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GM to Add 1,000 Electric Vehicle Engineering and Development Jobs

Beginning today, General Motors will add 1,000 engineers and researchers in Michigan over the next two years to significantly expand its vehicle electrification expertise and lead in the development of electric vehicles from hybrids to electric vehicles with extended-range capability, like the Chevrolet Volt.

Nov 30 2010 | Posted in Automakers,EV product development,Electric,Ev's,General Motors,Propulsion Type,Tech Sector | Read More »

Production Ramps Up for the Mitsubishi i-MiEV Electric Car

Mitsubishi Announces Production of i-MiEV Electric Vehicles Has Reached 5,000 Units Momentum is building behind Mitsubishi’s new electric vehicle, the i-MiEV, and the company is celebrating key milestones along the way. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced that it reached 5,000 units*(1) of its i-MiEV new generation electric vehicle (EV) produced at its Mizushima Plant as [...]

Nov 28 2010 | Posted in Automakers,EV product development,Electric,Ev's,Mitsubishi,Propulsion Type,Tech Sector | Read More »

Duke Energy and ITOCHU to Develop Strategies for Reusing Electric Vehicle Batteries

Duke Energy and Tokyo-based ITOCHU Corp. signed an agreement today to collaborate on advanced energy technologies, starting with the evaluation and testing of second-life applications for electric vehicle batteries. According to some auto industry estimates, electric vehicle (EV) batteries that can no longer charge to approximately 80 percent of their original capacity may be candidates [...]

Nov 24 2010 | Posted in Battery developments,EV product development,Electric,Ev's,Propulsion Type,Tech Sector | Read More »

Charging Your Electric Car Remotely Using Inductive Power Transfer

HaloIPT is the first company in the world to bring to market IPT (Inductive Power Transfer) technology, which allows cars fitted with an integrated receiver pad to charge automatically whilst parked over transmitter pads buried into the ground. HaloIPT’s wireless charging pads are designed to function beneath asphalt, submerged in water or covered in ice [...]

Nov 3 2010 | Posted in EV product development | Read More »

High Performance Electric Motorcycle Manufacturer to Design Electric Vehicle Powertrains

Yesterday at the 2010 Specialty Equipment Marketing Association Show (SEMA), Mission Motors, a San Francisco based company best known for high-performance electric motorcycles, unveiled Mission Electric Vehicle Technology (MissionEVT), the company’s high-performance EV Powertrain Division. MissionEVT will design and supply high performance EV powertrains, including energy storage systems, drive systems and software intelligence, to the [...]

Nov 3 2010 | Posted in EV product development,Electric | Read More »

Fraunhofer Institute – Fastracking Innovation of Electric Vehicles

Fraunhofer wheel hub motor on "freccO" demo vehicle

Battery systems, chargers, wheel hub motors – in the cars of the future, what will the components look like, and how will they interact with each other? Fraunhofer researchers are engineering the parts for electric vehicles and testing them on »Frecc0«, their demonstration vehicle. In a multi-disciplinary collaborative effort, 33 Fraunhofer institutes are working together [...]

May 19 2010 | Posted in Battery developments,EV product development,Electric,Ev's,Fraunhofer Institute | Read More »