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Ricardo licenses Qualcomm wireless EV charging technology for commercialization

Green Car Congress

Under the terms of the agreement, Qualcomm has granted to Ricardo a royalty-bearing technology license to develop, make and supply WEVC systems for automobile manufacturers. Power is converted to Direct Current (DC) by the on-board controller and used to charge the vehicle’s batteries. Earlier post.).

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European automakers define recommendations to standardize charging of plug-in vehicles; 2017 for harmonized application

Green Car Congress

The European automobile manufacturers, though ACEA, the automobile manufacturers’ trade association, have defined a comprehensive set of recommendations to standardize the charging of electrically-chargeable vehicles. Global technical specification on “envelope”—vehicle inlet—for global solution.

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Rolling into the Rotunda

Plug In Partners

C ongressional Briefing on Flexible Fuel Plug-in Hybrids March 29, 2006 Washington, DC [ RenewableEnergyAccesss.com ] The Environmental and Energy Study Institute ( EESI ) invites anyone interested to attend a Congressional briefing April 4, 2006 (from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. The FY 2007 budget request for the Department of Energy includes $6.17

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