Contactless charging for electric vehicles

BMW, Siemens,and the German government have teamed together to create contactless inductive charging for electric vehicles, no plugging in needed.

Even better, it’s two-way. The EVs can send power back into the grid too.

Fuel cell from Michelin to boost EV mini car

[Michelin], the tire company has decided to develop a fuel cell. That’s right, a tire company developing a hydrogen fuel cell which will go inside a FAM F-City car in France.

This will be the first fuel cell vehicle in France to win certification to drive on its roads. The FAM F-City will run [...]

Commuter electric vehicles recharged with train braking power

Kinetic energy stored from trains braking has been used in a proof on concept test in Spain to charge electric vehicles. How perfect is that? Drive your EV to the station. Take the train to work. When you return, your EV will be recharged and waiting for you.

Electric VW Beetle does 0-60 in 1.6 seconds

That makes it quicker than the fastest production sports car, and it is also the fastest EV on the planet.

Electric VW-bodied dragster blows hubcaps off a Tesla

Unassuming looking, aren't I?

The Black Current is the first street-bodied all-electric dragster to reach the 9 second mark in the quarter mile.

Masdar City to ban cars, welcomes pod people

Masdar City in the United Arab Emirates plans to be carbon neutral by 2020. One way they will do this is by banning personal cars and providing autonomous electric podmobiles.

The electric vehicle Superbus lives!

It can go 155 mph while carrying 23 passengers. Love those gull wing doors!

Europe’s biggest electric car show

Green GT electric race car

Plugincars has a full report from Monaco.

Wondrous electric bike powered by Bosch 18W power drills!

It’ll do 20 mph, but maybe much faster if you upgrade to 36V drills. Seriously.

Car battery of the future. IBM is working on it

Scoble profiles IBM’s research into lithium air batteries for cars.

[IBM] hopes to have a lithium air battery in cars by 2020. A battery that could power a car for 500 miles would certainly be worth the wait.