]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/electric-battery Blog Articles Tagged with 'electric-battery' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/154599?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery ***NOTE: Industrious EcoGeeks have tried their hardest to find the original source article reporting this news. The AP Article claimed to be quoting an article from Japan's Nikkei. That Nikkei article has not been located, and appears to not exist...... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/154599?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:25:04 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/153676?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Rendering of the Freight*BUS with side elevation drawing showing one possible configuration. Click to enlarge.Earlier in the year, Transport for London (TfL) staged an open design contest for new buses for London. The contest generated more than 700 ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/153676?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:59:59 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/152219?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Australia-based Blade Electric Vehicles (BEV), a small start-up that converts the Hyundai Getz into a lithium-ion powered electric vehicle with a range of 120 km (75 miles), recently won a contract to supply 200 of the converted Getz (called the Elec... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/152219?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:05:06 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/152226?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery A combined weighted ranking of the 12 combinations of energy sources and vehicle type against 11 impact categories. Click to enlarge.A new study by Stanford University professor Mark Jacobson (earlier post) reviews and ranks major proposed energy-rel... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/152226?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:50:22 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/152230?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery The FedEx Modec van. Click to enlarge.FedEx Express has ordered 10 Modec electric commercial vehicles for use in the United Kingdom. The zero tailpipe emission vehicles will be the first such to join the FedEx fleet in the UK and will operate in the ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/152230?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:34:35 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/151583?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery British Columbia-based REV Technologies (formerly Envia, earlier post) has introduced its REV AC Direct Drive system for the conversion of the Ford Ranger and Ford Escape to battery-electric vehicles. The system features a 92% efficient, 90 kW electr... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/151583?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:14:25 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150951?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Researchers from the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis have published an evaluation of the results of the 16-month EasyConnect field test in the San Francisco Bay area. EasyConnect was launched in August 2005 to test and evaluate the po... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150951?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:00:56 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150960?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Battery costs are the largest hurdle for a successful market for electric vehicles, according to a VW presentation at the conference. Click to enlarge.The German federal government wants to take strong measures towards electric and hybridvehicles in ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150960?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:43:30 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150962?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Smith Electric Vehicles (SEV) is one of a small group of van manufacturers to reach the second stage of the UK's 50 million (US$76.5 million) Low Carbon Vehicle Procurement Program (LCVPP). The scheme, funded by the Department for Transport and ope... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150962?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:37:20 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150966?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery The Province of British Columbia, Canada (BC) has filed a legal brief with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in support of California's legal challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which denied a waiver to ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150966?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:45:06 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150290?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Electric Truck, LLC (ET) has exclusively optioned commercial rights to a technology from Tufts University that can recharge the batteries of any hybrid electric and electric-powered vehicle while it is driven. The regenerative electromagnetic shock a... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150290?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:50:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150299?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Sectional view across a typical lithium cell electrode pair modeling hypothetical electrical and ionic resistances with electrolyte solution/gel filling pore spaces. More porous components improve conductivity levels throughout the cell and directly ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150299?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150312?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery The Renault-Nissan Alliance has added two more partners for the development and promotion of a charging infrastructure to support electric vehicles: the US state of Oregon, and the Principality of Monaco. Since July this year, the Alliance has announ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150312?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150315?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Better Place introduced a second EV prototype to work with its infrastructure: the Better Place Rogue, based on the Nissan Rogue crossover SUV. Click to enlarge.San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150315?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:53:32 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/149547?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery EnerDel has received a purchase order for two lithium-ion battery packs for plug-in hybrid electric development vehicles (PHEV) from one of the largest car manufacturers in Europe said Charles Gassenheimer, Chairman and CEO, on a conference cal... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/149547?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:30:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/148374?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery The Modec van for UPS. Click to enlarge.UPS has ordered twelve electric vehicles from UK-based Modec, the manufacturer of the world'ss first purpose-built zero-emission van. Six vehicles will be introduced into UPS' UK fleet in February 2009, includi... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/148374?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:27:22 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/148317?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) at Ohio State University has launched a new program focused on Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs), Electric Vehicles (EVs) and intelligent charging. The program is intended to develop not just an economi... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/148317?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:40:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/147752?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery A new report, jointly produced by Arup and Cenex for the UK's Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and the Department for Transport (DfT) concludes that electric vehicles have the potential to produce significant greenhouse... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/147752?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/147101?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Optare is showing an all-electric version of the 8.8m Solo. Click to enlarge.Optare plc, the UK's second largest manufacturer of buses, is highlighting new hybrid and all-electric models at the Euro Bus Expo taking place in Birmingham, UK on November... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/147101?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/144678?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery The UK government is putting 100 million (US$157 million) into a new 200-million public-private investment program to speed up the introduction of new low carbon vehicles onto Britain's roads. (Earlier post.) The UK's Technology Strategy Board wi... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/144678?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-battery Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:51:05 -0400