The prospect of zero emission, near-silent race cars has set moustaches twitching throughout the motorsport fraternity. Many see it as heresy, while the enlightened few realize that we have a golden opportunity to inject some new life into a hundred-year-old sport. Doug Peck, editor at emotorsportnews.com, explains why the future of racing runs on… Read more »
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What about economic sustainability? Will electric vehicles ever be profitable?
The problem is that electric vehicle technology is fairly new; causing a great deal of engineering effort that comes at a high cost.
Frito-Lay celebrates its healthy electric delivery trucks
The company’s 176 Newton electric trucks, built by Smith Electric Vehicles, logged a million miles this month.
Charging colossus Coulomb raises $47.5 million in new financing
The operator of the ChargePoint Network announced Monday that it had secured $47.5 million in new financing from a variety of investors.
EV Project reaches 24-million-mile mark
The project is currently gathering data at a rate of 100,000 miles per day. It plans to publish over 40 white papers on various topics ranging from the needs of commercial charging to regulatory issues.
DOE offers up to $12 million for development of wireless EV charging
The DOE intends to select up to four projects. Selected teams will have three years to integrate their wireless charging technology into a “light duty GCEDV.”
EVI to put 500 electric trucks on California roads
With the support of several state agencies, EVI will deploy 500 electric “return-to-base delivery trucks” over the next two years.
New report assesses the $2.3-billion market for marine EVs
EVs are not only rolling on the roads, they are puttering over waterways as well. Who knew? Well, in fact the world’s navies have relied on electric propulsion for a century – submarines (non-nuclear) are powered by diesel/electric hybrid systems, and have been since World War One. Some nuclear ships are also EVs in a sense,… Read more »
KLD Energy’s electric motor system named Edison Awards finalist
The yearly Edison Awards recognize new inventions and developments in a wide range of categories. Several EV-related products are finalists this year, including the Fisker Karma, the Ford Focus Electric, and Ecotality’s Blink Level 2 charger. Winners will be announced April 26. KLD Energy Technologies has a new electric motor system that was named as… Read more »
Book review: “Bottled Lightning: Superbatteries, Electric Cars, and the New Lithium Economy”
Seth Fletcher, in the epilogue to his book about the burgeoning lithium economy, asks: “Will this last? Is this…the beginning of something enduring – a new era for transportation, energy and American high tech manufacturing? Or will it turn out to be a portrait of another false start, an anomalous couple of years in which,… Read more »
