Slideshow: Electric Car Batteries Get Bigger Captain Hybrid 2/10/2012 7 comments To boost the range of pure electric vehicles (EVs), automakers need more onboard energy. To get more energy, they need bigger battery packs.
Chevy Volt's Big Problem Isn't Safety, It's Cost Captain Hybrid 2/9/2012 53 comments In the wake of the Chevy Volt fire investigations, sales are down, and General Motors' (GM) CEO Dan Akerson is blaming the downturn on a spate of bad publicity.
Electric School Bus Eliminates 'Range Anxiety' Captain Hybrid 2/8/2012 17 comments Smith Electric Vehicles teamed with Trans Tech Bus to roll out a 42-passenger, 26,000-lb electric bus called the Newton eTrans, which it hopes will change the way children get to school every morning.
Chevy Volt: Chargeable With Renewable Energy? Captain Hybrid 1/31/2012 36 comments If you're a prospective Volt owner who wants to load your lithium-ion battery with renewable energy electrons, Chevrolet says it has found a way to help you.
Tesla Model S Hitting the Road This Summer Captain Hybrid 1/18/2012 39 comments Tesla Motors' plan to build practical, competitive electric vehicles (EVs) will finally be put to the test this summer, as the upstart car company rolls out its long-awaited Model S.
Prius Pushes Hybrid Efficiency Captain Hybrid 1/11/2012 43 comments Hybrid cars entered a new market segment this week as Toyota introduced a "gateway" vehicle aimed at younger, less affluent buyers.
Chevy Volt Beefs Up Battery Safety Captain Hybrid 1/10/2012 18 comments General Motors said it will beef up the battery safety structure, add a sensor, and install a bracket in the Chevy Volt to prevent the type of post-crash fire that occurred in a Department of Transportation garage last year.
Slideshow: BMW Busting Out With All-Electric; Sports Hybrid Captain Hybrid 11/15/2011 35 comments The luxury automaker BMW Group will go green in a big way in the next three years, rolling out purpose-built pure electric and hybrid-electric cars that will make heavy use of carbon fiber materials.
DeLorean Rolls Out Electric Car Captain Hybrid 10/31/2011 42 comments DeLorean Motor Co., Inc. has unveiled the DeLorean EV, an electric car that marries the legendary "Back to the Future" DeLorean automobile of the 1980s with a lithium-ion-based, DC-powered, electric drivetrain of today.
GM to Build First All-Electric Car Since EV1 Captain Hybrid 10/20/2011 21 comments General Motors quietly resumed its commitment to electric cars last week, officially announcing that it will produce and sell a new vehicle called the Spark EV in 2013.
New Horizons for RFID Captain Hybrid 10/12/2011 8 comments Better chips and new standards are combining to place RFID in applications that no one dreamed of three years ago.
Prius Plugs Into a New Era Captain Hybrid 9/13/2011 18 comments Small battery, fast recharging, and low costs are the keys to Toyota's "less is more" strategy of electrification.
GM Investigating Pure Electric Cars Captain Hybrid 9/6/2011 29 comments General Motors, the giant automaker notable for killing the EV1 a decade ago, is accelerating its move into the battery electric vehicle (BEV) arena.
Rolls-Royce Tests Electric Car Captain Hybrid 8/19/2011 14 comments Early feedback on the new Rolls-Royce electric concept car shows that drivers like the power and quiet performance, but consider driving range to be an issue.
Video: Our Prius Plug-In Test Drive Captain Hybrid 8/16/2011 20 comments Design News editor Chuck Murray drove a pre-production version of the Prius plug-in, and the good news is that it’s a sensible alternative-fuel vehicle.
EV Sets Record at Pikes Peak Hill Climb Captain Hybrid 7/21/2011 8 comments Using a powertrain designed by AC Propulsion, an electric placed 21st out of a field of 71 cars at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
Automakers Balk at California ZEV Plan Captain Hybrid 7/13/2011 10 comments A looming California emissions plan and a proposed federal fuel economy standard are combining to create consternation among automakers.
Was Electric Car Poll Biased? Captain Hybrid 6/24/2011 25 comments Fifty-seven percent of Americans said they wouldn’t consider buying an electric vehicle, no matter the price of gas.
Inforbix is leveraging its CAD and product data access technology to power up a free iPad app that lets mobile users search and access engineering data.
Unlike his friends in engineering programs, blogger Jon Titus had little need for calculus except in a few of his college physical-chemistry labs and classes.
In the wake of the Chevy Volt fire investigations, sales are down, and General Motors' (GM) CEO Dan Akerson is blaming the downturn on a spate of bad publicity.
Thanks to embedded electronics, medical devices are getting smaller and smarter than ever. Pacemakers and implantable defibrillators are now able to call physicians. MRIs, CT scanners, and ultrasound machines are gaining mobility. And the venerable Band-Aid may soon be able to detect illnesses ranging from fevers to heart arrhythmias. On February 21, join Design News senior editor Charles Murray for a wide-ranging discussion, "Embedded Angles for Medical Products," which will explore the latest developments in medical electronics. The discussion will examine advances in medical device technology and offer an inside look at the embedded electronics behind it.
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