One of the biggest deterrents to buying electric vehicles is the fear of running out of charge with no charging station nearby. This worry is steadily becoming less of an excuse as more and more charging stations become …
Posts from ‘July, 2012’
Are Electric Vehicles a Niche Market? – Automotive Digest
Here's part of an article (from EV Update) on emerging battery technologies that will greatly improve the calculus under which electric vehicles will be adopted into the mainstream, focusing on the work IBM is doing in lithium-air. After some …
Japanese Students Unveil Electric Roadway that Wirelessly Charges
A team of Japanese university students recently tackled the issue by demonstrating a new wireless EV charging system that could give electric cars a driving range on par with gasoline and diesel powered cars. Unveiled at Wireless …
Local group to host forum Monday on electric vehicles at Redstone …
The group will also have many electric vehicles on display including the Chevrolet Volt, Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Nissan Leaf, Tesla Roadster, an electric Ford Focus — owned by city of Huntsville — and a Fisker Karma, an electric …