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New composite material revs up pursuit of advanced electric vehicles

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laborator Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used new techniques to create a composite that increases the electrical current capacity of copper...

Are plug-in hybrid cars worse for environment than factory tests suggest? It depends how you drive them

Ashley Fly, Loughborough University Currently accounting for 3% of new car sales, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles are sold as low-carbon alternatives to fossil fuel and...

Predicting the slow death of lithium-ion batteries

Stanford technology predicts the slow death of lithium-ion batteries Stanford University Batteries fade as they age, slowly losing power and storage capacity. As in people, aging plays...

How dangerous are burning electric cars?

Fire experiments in test tunnel Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) There' s a loud bang, and then it starts: A battery module...

Japanese infrastructure company selects ABB’s Terra 184 electric vehicle chargers

ABB’s newly launched Terra 184 electric vehicle chargers have been selected by Japan’s e-Mobility Power (eMP) to modernize the infrastructure for the country’s electric...

Panasonic to invest extra $100 million in battery-making factory in the US

Panasonic is to invest an additional $100 million in a battery-making factory it is building in Nevada, US, according to Nikkei Asian Review. The so-called...

Electric car sales are on the rise – is coronavirus a turning point for the market?

James Carroll, Trinity College Dublin Lockdowns across Europe to curb the coronavirus pandemic drastically changed how we move around the world. Work-from-home restrictions, furlough schemes...

BP’s sale of its petrochemicals business suggests big oil is trying to become big electric

BP recently sold its petrochemicals business for $5 billion to Ineos, a move which suggests that “big oil” companies are trying to become “big...

Electric cars won’t save us if the numbers don’t add up – economist

Jamie Morgan, Leeds Beckett University Electric cars are one of the fastest growing sectors of the automotive industry. Record sales are being made despite the...

Climate explained: could electric car batteries feed power back into the grid?

Alan Brent, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media...

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