Dato arkiver: 18. marts 2016

Volkswagen is considering the development of an all-electric rallycross supercar. The German firm’s head of technology Frank Welsch says the short, sharp format of rallycross events offers the perfect showcase for advances in electric car technology. “I can certainly imagine a championship done with all-electric cars,” Welsch told Autocar. “The…

BMW will boost the range of its i3 electric car by about half for the 2017 model year. This summer, the lithium ion battery pack of the compact EV will be improved, “which puts it into a much more usable range,” Ian Robertson, BMW AG board member for sales and…

Porsche AG has been weighing bids from Panasonic Corp. and Robert Bosch GmbH for a long-range battery as it prepares to challenge Tesla Motors Inc. with an all-electric sports car, according to people familiar with the matter. Costs for the package offered by crosstown neighbor Bosch would be higher than…

The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV does more than set a new benchmark for affordable, long-range EV driving. It also raises the bar when it comes to driving performance. Engineers developed the Bolt EV’s propulsion system to offer more than an estimated 200 miles (based on GM estimates) and a peppy…

BMW Motorrad has a long tradition in pointing out new ways and thoughts for the topic „mobility on two wheels“. For that, again and again many studies were presented in the past giving views to the future. The experimental vehicle eRR, created as a project with the Technical University of…

Bombardier Transportation has successfully completed a 41.6 km catenary-free test run using a Bombardier-built tram, powered entirely by its PRIMOVE battery in combination with BOMBARDIER MITRAC. The test run was conducted in the German city of Mannheim on the Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH (RNV) network. RNV began using SuperCaps energy storage systems…

Daimler will invest 500 million Euros in a new battery factory in Germany. The new battery factory will produce lithium-ion battery packs for hybrid and electric vehicles for Mercedes-Benz and smart brands. Li-Tec in Saxon Kamenz, a subsidiary of the Daimler Group, ceased manufacture of battery cells in December 2015….