IBM announced yesterday that it planned to lend much of its “hardware and systems design expertise” towards research seeking to improve the efficiency of battery technology within the realm of the electric car market. The goal, according to an article in the New York Times, will be to achieve a “tenfold improvement in battery storage, with hopes [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on September 16th, 2009 @ 11:00 am
Tagged with: battery efficiency, CARS, consumer, efficiency, electric vehicle, IBM, innovation, Lithium-Air, Lithium-Ion, Lithium-Sulfur, markets, New York Times, research, sustainability, Technology, Tesla Roadster, vehicle
Big Money has an interesting thought piece around the subtle societal shifts that will develop around electric car charging stations. As hybrids and eventually full electric vehicles increasingly become the norm within our (mostly) car-reliant culture, infrastructure will have to be developed to support this change. Eventually, we will reach a tipping point where traditional [...]
Filed under: Community, Environment, News on August 20th, 2009 @ 10:50 am
Tagged with: Business, CARS, efficiency, electric car-charging, electric vehicle, funding, government, infrastructure, innovation, innovative, opportunities, opportunity, vehicle
After its brief but highly publicized 40-day bankruptcy, General Motors has announced its new line of vehicles for 2010, with much of the emphasis centered around a new plug-in electric vehicle aptly titled the “Volt”. After shutting down the Pontiac and Hummer brands and closing a substantial number of dealerships to cut overhead, G.M. has [...]
Filed under: Business, Environment, News on August 11th, 2009 @ 1:15 pm
Tagged with: 230 miles per gallon, automotive industry, efficiency, electric vehicle, Ford, fuel-efficiency, G.M., General Motors, marketing, markets, Technology, Toyota, vehicle, Volt
Japanese car giant Nissan displayed its new system for powering electric vehicles yesterday, a technology that while not revolutionary, certainly provides the market with a much needed upgrade. The company describes the new battery system as a “platform…comprised of a highly rigid body, high-performance motor, compact lithium-ion battery with high power output and energy capacity, [...]
Filed under: Environment, News, Technology on July 28th, 2009 @ 1:40 pm
Tagged with: battery system, electric car, electric vehicle, EV, ion battery, nissan, production, Technology, Tiida
‘Younger than Moses: Idle Worship’ is an art exhibit featuring 22 artists in New York.
As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania.