Want to increase the range of your EV without adding capacity to the costly battery pack? Optimize. In parallel with global research efforts to improve the power density of batteries, many are looking for new ways to use less energy per mile. Mitsubishi’s New Motor Mitsubishi Electric is hard at work redefining what a… Read more »
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Slow charge: the evolving EV market
At this year’s New York International Auto Show, the central story was that even mainstream cars and SUVs are getting stellar fuel economy.
A tale of two startups: battery maker A123 to announce earnings this week
Massachusetts-based maker of advanced lithium batteries, plans to release its first quarter 2012 financial results this Tuesday. Net loss is expected to be around $125 million.
GE Energy introduces networked EV charging platform
The WattStation Connect software platform will allow charger operators to manage, monitor and maintain their EV charging “ecosystem,” gather information and process payments.
VIDEO: Spyders attack as Porsche and BMW show off prototype plug-in roadsters
Fans of electrical high performance will salivate over this new video from Motor Trend’s Wide Open Throttle, which gives us sneak peeks at two screamingly speedy prototype PHEVs from Porsche and BMW. Apparently, Motor Trend believes their audience is behind the times, for narrator Paul Horrell feels compelled to tell us that Porsche’s 918 Spyder is… Read more »
Off-road star Beccy Gordon will drive a Mitsubishi i-MiEV in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
Ms Gordon formed All-American Girl Racing in 2006 and became part of the only all-female team to compete in the Baja 1000.
HPEV develops PHEV conversion kit
The comapny is developing what it calls a “parallel hybrid load assist retrofit package,” which it plans to demonstrate on a Ford 350 class 3 truck later this year.
VIDEO: PBS feature highlights EVTV’s conversion convention
A PBS station in Carbondale, Illinois, recently aired a thirty-minute feature on EVTV and the Electric Vehicle Conversion Convention (EVCCON) that two tinkerers sponsored in 2011.
Mitsubishi to launch Power BOX power feeder for its EVs
Mitsubishi’s new Power BOX power feeder allows you to draw standard AC power from an i-MiEV’s battery.
Why I bought a Volt
I swore I would never buy a new car… and yet, December 23, 2010, I took delivery of my brand new, cyber gray metallic Chevrolet Volt – number 186 off the assembly line – and I couldn’t be happier. The car is amazing. But don’t take my word for it – to date the Volt… Read more »