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PNNL’s New EV Battery: 7x Longer Lifespan, 2 to 3 Times Longer Range

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 19:26:06 +0000

The transport sector remains a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and electric vehicles can eliminate this generation of pollutants. Still, there are factors that remain challenges to electric mobility. The miles an electric vehicle can drive before it runs out of charge is almost half of the miles a petroleum/diesel-fueled vehicle can drive before […]

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Nissan Rolls In Wireless Charging For The Leaf

Michelle Lutz — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 12:57:20 +0000

Any business owner knows that you have to make money to stay in business. Big or small, if you don’t have customers, you can’t pull a profit. Nissan has been trying to find a way to stay above the pack since it hit a business slump in the 1990’s. Since this turn they have worked […]

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Freevolt Harvests Radio Waves to Charge Your Gadgets

Mila Luleva — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 16:43:30 +0000

Freevolt is a groundbreaking new technology, which harvests energy from radio waves. It provides constant electrical charge to electronic devices absolutely for free. If you are one of those people, who strictly believe in the saying “there is no such thing as free lunch”, you might want to give it another thought. A team of talented […]

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Self-Powered Smartphones to Hit the Market in 2016?

Mila Luleva — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 11:53:11 +0000

Self-powering smartphones might hit the market as early as next year, thanks to a revolutionary technology by Nikola Labs. Smartphone technologies are advancing with a speed that no one could have predicted just five years ago. The processors are extremely powerful, the display resolution can put many TVs to shame, the integrated cameras, GPS systems, […]

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PoWiFi Powers Devices Wirelessly, Eliminates Batteries

Mila Luleva — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 08:54:07 +0000

PoWiFi is a system that allows simultaneous wireless transfer of power and data to electronic devices using existing WiFi infrastructure, giving a glimpse of hope that batteries might soon be made redundant. Different technologies that allow wireless charging have been circulating the news for quite some time now, with gadgets and mats providing that ever-so-needed […]

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Starbucks to Install Wireless Charging for Your Gadgets, Only Not Sure Which Ones

Mila Luleva — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:29:58 +0000

A great technology is coming to you via Starbucks. Yes, you heard it right, the guys that supply the ever-so-needed dose of caffeine to billions around the world. Alongside with your favorite coffee, you would now be able to purchase not only that tasty-looking muffin, but also a receiver ring that will allow you to wirelessly charge […]

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Toyota Prius Plug-In Demonstrates Wireless Charging, the Easy Way

Benji Jerew — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 17:43:59 +0000

Various plug-in hybrid and electric vehicle makers, as well as other companies, have been investigating wireless charging, self-parking in the Toyota Prius Plug-In makes it even easier! Currently, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles require a physical connection to recharge the vehicle’s onboard battery packs. Current charging stations have been fairly reliable, and there should be […]

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Induct Navia – Autonomous Electric Vehicle for “Last-Mile Mobility”

Benji Jerew — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:17:56 +0000

The Induct Navia combines all the modern technologies, autonomous drive, electric vehicle, wireless charging, in one vehicle. The Navia, developed by French company Induct Mobility Solutions, is only missing one thing, it can’t go 100mph. On the other hand, it wasn’t designed for highway traffic, however. Instead, the Induct Navia electric vehicle was designed for […]

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Future Toyota Plug-Ins Will Feature WiTricity Wireless Charging

Benji Jerew — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:26:20 +0000

For a number of years, Toyota Motor Company has been investigating and developing wireless charging for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Since 2011, Toyota has invested heavily in the research being done by WiTricity, which has been developing wireless charging options for plug-in vehicles. The technology itself was invented by Massachusetts Institute of Technology […]

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Nokia Develops Lightning-Powered Phone Chargers

Mila Luleva — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 20:06:47 +0000

A thunderstorm. Lightning. Your phone is running out of battery. The warnings say you should not plug any electronic devices to prevent power cuts. What do you do? Are you pursuing to find a way of charging your phone from the energy of the lightnings? Think no further. Scientists from University of Southampton are already […]

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Qualcomm Halo Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging – The End of the ICE?

Benji Jerew — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:38:54 +0000

The electric vehicles of today are nothing like what we are going to be seeing in the next generation of electric transportation. Will there be a place for the internal combustion engine [ICE] when that time comes? Imagine unlimited electric vehicle range and charging so convenient that you simply have to park or drive your […]

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Murata Manufacturing Develops Wireless Charging More Efficient

Benji Jerew — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:44:51 +0000

A development by Murata Manufacturing could make electric vehicle wireless charging more flexible and efficient. Wireless charging for could be one of the game-changing technologies that helps to increase the adoption of electric vehicles. A few products are already being tested in the field, including electric buses in England and Germany. At least one company […]

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Wireless Charging System Tested by German Electric Bus Line

Benji Jerew — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:44:31 +0000

Electric public transportation, of course, is nothing new, and has been used for decades. Current systems, though, are either unsightly, requiring overhead wires to transfer power to the vehicle, or downright dangerous, the third rail. The latest solution, battery electric vehicles, does away with both of these power supply schemes, but does bring up some […]

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Stretchable, Twistable Lithium-Ion Battery Recharges Wirelessly

Leigh Hutchens — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:38:53 +0000

A stretchable lithium-ion battery, flexible enough to power innovative stretchable electronics, has been developed by two scientists at Northwestern University. Stretchable electronic devices are revolutionary because they do not need a cord and electrical outlet and can be used anywhere. The electronics are also implantable and can be used as healthcare monitors and tracking brain […]

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Korean Wireless Power System Could Mean Faster Bullet Trains

Benji Jerew — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:34:12 +0000

When trains were getting faster than their coal-driven ancestors, train engineers turned to diesel fuel, and for a while, this was pretty good, especially with the addition of aerodynamic design and suspension design. Eventually, though, instead of driving the wheels directly, electric motors were installed, which offered much more torque and speed. The diesel engines […]

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AMP and to Make Inductive Charging Available For All Their Electric Trucks

Benji Jerew — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:10:40 +0000

Until now, AMP Electric Vehicles [AMP] has been focusing on converting standard gasoline-powered SUVs to electric power-trains. For private consumers, the electric vehicle [EV] market hasn’t really paid off as quickly as hoped. Fleet operators, on the other hand, have the capital to invest in order to realize future fuel and maintenance savings, up to […]

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Wireless Laser Recharging for Electric Airplanes a Step Forward

Maria Reyes — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 06:36:57 +0000

Imagine seeing laser beams lighting the dark sky. What could it be? It is a wireless laser recharging technology for electric airplanes without the need of power lines and power transmission infrastructures. LaserMotive, a Seattle-based company has been in collaboration with Lockheed Martin to recharge electric aircraft in flight using laser beams that charge batteries […]

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Tesla Roadster Equipped With a Wireless Charging System Shown at CES 2011

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:04:59 +0000

The CES 2011 (Consumer Electronics Show) was the perfect scene for another stunning presentation: the first wirelessly powered Tesla car. Fulton Innovation, a company dedicated to ÃƒÂ¢€Ã…â€œcreating technologies that not only affect the way devices interact with each other, but how cultures interact with their environmentÃƒÂ¢€ is behind the wireless technologies which made this possible. They are also the ones responsible for projects like Splashpower, eCoupled and Alkemi-Insights.

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Airnergy: The Device That Charges Your Gadgets From WiFi Signals

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:34:52 +0000

Tesla had been dreaming about this many decades ago, and it seems his dreams even became reality, and several other thousands of minds all around the globe and over the time have been fantasizing about how would it be like to have your electronic devices powered wirelessly.

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IAV to Release On-the-fly Charging System for Electric Cars in 3 Years

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:08:54 +0000

A German supplier of electronics and powertrain design to most of the major automakers for the last 25 years gives a solution to both the battery and the car manufacturers. The company is called IAV (Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr), and their solution is to charge the electric cars on-the-go through electromagnetic induction.

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