Washington, Feb 22 : Engineers including one of Indian origin have put forward a wireless power system that could charge electric cars, while they are cruising down the highway.
Power stations wait for traffic San Antonio Express-News Copyright 2012 San Antonio Express-News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 02:25 a.m., Tuesday, February 21, 2012 San Antonio now has more than 120 public electric car charging stations spread across the city, putting it on par with places like Austin, Seattle and San ...
Specialist chemicals company Evonik Industries is promoting its work on the creation of the lightweight electric vehicle, the Elise-E.
Fans of alternative propulsion love to blast General Motors for "killing the electric car." They're thinking of the allegedly sinister move by GM to discontinue the egg-shape EV1 electric car after producing 1,117 from 1996 through 1999. GM discontinued that one because of a fire risk and looming safety regulations that were too expensive to meet.
The sales volume of electric cars will not reach the heights predicted by electric car manufacturers, as prices on many of the cars are far higher than consumers are willing to pay.
By Elizabeth Behrman, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 21, 2012 NovaCharge, a national maker of electric vehicle charging stations, had only one charger in the Tampa area a year ago. Now it has more than 200. The electric vehicle industry, though still just a blip compared to its gas-powered competition, is growing quickly across the country. Organizers of the EV International Expo are ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WDTN-TV) - The Upper Valley Mall has installed an electric car charging station in its parking lot. "It's a great way to help shoppers who have electric cars charge them," Upper Valley Mall Communications Director Carla Miller said.
San Juan leaders felt an electrical charge of excitement Friday.
If you live in a traffic-nightmare city like New York or London or Bangkok, an ultra-compact urban electric car is great. They're so tiny that they fit in the smallest parking space, they're quiet, they're often exempt from congestion charges and they're tailpipe emission free, which is important if you live where the air is so dirty that it's visible. Unfortunately, they also have all the boot ...
Conventional wisdom tells us that berthing car exhaust is bad. It further tells us that electric cars would cut down on emissions and thus be better for the breathing population. But, some new studies focusing on China have brought up …