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Patent-Applied-For Lithium-Sulfur Battery Promises Low Cost, Safety, Quadruple Energy Density
This month, federally sponsored scientists at the Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) publicized their creation of an all-solid lithium-sulfur battery with about four-times the energy density of a lithium-ion battery – and this one is being prepared for commercial applications. Stories of close-but-not-quite-ready battery chemistry promising to one day multiply electric car range and vault
Culture & Market
2013 EDTA Conference: An Electrifying Meeting of the Minds
This week we spent a couple of days in Washington, D.C. to attend the annual Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) Conference that took place June 10-12. The synergistic get-together of EDTA’s 110 members is a who’s-who list of key players pushing forward the electrification of transportation, and it is an eye opener. Here one gets
Culture & Market
CAFE Rules: Only 1-3 percent of cars need to be electric by 2025
The advent of the electric car is upon us, but despite implications to the contrary, don’t look to Uncle Sam to be as much of a direct driver of this anticipated paradigm shift as some may have previously supposed. In other quarters, there has been much talk of automakers needing to develop electrified cars to
Hybrid Car News
Tesla Will Reveal Model S Battery Swapping This Thursday
In recent weeks Tesla Motors has garnered much favorable press with several announcements serving to reduce would-be buyer resistance to its products, and this Thursday more of the same will come via a live demonstration of swappable batteries. The Model S is the car, and Tesla’s LA Design studio at 7:30 p.m. PST is the
Toyota’s Pikes Peak Effort Relies On EV Racecar
Toyota is aiming to defend its electric record at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb at the end of the month with its EV P002 race car. The electric racecar showed promising pace in official testing this last weekend. The two-day session at the world-famous course in Colorado ran smoothly for the Toyota Motorsport team
SYNC And MyFord Touch Sold On 79 Percent Of 2013 Ford Vehicles
Ford sees that its SYNC voice-controlled connectivity and MyFord Touch touch screen technologies are attracting more customers and selling at a much higher rate than competitors, as MyFord Touch helps drive higher customer satisfaction with vehicle quality. Ford declared that combined, SYNC and MyFord Touch are sold on 79 percent of new 2013 Ford vehicles,
Hat Trick For Diesel-Powered Mazda6
After Road Atlanta, then Detroit, Mazda’s diesel-powered racecar scored a hat trick this last weekend at Mid-Ohio. The difference this time is that it was the team owner’s car taking the checkered flag with Sylvain Tremblay and Tom Long scoring the win. Long had won the pole position and the team led the bulk of
Your Kid’s Porsche
Following father’s day, here is a neat little car most dads would’ve loved to have when they were a kid. The newest item from the Porsche Driver’s Selection is a Go-Kart which, in Porsche’s words, puts children from the age of five behind the wheel of a sporty Porsche machine. The Go-Kart, which is about
Audi: Improving the Breed
One week before Le Mans, Audi lifted the veil on how the technology it is using in racing is also beneficial to production cars. Audi said that 15 years of engine development have been shaping Audi’s Le Mans prototype racing commitment. Through intensive development work the engineers have repeatedly compensated for the restrictions imposed by