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Batteries that can be “refuelled” quickly could give electric cars greater range
PROTOTYPES of new electric vehicles that are soon to go on sale show lots of promise. They are clean, quiet and provide nippy performance. But even with advances in power systems and improved lithium-ion batteries, their range on a single charge is [...]
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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute have converted a 2001 Scion xB into an electric commuter vehicle that will serve as a test bed for a new community-based approach to electric vehicle design, conversion and operations.
The vehicle is part of a new research project, ChargeCar, headed by Illah Nourbakhsh, associate professor of [...]
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SITTING behind the wheel of a 2011 Chevrolet Volt prototype on Wednesday, I found myself confronting what may be the greatest fear that future owners of electric vehicles will face: a battery-charge indicator showing just a few miles of remaining range.
If I were out on a desolate Interstate in a [...]
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One of the fun things we’ve got to look forward to as electric vehicles become more and more common is a changing of the relationship we have with our wheels. The XO2 electric scooter is a fine example – it’ll behave fairly similarly to a regular electric scooter on the road, but when you get [...]
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Contest aims to award $10-million prize to the best new automotive design, and gives a glimpse of what the energy-efficient car of the future may look like–and what will power it
NEW YORK—The Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches and other conventional sports cars were bumped from the showroom of the Manhattan Classic Car Club today in [...]