Audi reveal eROT energy harvesting 'regen' shock absorders

We have reported on a wide range of energy regenerative shock absorbers over the years that most often convert linear motion into electrici...

Xtrac Launch Dual Motor EV transmission to suit torque vectoring

Xtrac’s P1227 gearbox family has been developed to address the growing market requirement for single speed, lightweight and power dense elec...

Evans Electric previews new Axial Flux EV motor

Evans Electric has previewed a next generation EV motor that it says will be licensed for production in 2017. The Axial flux asynchronous in...

Graphene-based ultracapacitors give trucks a boost of acceleration

Adgero, a French transport tech developer, has unveil the world’s first operational energy-saving, hybrid electric system for road transport...

Electromagnetic Anti-Lock Braking for Electric Vehicles

In part 2 of this series ( Part 1 ) we'll take a closer look at electromagnetic braking as a replacement for mechanical friction brakes ...

GM Buying 3 yo Self-Driving Tech Startup for $1 Billion

General Motors announced Friday it is buying Cruise Automation, a San Francisco self-driving vehicle startup, the latest move by the auto co...

World’s First All-Electric Propulsion Satellite Begins Operations

The world’s first all-electric propulsion satellite, built by Boeing for Bermuda-based ABS, is now operational after an on-orbit handover on...

Bosch buys solid state battery start-up Seeo

German industrial conglomerate Bosch is acquiring Silicon Valley battery firm Seeo, including all of its intellectual property and research ...

UK To Test Dynamic Wireless Charging For Electric Cars

Electric cars promise a greener future. But current battery technology limits how far you can go on a single charge. One possible workaround...

World's Fastest Charging Electric Bus Takes 10 seconds to Charge

The world's fastest charging electric buses, that takes just 10 seconds to be fully charged, were put into operation for the first time ...

BorgWarner to buy electric motor maker Remy for $950M

BorgWarner agreed to buy Remy for $951 million in cash, driving further consolidation of the auto-parts industry. BorgWarner will pay $29.50...

VW 'close to battery breakthrough' next-gen e-Golf to get 300km range

Volkswagen is closing in on a new battery technology that will bring “a quantum leap for the electric car”, according to the firm’s boss Mar...

Torque Vector Steering Improves Electric Vehicle Energy Efficiency

Germany's Karlsruhe Institute for Technology along with industry partner Schaeffler are researching improvements in electric vehicle en...

Axial Flux Induction Motor for Hybrid and Electric Cars [VIDEO]

EV Powertrain start-up Evans Electric is rumoured to be working on some interesting electric vehicle projects. The Sydney based team have de...

Carbon Fiber to Go Mainstream in Automobile by 2025

Driven by a faster-than-expected pace of technology development, carbon-fiber reinforced plastics (CFRPs) will be poised to gain widespread ...

Toyota to Trial New SiC Power Semiconductor Technology [VIDEO]

Using a "Camry" hybrid prototype and a fuel cell bus, Toyota Motor Corporation will bring a brand new technology to the streets of...

Carnegie Mellon Researchers Increase Lithium Air Battery Energy Capacity 5x

Carnegie Mellon University's Venkat Viswanathan and a team of researchers have reduced the problem of sudden death in lithium air batter...

TU München develop torque vectoring transmission for electric vehicles

A limiting factor for the driving range of electric vehicles is the amount of energy supplied by the batteries. To recoup as much braking en...

Ultra-Fast Charging battery can reach 70% in only 2 minutes

Scientists at Nanyang Technology University (NTU) have developed ultra-fast charging batteries that can be recharged up to 70 per cent in on...

Carnegie Mellon To Develop Electrolyte Genome Search Engine for Battery Development [VIDEO]

Venkat Viswanathan, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, is developing a search engine that will hel...