Electric Car News

We’ve regularly featured various contactless charging systems for electric cars, most recently gadgets created by Nissan and Volvo. Now there’s a rival system being promoted by a local company HaloIPT.
There’s nothing revolutionary in the concept itself – it is based on electromagnetic induction discovered by the famous British scientist Michael Faraday in 1831.
If you’re wondering how wireless charging works, here’s a short overview: if you run electricity through one coil, and wave another coil in the air close to the first coil, you can get some

In the coming years the data related to consumer interaction with electric cars will significantly increase in price. Knowing their customers’ real-life regime of operation and charging habits is very important to be able to improve the next generation of electric cars.
I expect that many car manufacturers will pay market research companies for data. Meanwhile General Motors has expanded its hi-tech car security system OnStar to include a new program that will connect Chevrolet Volt vehicles to a spy network. In a similar manner than with F1bolids, the hybrids will

By popular demand it is back. Autumn last year Nissan staged a big event in the USA promoting its new electric car Nissan Leaf. It proved to be a good marketing effort and having just sold its 4000th electric car in the States, Nissan are back on the road.
The famous blue electric car is travelling across the country to introduce itself and let people have a test drive. When will we have something similar here in the UK? The tour schedule follows

In the new era of electric cars, different types of partnerships is a usual sight in the corporate world – “marrying” knowledge and money or two pieces of knowledge (or any other combination) can prove to be a good way forward.
The latest surprise joint venture is that of Daimler and Bosch. Both German giants have the funds and knowledge to drive the electric car inventions forward.
Bosch is especially good with electric motors. I know what I’m saying – my tools are powered by Bosch and although I’ve done an unthinkable …

It won’t come as a revelation that one of the main factors keeping us from eagerly accepting electric cars is the price. No matter how green you are, when it comes to choosing between a £15,000 family sedan with a super-economy diesel and a £30K electric car, many of us will choose the former without blinking an eye.
The current electric car offering in Britain is rather limited and very expensive. Mitsubishi i-MIEV costs £29,000 while a Nissan Leaf will set you back £31,000.
How would you like an electric car that …