British Columbia With Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station Network

Greenscape Capital Group Inc. (“Greenscape”) is pleased to announce that through its wholly owned subsidiary, Green.Switch Capital (“Green.Switch”), and in partnership with Garage Juice Bar, LLC (“The Juice Bar”), it is implementing Canada’s first province-wide electric vehicle (“EV”) charging station network. This network will be 100%...

Think says 15 minutes is just right for fast charging

Electric vehicle manufacturer THINK today announced that it will work with AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) (AV), a leading developer and supplier of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, to pursue demonstration and commercial projects using AV’s level III fast-charge system and the THINK City electric vehicle. The projects will be designed to jump-start the development of fast-charge...

Green Fleet Honours Elektromotive MD with ‘OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD’

Elektromotive’s Managing Director, Calvey Taylor-Haw, has been honoured with Green Fleet’s 2009 ‘Outstanding Achievement Award’ in recognition of his promotion of zero-emissions motoring in the UK and overseas. Mr. Taylor-Haw founded Brighton-based Elektromotive in 2003, and has helped build the company into the world’s leading provider of recharging facilities for...

SolarCity and Rabobank Announce Corridor of Solar-Powered Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

SolarCity® and Rabobank, N.A. today announced a partnership to create the world’s first solar-power enhanced, fast-charge electric car charging corridor. When complete, the corridor will include four locations between San Francisco and Los Angeles (Salinas, Atascadero, Santa Maria and Goleta), allowing all-electric cars to make the trip using solar energy and provide for the fastest charge...

Toyota, University of Tohoku improve lithium-ion batteries ten-fold

Toyota and the University of Tohoku have announced the development of a new technology that is able to boost the capacity of lithium-ion batteries. What’s this new improvement all about? Current lithium-ion batteries are usually made from a polycrystalline form of lithium cobalt oxide that are connected with grains of graphite. The newly-developed batteries use a less graphite, just a...