Envia Systems announced today that a test sponsored by ARPA-E has verified the company’s impressive claims for its new battery cells. Envia’s prototype juice boxes have achieved an energy density of 400 Watt-hours/kilogram – the highest ever recorded for a rechargeable lithium-ion cell. We’ll leave the hyperbole to the marketing folks, and settle for a… Read more »
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Mitsubishi teams up with AeroVironment to offer a turnkey EV charging station solution
AeroVironment, Inc. announced Friday that Mitsubishi has selected the company as an authorized supplier of EV home charging systems.
Evonik’s Elise-E sports car showcases the company’s advanced materials
The German chemical company has built a super-light electric version of the Lotus Elise that demonstrates several of the company’s innovative materials.
Auto analysts assess the future of EVs
A fleet of auto industry experts took a look in their crystal balls, and discussed their findings at the Automotive Megatrends conference in Dearborn, Michigan
Pike report assesses 10 leading lithium battery firms
Lithium ion batteries – we EV boosters love ‘em (though we wish they could be a bit lighter and a lot cheaper). EV party-poopers hate ‘em, telling anyone who will listen that they’re bound to explode, stop working after a year or two, or maybe even channel mind-controlling signals from hippy Communist aliens. Everyone agrees… Read more »
Fisker falters, and the vultures gather
Another bundle of bad news for EV startup Fisker Automotive hit the wire on Monday, as the company announced that it has put Project Nina on hold, and laid off 66 workers.
Fisker Karma goes on sale in Canada
Canadian lovers of low-carbon luxury will be pleased to hear that the Fisker Karma will soon be arriving at auto dealerships in three cities.
Pure EVs outsell hybrids in China
Chinese car buyers chose fully electric vehicles over hybrids by a margin of more than two to one in 2011.
Two key Tesla executives jump ship – stock market is not amused
Peter Rawlinson, Tesla’s vice president and chief engineer, and Nick Sampson, who was in charge of vehicle and chassis engineering, left this month for personal reasons.
Updated: Software glitch forces Fisker to recall Karmas
Fisker Automotive has frozen sales of its Karma sedan and recalled all those sold so far to fix some problems with the software controls.