Hitachi Develops Lithium-ion Batteries for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
January 13, 2010
Written by Editor in Automotive, Electric, Electric Car, Green News, Green News Feature, Green Technology, Lithium Ion
According to the Press Release, “Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT / TSE:6501,hereinafter Hitachi) today announced that Hitachi and Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd. ,which develops and manufactures lithium-ion batteries for automotive applications, such as hybrid electric vehicles, have developed ithium-ion batteries for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, a first for the Hitachi Group. These new batteries were developed in [...]
Green News: An Green Car Escape to Cleaner Pastures
November 11, 2009
Written by Evan FitzGerald in Automotive, Electric, Electric Car, Green News, Green News Feature, United States
When many automakers in the United States failed financially, a massive amount of money was spent to keep them afloat. Taxpayers became the partial owners of these blue chip corporations, which included some of the biggest names in the automotive industry. There was however, one brand that refused any real assistance from the U.S. government, [...]
Green News: Electric Vehicles Gone Postal
November 3, 2009
Written by Patrick Lo in Electric, Electric Car, Green News, Green News Feature, US Department of Energy, United States
With consumers largely avoiding electric cars due to their shortcomings (range, charging infrastructure) the United States Postal Service is already undertaking the electrification of their current Long Life Vehicle (LLV) model to contribute to the green movement. AM General and Smith Electric Vehicles (SEV) will be teaming up to complete this project in converting all [...]
150 mph Electric Motorcycle: Mission Motors Electric Superbike Sets Bonneville Landspeed Record
September 21, 2009
Written by Editor in Automotive, Electric
150 mph Electric Motorcycle: Mission Motors Electric Superbike Sets Bonneville Landspeed Record. Recently, an electric motorcycle start-up based in San Francisco, said that its prototype vehicle had set a world speed record for battery-powered bikes of 150.059 miles an hour at the Bonneville Speedway in Utah.
