesla Inc.’s first customers for its all-electric big rig. J.B. Continue Reading
Tesla Truck Could Threaten Big Chunk of Oil Demand, If It Works
Freight vehicles account for about 20% of world fuel use Future demand growth is dominated by medium and heavy trucks Tesla Inc. ’s unveiling on Thursday of a new electric Continue Reading
Volkswagen Group to spend >$40B over next 5 years to develop electric mobility, autonomous driving, new mobility services and digitalization
The Volkswagen Group will spend more than €34 billion (US$40 billion) by the end of 2022 on the development of electric mobility, autonomous driving, new mobility services and digitalization. Most Continue Reading
Musk unveils Tesla Semi; 500-mile range at highway speed with 80,000 lbs GVW; next-gen Roadster appears
Emphasizing “BAMF” performance, Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduced the Tesla Semi in an evening event. The sleek electric truck, with a 0.36 coefficient of drag (supported by intelligent flaps that Continue Reading
Tesla unleashes supercar from newly launched truck
Tesla stunned attendees at what was billed as an unveiling of its move into haulage trucking by revealing a revamped Roadster, which founder Elon Musk said would be the “fastest Continue Reading
Tesla Reveals Semi Truck With 500-Mile Range, New Roadster Car
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk on Thursday revealed the company’s first all-electric semitrailer truck and a $200,000 super car, his latest attempt to stir excitement for his vision to Continue Reading
PPG partners with SiNode Systems to commercialize high-energy silicon-graphene anodes
PPG has entered into a partnership with SiNode Systems to accelerate the commercialization of high-energy silicon-graphene anode materials for advanced battery applications in electric vehicles. The 30-month project will enable Continue Reading
Fisker has filed patents for solid-state batteries
It seems that we’re on the cusp of a solid-state battery revolution. The latest company to announce progress in developing the new type of battery is Fisker . It has Continue Reading