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Calif. Energy Commission approves energy efficiency rules for battery charger systems; automotive chargers exempted

Green Car Congress

The rules explicitly exclude devices used to charge a motor vehicle that is powered by an electric motor drawing current from rechargeable storage batteries, fuel cells, or other portable sources of electrical current, and which may include a nonelectrical source of power designed to charge batteries and components.

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Don’t stop the EV music

Electric Auto Association

According to Howard, Rickard’s YouTube channel EVTV Motor Werks has received over 3 million hits, a majority on 507 DIY electric vehicle (EV) and other EV-related videos that Rickard produced over the 12 years he ran the company. Jack had been making these videos since 2008,” Howard said. “He

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Koreas CTT To Manufacture Electric Vehicles in US

Green Car Congress

kW motor and offers either a 72V, 165Ah lead-acid battery (base option) or a 72V, 140Ah Li-polymer battery. The lead-acid battery offers a range of 50-70 km (31-41 miles) on one charge; the Li-polymer battery offers a range of 100-110 km (62-68 miles). A direct-drive wheel motor is optional. kW motor and six 8V, 240Ah batteries.

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

“I started the company as a side business to restore EVs that had been abandoned,” Steiner said, explaining that he and his business partner Rod Spurgin have turned around a number of cars from Workhorse, Lordstown Motors, Think City, and other brands. I’m able to import it as a 1908 Waverley Electric touring sedan.

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

“I started the company as a side business to restore EVs that had been abandoned,” Steiner said, explaining that he and his business partner Rod Spurgin have turned around a number of cars from Workhorse, Lordstown Motors, Think City, and other brands. I’m able to import it as a 1908 Waverley Electric touring sedan.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Great Wall Motor Co., The GWKulla, a short, curvy compact, runs on lithium-ion batteries and can go 160 kilometers (99 miles) when fully charged, the company says. Those prices are much lower than that of General Motors Corp.s and Korean golf cart maker CT&T Co. in late 2010. Prius hybrid. All rights reserved.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Finally, in a first-of-its-kind partnership in the United States, Mitsubishi announced a strategic alliance with Oregon to develop an electric car charging infrastructure in the state. The big problems now is how to create a battery that can charge rapidly and infrastructure to charge them. If you charge with solar, is way less.

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