The concept of transmitting electricity wirelessly to electric vehicles has dream-like advantages, and researchers from Spain say they have an idea that will make this a useful reality. Probably the most idealistic dream related to such technology is that it would allow electric vehicles without energy storage systems. Electric vehicles … [continued]
The great state of Utah can now lay claim to the first and only wirelessly charged electric bus designed and developed exclusively by a North American research organization, namely Utah State University. Under the somewhat pedestrian monicker Aggie Bus (we prefer Shazam!, but whatevs), the new vehicle is also the first … [continued]
Plugless Power is now offering wireless charging stations for Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt electric vehicles, and that comes with 6 months of free electricity to charge them. The price is $3,500 to $4,000 for all of the necessary equipment. Wireless charging stations offer primarily the convenience of not having … [continued]
There are a lot of cool smart highway designs going around, but Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde and Heijmans Infrastructure just made me want to jump in the electric car and hit the road. This smart highway design not only charges your car, but it will light the road, show you the weather … [continued]
Market research forecasts are almost never correct, but decent ones do give a good sense for how things are likely to change in various industries. I’ve found that Pike Research does a pretty good job of conducting cleantech market research reports. Its latest is on the growth of electric vehicle … [continued]
The British city of Milton Keynes is replacing the diesel buses on its Nº7 route with eight electric buses that will use wireless charging. A five-year collaboration agreement committing to replacing diesel buses with all new electric ones was signed by eight separate organisations, led by a subsidiary of Mitsui & … [continued]
Plugless Power is the wireless electric vehicle charging system developed by Evatran and currently being trialled at a variety of locations in the US, including two new installations at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. Evatran announced the completed … [continued]
It’s intended to take the hassle out of electric vehicle charging, and, according to its designers, Qualcomm, is a simple but effective alternative to cumbersome plug-in charging stations. Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging (WEVC) is designed to eliminate unsightly charging stations and unnecessary cables, and with just about everything else … [continued]
Lockheed Martin has been collaborating with a Seattle-based company called LaserMotive to “refuel” electric aircraft in flight using laser beams that charge batteries wirelessly, and the latest round of testing not only met but beat expectations. The test took place indoors but if wireless laser battery charging can prove … [continued]
Previously on CleanTechnica, Breath on the Wind covered the fascinating and exciting potential of wireless electric vehicle charging. In particular, he examined the wireless EV technology being developed by Masahiro Hanazawa at Toyota Central R&D Labs and Takashi Ohira at Toyohashi University. Now, there’s a bit more news on … [continued]
