Originally published on Transport & Environment. Also available in French, German, Italian, Polish, and Spanish. Europe’s electric car boom is at risk of stalling, jeopardising the sales of 18 million battery electric vehicles, new data shows. EU clean car rules have driven plug-in vehicle sales to almost one-fifth of the market. But weak targets between 2022 … [continued]
Toyota’s embrace of the internal combustion engine and hydrogen has gone from the sublime to the ridiculous. Spearheaded by the pigheaded antics of Akio Toyoda, Toyota is celebrating the fact that it refused to sign a pledge to eliminate infernal combustion engines in Glasgow last week by forming Team Japan. … [continued]
A top researcher at Purdue has hooked up with Ford to crank the electric vehicle market into overdrive with new super fast charging cable.
Like it or hate it, the Edmunds “Real World” range test is a good one. Instead of following some unrealistic EPA driving cycle, where speeds max out around 50-55 MPH, Edmunds drives cars on the freeway the way people actually drive them. This works out better for some brands than … [continued]
Addressing emissions from Virginia’s transportation sector will require doing more than only electrifying personal transportation across the Commonwealth.
Originally posted on EVANNEX. By Charles Morris Toyota didn’t rise to the pinnacle of the global auto industry by chance. Throughout its history, it’s been an extremely innovative, forward-looking company. Books have been written, and college courses taught, about its engineering excellence. That’s why the company’s vaunted revamp of its Mirai fuel … [continued]
When you first learn about (and perhaps contemplate buying) a Tesla Model 3 or Model Y, you find out that they have almost no knobs or dials and everything is controlled by the center computer screen. If you are driving an older car, you don’t have any driver automation. You … [continued]
Panasonic shared a video earlier this year that documents its evolution in battery technology and manufacturing. Hosted by Shoichiro Watanabe, Head of Energy Technology and Manufacturing, the video covers Panasonic’s contribution to the battery industry and the evolution of battery technology and manufacturing. Diving in, Watanabe started with Panasonic’s history. … [continued]
The Mastering of the Electric Power That Controls the Batteries and Motors of Electric Vehicles
Article courtesy of Purdue University. WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana — Purdue University engineers have invented a new, patent-pending charging station cable that would fully recharge certain electric vehicles in under five minutes – about the same amount of time it takes to fill up a gas tank. Today, chargers are limited … [continued]
