Range anxiety, the fear that such vehicles will leave the vehicle’s occupants stranded well short of their destination, remains one of, if not the main barrier to the widespread adopti... Read more
Most industries have a legacy mind-set but few are as heavily blinkered as the performance car industry. Recognizing that gas-guzzling sports cars will be seen as archaic as the fossil-fuels... Read more
AMID the hype about electric cars, one problem remains: their price. General Motors’ Volt, for instance, will cost $41,000 (though that is before generous subsidies). It therefore rem... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Researchers at MIT have found that using specially treated thin layers of carbon nanotubes in batteries can boost the amount of power delivered per unit of weight by up t... Read more
The all-electric Tesla Roadster is indeed a fine-looking, high-performance automobile, but its projected $US109,000 price tag will likely put it out of reach of the much sought-after Generat... Read more