“Every prior attempt to electrify the car has assumed the vehicle would be the energy carrier. By comparison, the grid is much more efficient at moving energy from point A to point B, so if you can make dynamic charging safe and affordable, you are truly introducing something new.” — Jeff Muhs, director of [...]
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IBM today announced two partners for a project aimed at building a lithium air battery able to propel an electric car 500 miles. Scientists from Asahi Kasei and Central Glass with expertise in membranes and electrolyte chemistries will join IBM researchers on the initiative. A 500 mile electric vehicle battery would be disruptive technology [...] Grist has more FedEx’s forthcoming all-electric pickup and delivery vans will cost one-quarter as much to operate per mile as their gasoline equivalents, says [Fedex CEO Fred] Smith peachygreen.com The California Air Resources Board, in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, has mandated that automakers put 1.4 million electric and hybrid vehicles on the road by 2025. Not only is this potentially not do-able as stated, it also has a loophole which prevents the plan from being succeeding. How CARB plans [...] In addition to CAFE requirements of a 54.5-mpg fleet average at least 15.4 percent of all cars sold by any major automaker doing business in California will have to be either fully electric, a plug-in hybrid or be powered by a hydrogen fuel cell by 2025. 1) What happens if Californians don’t buy their required [...] Wired.com The California Air Resources Board has proposed major changes in regulating vehicle emissions in hopes of improving California’s air quality, which is the worst in the nation. The plan combines four sets of standards into the Advanced Clean Cars program. The changes would be sweeping and all-inclusive. By 2025, auto manufacturers doing business [...] Inductive charging could be standard in Europe within ten years. German researchers and Nissan are both working on it. Should anyone try to introduce it here in the US, I’m sure NIMBYs and vested interests will block it for years, just as they’ve done with offshore wind. Truly, it is far better we argue [...] Drive it if you dare. “An electric streamliner designed and built by BYU engineering students set a world land speed record for its weight class [1,100 lbs.], averaging 155.8 mph over its two required qualifying runs, one of which was clocked at 175 mph.” It weighs 440 lbs., holds one person, and is completely electric. The solar-paneled hanger comes with the plane. |  | ||||
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