Building a Better Battery – Elon Musk
Over the years, rechargeable battery technology has grown only by short spurts, intervening time typified by stagnation, but that has not stopped innovators, such...
Solar Stocks in the US Up on Bright Prospects
According to Deutsche Bank the falling cost of solar panels plus cheaper cost of finance is set to dramatically alter the US market. These...
Plug-In Vehicles Not Affecting Power Grid Much
Taking a look at plug-in vehicles, including plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles, one might come to the conclusion that this would simply reduce...
Long-Range Affordable Electric Vehicles Coming Soon
Electric vehicles, if you ask the layperson (• - see note), suffer from a couple of major faults, most outstandingly affordability and range.
If we...
Elon Musk Demos the Blistering-Fast Tesla Model D
Unveiled earlier this month, the all-wheel-drive Tesla Model D is a marvel of electric powertrain technology and proves the point that electric cars can...
Plug-In Car Sales Breach 600,000 Units
Barely four years after their debut, the sales of plug-in cars zoomed 20% in the last four months, reaching at least 600,000 worldwide, according...
Instead of Selling EV’s, Toyota is Instead Sharing Them
While closing down its Rav4 EV production in California, Toyota has just activated its electric vehicle sharing scheme in France.
As we earlier reported in...
Tesla Free Technology Offer Taken Up
Characteristic for a firm in the Valley, Tesla open sourced its technology, allowing other car makers to use its patents free of charge. After...
Sakti3 Solid-State Lithium-Ion Battery Could Make EVs Affordable
While much research has gone into anode and cathode materials, Sakti3 focused instead on the electrolyte, developing a solid state electrolyte that makes the...
Tesla’s Christmas Gift to California – A Battery Swapping Station?
Tesla owners in California are going to get a Christmas gift from the car company, well sort of. CEO Elon Musk announced that they...
