The IKEA store in Covina provides the addition of four plug-in electric vehicle charging stations. The Blink Level stations were provided through ECOtality Inc., a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies.
Shoppers who arrive can pull into a designated parking spot, swipe their Blink InCard, plug the charger into their electric vehicle and shop [...]

Evatran, a developer of wireless charging systems for electric vehicles (EVs), has signed contracts with six commercial participants to launch their pre-production trial of Plugless Power wireless charging systems. The hands-free charging system is to be used in residential, commercial, and industrial applications.
The product trial, named the Apollo Launch Program, intends to drive EV adoption [...]

Ilika PLC an advanced materials R&D company based on UK recently presented its work on developing innovative new materials for nexgt generation lithium-ion solid state batteries at the 52nd Battery Symposium in Tokyo.
The presentation was delivered by Professor Brian Hayden, Chief Scientific Officer of Ilika and his collaborators at Toyota Motor Corp, and was entitled [...]

Researchers at Princeton University in collaboration with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Transformational Materials Science Initiative have developed a novel air cathode out of functionalized porous graphene material that boosts the energy capacity of Li-air battery significantly. The new nano-porous structure can store over 15,000 milliamp hours per gram of graphene — highest reported so [...]

California captured 69 percent of global electric vehicle investment for 2011, and it ranks first in the US nation for electric vehicle patents.
New data reveals that California took in $467 million in global EV venture capital (VC) investment (69 percent of total dollars) in the first half of 2011 and, along with Michigan, is the [...]

Toyota Motor Corp. and Germany’s BMW are holding talks over forming a partnership to develop environmentally friendly vehicles. These two firms hope to cut down their research and development costs for core technologies as they are able to complement each others strengths.
This will be Toyota’s second tie up with a major foreign automaker over hybrid [...]

Everyone makes mistakes once in a while, and we’re sure most drivers have run out of gasoline at least once in their life. But as the saying goes, it’s hard to carry a gallon of electricity back to your plug-in car if the battery is completely out of charge. Which is why AAA is now [...]

A group of researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have recently published their concept for rechargeable batteries with fluoride shuttle mechanism that will have theoretical energy density ten times than lithium ion batteries.
This new concept also allow for lithium-free batteries with a fluoride-containing electrolyte, a metal anode, and metal fluoride cathode, which reach a [...]

Eaton Corporation recently announced its plan to install 45 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations along I- 376, a 85 mile interstate highway through Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. This development was Energy 376 Corridor and the expense will be covered by a $238,467 Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities (PRCC) grant received from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental [...]

Engineers at Northwestern University in the US have changed the materials in lithium-ion batteries to boost their abilities. One change involves poking millions of minuscule holes in the battery.
Batteries built using the novel technique could be in the shops within five years, estimate the scientists.
A mobile phone battery built using the Northwestern techniques would charge [...]