In 2008, a fairly glowing report written for BERR (the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) predicted that the energy use of electric cars would be 0.26kWh (kilowatt hours) per kilometre by 2010. That implied very low running costs and significant CO2 savings compared with petrol or diesel. More recently, a study published in Continue reading →
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AEP Ohio, a business unit of American Electric Power, and Walmart recently unveiled central Ohio’s first free, public electric-vehicle charging station at the Walmart Supercenter/Sam’s Club in Columbus. via Renew Grid: Content / FYI / AEP Ohio, Walmart Roll Out EV Charging Station.
Toyota recently announced its new G-Station electric vehicle charging systems that will launch in July this year in Japan. The system uses RFID technology to allow contact-less smart card recognition and is networked to Toyota’s own Smart Center smart grid platform using cloud computer technology. via CScout Trend Consulting » Toyota G-Station Vehicle Charging System.
The company that helped bring the lithium ion battery to life is expanding its wings. Sony said this month that it will produce lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles and start selling them by the middle of the decade. via Sony to Enter EV Battery Market : Greentech Media.
Envision Solar International, Inc., (OTCBB: EVSI), a leading sustainable infrastructure designer and developer, today announced that the company has broken ground on electric-vehicle (EV) charging enabled Solar Tree® structures with integrated EnvisionTrak™ and CleanCharge™ systems at Axion Power International’s (OTCBB: AXPW) facility in Western Pennsylvania. The project is expected to be completed by mid July. Continue reading →
Kansas University is said to have forged a partnership with an international energy management company to develop first electric vehicle charging station at Lawrence. The architectural students will be developing a facility this spring that will also have Center for Design Research at the KU’s West Campus in the Farm property. The facility is expected Continue reading →
ECOtality, a developer of electric transportation and storage technologies, has unveiled plans to install its Blink Level 2 residential charging station at residences across Tucson city in the US state of Arizona. ECOtality, as project manager, will install Blink electric vehicle (EV) chargers in homes throughout EV project regions nationwide to support the launch of Continue reading →
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) on Tuesday unveiled their first electric vehicle charging station, which is powered by a photovoltaic array. The six parking space charging station also has monitoring equipment, 5 kilowatt hours of battery backup per space and can feed excess electricity produced onto the grid, Continue reading →
Sometimes, like the song goes, you just can’t make it on your own. And that can’t be more true for the future of electric transportation, as was apparent at the World Future Energy Summit this past week. Because, for as much fanfare as electric cars have been getting in the last few years, the biggest Continue reading →
It looks like a lot of Jacksonville folks are willing to turn over a new leaf – a Nissan Leaf electric car, that is. A steady stream of people showed up at The Avenues mall Friday for the first day of Nissan’s weekend “Drive Electric Tour” with what it calls an “affordable, mass-market, all-electric car.” Continue reading →
Electric cars are quiet, get great mileage, and don’t pollute the air. But if you ask officials in Yokohama, Japan’s second-largest city, an electric car has yet another attribute: it can feed the electricity network. Because electric vehicles run on batteries, officials believe they could store energy and channel it back into the home or Continue reading →
Direct Energy is partnering with NRG Energy to deliver the first privately-funded electric vehicle charging solution in the United States. NRG’s eVgo fueling package is designed to provide EV owners complete charging solution via what the companies describe as “the creation of an ecosystem of partners to deliver flexibility and ease.” via Direct Energy and Continue reading →
Yesterday’s announcement that the Chevy Volt won Motor Trend’s ”Car of the Year” Award is not just a bit of Motor City hype. It is the beginning of a palpable solution to climate change. There is no way to materially reduce greenhouse gas emissions without electric vehicles connected to a smart grid–that is, smart enough to charge batteries with Continue reading →
With the Nissan Leaf’s 2011 model year sold out, it may be a while before you can get your hands on one. To bring you closer to the action, Nissan gave Planet Forward the opportunity to take the Leaf for a spin. We’re premiering our test drive on PBS’s Nightly Business Report tonight. Check your Continue reading →
Toyota wants to be part of the future. A future, specifically, where their new Smart Center helps the smart grid to manage how much electricity is consumed by your home and your plug-in hybrid/electric vehicle (PHV/EV), and how much energy is produced by your home, through solar panels. Toyota has developed this Smart Center as Continue reading →
The Volt is weeks away from its consumer launch, with the first retail production car expected to roll off the assembly line on November 11th. GM has announced they expect to begin an advertising blitz for the car which will start during the World Series. Though GM has made it clear form the beginning , Continue reading →
GE and electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure startup Better Place announced a partnership this morning. The collaboration will build compatibility between the products of the two companies, finance battery purchases abroad and push for greater EV adoption. The companies will help finance the purchase of 10,000 EV batteries in Israel and Denmark and will make GE’s Continue reading →
Toyota unveiled its vision of the future on Thursday by launching a smart grid village here with six “smart houses” and eight Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid vehicles. The village is a two-year project designed to show the world how to generate power exclusively from renewable energy sources. via Toyota’s Smart Grid Village launches Energy Storage Continue reading →
Eastern Washington drivers who buy electric vehicles over the next five years will be able to install home charging stations without a lot of red tape or excessive paperwork. Dave Holmes, Avista manager of applied research and development, said there are two basic types of charging equipment available for electric cars. Level 1 chargers are Continue reading →
Ford may be trailing General Motors in the rush to produce an electric vehicle, but it’s hoping to run a cleaner race: The automaker is outfitting its Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne — which will produce the upcoming Electric Focus — with a 500-kilowatt solar energy production system. via Using solar to build electric: Ford Continue reading →
