The Future is coming, plug-in hybrids and electric car
Finally what we have been waiting for is becoming a reality.
General Motors is currently in serious arrangements with around 30 electric power utilities in 37 states and with the Electric Power Research Institute to develop a charging infrastructure for electric cars and plug-in hybrids.
By creating this alliance and decide how the infrastructure is going to [...]
Toyota will add solar roof to the next generation Prius
Toyota Motor Corp plans to install solar panels on its next-generation Prius hybrid cars, becoming the first major automaker to use solar power for a vehicle, the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday.
The paper said Toyota would equip solar panels on the roof of the high-end version of the Prius when it redesigns the gasoline-electric [...]
Plugged-In Automotive Economy to intensify the water demand?
Those are the arguments from Carey W. King and Michael E. Webber, from a published research work of February 20, 2008 at the American Chemical Society Publications. These two geologists working at Texas, are saying that converting light-duty vehicles from full gasoline power to electric power, either by converting hybrid electric vehicles to plug-in versions [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Hope for Electrical Power Cars in your near future
Today I will expose again the novel rechargeable batteries developed by A123 Systems. With their new technology they claim to have created a battery breakthrough with a technology that increases performance, packages with larger storage capacity and reducing the recharge times. These advances would hopefully open the door for some real progress in the adoption [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Toyota says hybrid cost premium to disappear
Toyota says hybrid cost premium to disappear
According to Reuters Toyota Motor Corp. expects to cut costs for hybrid cars enough to be able to make as much money on them as it does on conventional gasoline cars by around 2010, a top executive said on Thursday.
Masatami Takimoto, executive vice president in charge of power train [...]
