Just months ahead of the General Motors’ scheduled release of the Chevy Volt, the U.S. based automaker has announced plans to invest $8 million to go toward doubling the size of what it calls the ‘most technologically advanced automotive battery lab’ in the country. The current 30,000 sq ft. lab, located in Warren, Mich. is [...]
Count Mercedes-Benz among the automobile manufacturers quickly realizing that batteries play an extremely pivotal role for the future of the auto industry. The world’s second-largest maker of luxury cars has announced that over the course of 2010 and 2011, it will be spending $2.8 billion on both battery technology and green technologies. “It shows that [...]
While there has yet to be an official price set on the battery-powered Nissan LEAF, it’s now known that Nissan is asking those who are seriously considering purchasing the revolutionary vehicle for a fully refundable $100 reservation fee. With interest in what Nissan is calling the ‘world’s first all-electric, zero-emission car designed for the mass [...]
From cameras, laptops, power tools and essentially everything else that runs off of portable power, the batteries being used by gadgets worldwide are becoming smaller, lighter, and more flexible than ever before. Now, with a recent development and a new project beginning out of Imperial College London, automobile batteries may also be on their way [...]
Following up on what was an eventful 2009 for Massachusetts-based A123 Systems, the up and coming battery manufacturer has started off the new decade by striking a battery supply agreement with Fisker Automotive. The recent recipient of nearly $250 million under Pres. Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will manufacture battery systems for the Fisker [...]
One of the world’s most prestigious automobile brands has just announced it will be offering a starter lithium-ion battery on several of it’s 2010 models. In the press release that cited the reasoning for the decision, Porsche reveled in the fact that they will be first car maker in the world to offer a starter [...]
The world’s top rechargeable battery manufacturer has reportedly reached an agreement to supply batteries for what will be the first diesel-electric hybrid vehicle on the market. Sanyo, maker of the ultra-popular Eneloop, will be adding the French company PSA Peugeot Citroen to it’s list of auto-manufacturers who will be using the Japan-based corporation’s batteries to [...]
The battery-swapping concept currently being implemented by Better Place has many feeling optimistic about the future of hybrid and all-electric vehicles. Not all, however, are sold on the much-heralded idea brought about by Better Place founder and CEO Shai Agassi. In a recent article on allcarselectric, the director of global electrification at Ford, Nancy Gioia, [...]
It’s been called the “Saudi Arabia of lithium”, and Bolivia‘s plans to commercialize their massive deposits of the increasingly popular metal are becoming clearer by the day.
Safe to say, this ain’t your grandfather’s battery-powered vehicle….. The folks at gizmag recently featured an electric vehicle that’s looking to push the boundaries on what’s possible for battery-powered cars. With the unveiling of it’s “e-2” EV prototype, the German based company e-Wolf is looking to combine high performance and eco-consciousness like few others in [...]
