Daily Archives: July 18, 2012

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Electric Cars Charged Without Cables, Without Touching

When it comes to introducing risk free electric cars into the mainstream, car rental is a no-brainer. Wireless charging systems could be just the right push to increase the adoption and convenience. Pinboard (MacAaron)

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Eggasus EV your next urban ride? | TG Daily

Green car designs sometimes tend to be, well, rather interesting and not always that attractive to average drivers. Some designs of the Toyota Prius hybrid, for example, are considered egg like in their look, though personally I don’t mind that design and have a Prius in that shape myself. Pinboard (MacAaron)

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Green Car Congress: ECOtality installs first Blink DC Fast Charger in Northern California at VW Electronics Research Lab

ECOtality, Inc. has installed the first Blink DC Fast Charger in the San Francisco Bay Area at Volkswagen Group of America’s Electronics Research Laboratory (ERL) in Belmont, California. The Blink DC Fast Charger is capable of providing an 80% charge in under 30 minutes for most current electric vehicles (EVs). Pinboard (MacAaron)

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Green Car Congress: Nihon Dengyo Kosaku and Volvo Technology Japan wirelessly transmit 10kW of electricity 4 meters using rectification of microwave signals

Tech-On. Nihon Dengyo Kosaku and Volvo Technology Japan have demonstratedthe wireless transmission of 10kW of electricity a distance of 4 meters using a prototype high-efficiency rectenna—a microwave rectifying antenna that converts microwave energy into direct-current electricity. Pinboard (MacAaron)

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Tesla Slashes Model S Output | The Truth About Cars

Brokerage Wunderlich Securities downgraded Tesla to “sell” from “buy.” The reason: Tesla has downshifted its production plans, reports Reuters. “While initially saying that it would produce and sell 1,000 cars in the third quarter, Tesla now says it will certainly be 500 cars,” Wunderlich analyst, Theodore O’Neill, said in a research note. Pinboard (MacAaron)

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The Next Step After Battery Electric Cars

In order to answer this multi-trillion dollar question, researchers, companies and engineers could turn to history. One of the most enigmatic characters of our past, still shrouded in thick mystery, who has lent his name to a new car company might give us a clue, Nikola Tesla. Pinboard (MacAaron)