Archive for category Electric Vehicles

Wireless Power Transmission Made Better by Old Electronics Principles and New Circuitry

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Electric Vehicles, Nikola Tesla on May 16, 2012

NC State University researchers have recently implemented what is being used in radios for decades in wireless power transfer (WPT) receivers – the ability of the receiver to keep track of the transmitter’s frequency if the differences are really small. This could ultimately impact electric vehicle wireless power transfer systems by making them more efficient [...]

Tesla Motors’ Shares Drop 7 Percent Because of Toyota RAV4′s Price

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Car industry, Electric Vehicles on May 9, 2012

Tesla Motors is again having financial troubles these days, as their shares fell by 7 percent, down to $30.19 in NYSE. The drop has been caused by news that Toyota’s new electric RAV4 will sell for double what it costs in its gasoline version. Toyota has an agreement with Tesla for using their electric motor, [...]

Karabag Fiat 500e – Combining a Forklift and Gas Car Results Cheap EV

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Electric Vehicles on May 7, 2012

Everyone knows electric cars have to be cheap to be accessible to become mainstream and to make the transition from gas faster and steadier. Karabag, a German startup specialized in electric vehicle conversions, is combined a 20 kW forklift motor with a Fiat 500E, and got the cheapest city electric vehicle on the market. Karabag [...]

World’s Most Important Automakers Set Standard for EV Charging

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Car industry, Electric Vehicles on May 4, 2012

A new agreement between the world’s most important automakers regarding the standardization of electric vehicle charging systems has been announced on Thursday. The new standard is meant to speed up charging and make it more safe. The new charging system will be on display at this year’s Electric Vehicle Symposium and has been adopted by [...]

K1 Evelio Could Become a Real Competitor For Tesla Roadster

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Electric Vehicles on May 3, 2012

Of course, before you’ll have read this article, your eyes will instinctively have looked at the picture first and what you’ll have seen will most probably seem to you as come off from a movie about the future. I mean, isn’t the K1 Evelio a sight? However, besides being a sight, it’s a fuel efficient [...]

Upgraded Version of 2013 Chevrolet Volt to Be Produced This Year

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Electric Vehicles on April 19, 2012

General Motors chose this last weekend to reveal most of their order guides for the 2013 product lineup, so if you want to find out what’s in store for the 2013 Chevrolet Volt, here’s a quick update on the new stuff. First of all, the car received a design tune-up: a rear liftgate and a [...]

Dyson Appliance Motors Powering Electric Car Race

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Electric Vehicles on April 14, 2012

Dyson, the famous British appliance company, usually manufactures vacuum cleaners, among its other products. They’re not involved in racing events of any sorts, but this time they may actually strike some people’s sensitive chords, as their 650 engineers put their minds to creating the world’s first race powered by appliance motors. The original dragsters’ motors [...]

SIM-WIL: The Japanese Electric Ride That Rivals Gasoline Sports Cars

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Electric Vehicles on April 3, 2012

Do you remember SIM-LEI? You probably don’t, as its name doesn’t say much (like Nissan Leaf does, for instance), but that’s the first car SIM-Drive Corp, a Japanese company built last year. Now they’re announcing the brand-new SIM-WIL, a more advanced piece of electronics (read: electric car) that will outperform the first and many sports [...]

Specialized Turbo e-Bike Rides at 28 mph, Claims It’s The Fastest Bike Out There

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Electric Vehicles on March 30, 2012

Let me ask you a simple question: how much would you spend for a bike? Would you buy a €5,499 ($7,100) bike? Waiting for you to decide, I’m telling you that Specialized, a company specialized in bikes, has just launched what it calls world’s fastest and best electric bike out there… the Turbo… costing… I just [...]

BMW i8 Electric Supercar Coming Out in 2014

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Electric Vehicles on March 26, 2012

When BMW puts something out on the market, it’s worth checking it out. This time we’re talking about the i8 plug-in hybrid, that has often been referred to as a “supercar.” Why? Because, all its features, very faithful to the original concept, indicate it. It features pop-up doors and wing-like rear spoilers, a 170bhp electric [...]

POSCO Making Lighter, Stronger Steel for Electric Vehicles

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Electric Vehicles on March 15, 2012

So far we’ve been used to having companies focus on the battery of electric vehicles and improving their range. This time POSCO takes a different approach and comes up with a lighter steel for the carcass. The South-Korean steelmaker called it the POSCO Concept Electric Vehicle, a combination of its good-quality materials and technological know-how. [...]

Spanish Grid Operator Installing Over 100 EV Charging Stations Countrywide

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Electric Vehicles on March 14, 2012

After the Northern European countries, it’s now time for Spain to gear up with brand new recharging stations for its EVs, because let’s face it: if you don’t have where to recharge, you don’t feel like driving anywhere! So the Iberdrola Company saw how the trend was going and brought forth its Green Mobility Plan. [...]

EV Range Too Short? New Heat Pump Improves Heating & Cooling Energy Consumption

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Electric Vehicles on March 12, 2012

Although the range problem for electric vehicles has somehow been resolved, what do you with the heating issue? As you may know, if some of that needed electricity goes to the driver cabin in the form of heat, the vehicle’s range drops by 40%…Not very inviting, is it? However, as always, every problem has its [...]

Infiniti Emerg-E Electric Sports Car Concept Unveiled at 2012 Geneva Motor Show

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Electric Vehicles on March 8, 2012

Did you get a look at that? I mean, isn’t it just gorgeous? This 3,523 pounds beauty is the Infiniti Emerg-E Electric, the sports car everyone’s been waiting for at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. Francois Bancon, Division General Manager of Exploratory and Advanced Product called it a combination of “400 wild horses of muscle [...]

Ford Focus Electric Termed the Most Energy Efficient EV in U.S.

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Electric Vehicles on March 6, 2012

Want to go electric but don’t know how? There are, of course, several options, but we only want what is best for you: so here’s the 2012 Ford Focus Electric. And it’s not only us who feel this way, it’s actually the EPA (well, a bit improper said “feel”) who guarantees its value as the [...]