Transcript of presentation by Peter Ward – Launch of the Lightning Car at the British International Motor Show at 13:00 on Monday Tuesday 22 July 2008 Good afternoon ladies & gentlemen and a very warm welcome to you all on behalf of the Lightning Car Company. We’re absolutely delighted you could join us. For those [...]
The Boeing Company and DONG Energy of Denmark recently announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), paving the way for combined innovation on energy-related technology and business pursuits. The alliance draws on DONG Energy’s position as one of the leading energy companies in Northern Europe and Boeing’s strength as a leader in [...]
Aug 23 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized |
Read More »
A new study produced by Carnegie Mellon show that Lithium battery technology performs over time better than has been previously suggested. The cumulative effects of deep discharge on several lithium battery chemistry types from both normal vehicle usage discharge and Vehicle-to-Grid discharge over 2000 test cycles was evaluated.
XIAN, China — BYD Co., the Chinese auto maker part-owned by Warren Buffett’s company, is finalizing plans for an all-electric battery car that would be sold in the U.S. next year, ahead of the original schedule, Chairman Wang Chuanfu said. Read the whole article on the Wall street journal
Aug 23 2009 | Posted in
Uncategorized |
Read More »
A new report today out of Reuters today, suggests that Honda has announced that it has electric car technology but has not decided on when it will reveal it. There is some speculation that we may see it at the October Tokyo car show. Read the original article
GridPoint, Inc., an established leader in smart grid software, announced at this years Plug-In 2009 Conference and Exposition that it will provide its next-generation electric vehicle management software, Smart Charging 3.0, to support the largest U.S. deployment of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. GridPoint is also providing demonstrations of the product, available to utility customers [...]
Here is an interesting article from CNN describing two drivers from Georgia that were tired of waiting for the big car manufacturers to produce an affordable electric transportion so they decided to get out the tools and start converting their own vehicles. For around $12,000 they converted a Chevy S-10 truck and a Honda Civic from internal combustion [...]
Aug 22 2009 | Posted in
Uncategorized |
Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) will celebrate over 7,000 fuel cell forklift fuelings at the Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Distribution Depot (DDSP) in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, on August 21, 2009. The 40 fuel cell forklifts at DDSP are the first installment of a total of 100 forklifts that [...]
Aug 21 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized |
Read More »
The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) broke ground August 17 on a new 30,000-square-foot facility for testing military ground vehicles in support of the warfighter. Called the Ground Systems Power and Energy Laboratory (GSPEL), the facility will evaluate an array of military vehicles, from light transports such as HMMWVs to [...]
Aug 21 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized |
Read More »
Ford Motor Company announced recently that it has developed an intelligent vehicle-to-grid communications and control system for its plug-in hybrid electric vehicles that “talks” directly with the nation’s electric grid. This new technology – which builds on Ford’s advancements such as SYNC®, SmartGauge™ with EcoGuide and Ford Work Solutions™ – allows the vehicle operator to [...]
RSS
Newsletter
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
