electric vehicles
10/14/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Finnish shipyard unveils a fully electric superyacht that produces zero emissions
Electric vehicles are increasingly becoming popular because they emit little or even zero amounts of pollution, be it toxic fumes or noise levels that hurt the ears. The increasingly large selection of electric cars and electric planes will now be joined by an electric superyacht from Finland, an article in Superyacht News stated. A superyacht […]
08/26/2018
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By David Williams
MIT researchers are developing self-driving tricycle that’s powered by electricity and runs up to 25 miles per charge
A group of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are currently working hard on the development of a new self-driving vehicle. But unlike many other such groups, they are taking their research towards a different direction. Many projects that aim to come up with a new autonomous vehicle solution try to focus on […]
08/07/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Two-wheeled car being tested in China is a mashup of a motorcycle, electric car, and space capsule
What looks like the love child of a motorcycle, a car, and a spaceship? If you said it’s the Ford Gyron concept car from 1961, you get an oatmeal cookie for the historical tidbit. But the correct answer is a Chinese electric gyrocar inspired by the Ford design, an article in Bloomberg stated. A gyrocar […]
06/18/2018
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By Carol Anderson
Swiss company releases an EV charger that’s nearly 3x quicker than Tesla’s Superchargers
Amidst the rise of high-tech electronic vehicles (EV), so far, none of them can handle the ultra-fast charger developed by a Swiss company. The EV supercharger is said to be able to provide up to 200 kilometers of range in just eight short minutes. Recently, the company ABB introduced the Terra High Power DC fast […]
06/01/2018
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By David Williams
Sweden opens world’s first electric road that charges vehicles being driven on it
Cars are a fairly recent human invention. As a matter of fact, they have only been around for a little over a hundred years. With that said, the world has had time to adapt to them, building roads and all kinds of infrastructure to accommodate them and their presence in people’s lives. Now, the same […]
05/24/2018
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By David Williams
Hybrid-powered hydrofoil is a luxury yacht that skims above the water using diesel-electric propulsion system
Luxury yachts are, by design, often too stylish for their own good. Often equipped with flashy adornments that do nothing but look cool, they can sometimes give the impression of being nothing more than tricked-out boats. But one company wants to defy the assumption that they can’t be built with a nearly perfect ratio of […]
03/29/2018
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By David Williams
Researchers develop method of boosting “ultracapacitors” for extra fast charging times on all electronic devices
As the search for better energy storage solutions continues, a group of researchers from the U.K. has revealed that they may have come upon a major breakthrough that could lead to seconds-long charging times for smartphones or minutes-long charge times for future electric cars. The secret, according to the researchers, lies in boosting the performance […]
03/28/2018
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By David Williams
Hydrogen-powered train on track for public use in the U.K. by 2020
The government agency in charge of all things train-related in the U.K. has spoken: Hydrogen-powered trains are going to become the new standard mode of transportation on the country’s train tracks starting 2020 onwards. And it’s going to be done in conjunction with a move to completely get rid of diesel-fueled trains by 2040. Indeed, […]
03/03/2018
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By David Williams
Hyundai Nexo self-driving car produces water that’s supposedly safe enough to drink
If you’re going to go down the renewable energy route, you might as well go all the way. That seems to be the idea that Hyundai had in mind when it designed and developed its latest fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV). Dubbed the Hyundai Nexo, it’s the company’s newest FCEV, and it comes in the […]
02/09/2018
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By David Williams
Harley-Davidson working on delivering first electric motorcycle in the next 18 months
You have probably already heard plenty about the many electric cars that will start hitting public roads at some point in the near future. The designs of these cars draw some inspiration from current gasoline-based cars, which is to say that the old models you may know and love could be adapted to electric vehicles […]
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