ELECTRIC PILL No 2

Supercondensers, or supercapacitators, are electrophysical energy accumulators that have been long considered one of the most interesting options for electric or partially electric drive cars. Unlike conventional electro-chemical batteries, they have higher performance (they charge and discharge energy much more quickly) but,...

Better Place Raises US$350m As Operations Deadline Nears

Electric vehicle infrastructure company Better Place said it had raised US$350m in fresh equity as part of a second round of financing. Better Place, founded by former SAP executive Shai Agassi, said its target was to begin full commercial operations at the end of 2011 when partner Renault plans to offer the first car with...

General Motors To Make Iits Own Hybrid Electric Motors

General Motors last night announced plans to be the first major US automaker to manufacture electric motors and said it would spend US$246m on electric motor and electric drive facilities in the US. Its first electric motors will be used in the next generation of rear wheel drive two-mode hybrids due out in 2013. GM said...

BELGIUM: Consortium seeks EC electric vehicle funding

A consortium designed to secure funding from Europe for electric vehicle development says it expects a decision from Brussels by late spring. The Electric Vehicles for Advanced Cities (EVA) grouping is looking for European Commission (EC) cash to promote the adoption of continent-wide electromobility, with a potential start...

Detroit Show: Toyota Unveils A Li-Ion Hybrid

Toyota's FT-CH dedicated hybrid 'concept' revealed in Detroit today (11 January) has the automaker's first generation lithium-ion drive battery. When fully charged, it has a maximum electric-only range of about 13 miles (21km) and can reach over 60mph (100km/h) in electric-only mode. "This ability to utilise all-electric...

In 2010 a Tesla Store in Milan

Tesla is moving its pieces in the old continent. After opening a store in London, Monaco, Munich, the californian brand is looking at Italy. Tesla has hired the italian manager Cristiano Carlutti as Vice President for the company's European operations. Formerly he was responsible for the european network of Fiat showrooms....

From PoloIdrogeno Lazio opportunities for business

CIRPS Sapienza University of Rome draws the new energy scenario and shows the activities of PoloIdrogeno Lazio by Lazio Region and higlights the chances it can bring for the companies seeing renewable sources of energy not an alternative but a key factor to development. During the meeting open to the public, reasearchers...

ELECTRIC PILL N.1

The electric car is a system composed basically of batteries, inverter, electric motor, transmission, wheels. In such a system the efficiency is the ratio between the energy exploited and the one requested by wheel transmission. Internal combustion engines have a maximum 30% efficiency rate, but rarely in real everyday...

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