Daily Mail columnist goes off (the deep end) criticizing electric cars

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , UK Back in the early 2000s, when the first-generation modern electric vehicles (EVs) were available in limited quantities in places like California, most automakers were skeptical of their own technology and so took the EVs back after the leases ran out, crushing them and creating a lot of ill will in the process. Today, automakers are much more confident in the updated plug-in vehicle technology, but not everyone thinks EVs are worth a damn

Is the advanced battery market already too crowded?

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Green Daily Nissan Leaf battery pack - Click above for high-res image gallery It seems like not a day goes by that we don’t hear about some battery company expanding its operation by opening more plants to produce hundreds of thousands of advanced batteries.

Hitachi develops new manganese cathode, could double life of li-ion batteries

Filed under: Emerging Technologies , Etc. , EV/Plug-in , Green Daily Battery breakthroughs seem to pop up almost every day. There’s always a new idea, different material or unique design that makes the battery better.

Panasonic delivers first 3.1Ah lithium ion cells to Tesla

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Tesla Motors Tesla Motors has never officially announced who supplies the lithium ion cells used in the Roadster’s battery pack, but it does have an agreement with Panasonic to supply cells for the Model S.

Toyota secures lithium supply deal in Argentina

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Toyota , Green Daily Assuming that lithium-based batteries continues to be the chosen technology of choice for future hybrids and electric vehicles, the world’s vast supplies of the metal are going to be in demand. As such, it’s decidedly unsurprising to hear that Toyota (via Toyota Tsusho Corp., a trading house 22 percent-owned by the automaker) has inked a deal with Australian-based Orocobre Ltd. in Argentina to secure a large source of lithium

Report: Ford going with LG Chem for lithium ion cells?

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Ford A report out of South Korea today is claiming that Ford has signed an exclusive deal with LG Chem to supply lithium ion cells for its future plug-in vehicles. Until now, Ford has worked primarily with Johnson Controls-Saft for its cell supply and the Escape plug-in hybrid test fleet uses batteries from that supplier.

Expert says lithium ion batteries better for hybrids than full EVs

Filed under: Emerging Technologies , EV/Plug-in , Hybrid Low-cost electric cars are waiting on nothing but a simple battery breakthrough. That’s been the long-held opinion of many experts for the last, oh, 50 years or so

Panasonic to build home use lithium ion battery in 2011

Filed under: Solar With the various tax incentives available, there is an increasing interest among homeowners in incorporating some sort of renewable energy system to help get partially or completely off the grid. The problem is that unless you live adjacent to a hot spring that you can use for geothermal, the other primary sources are wind and solar power

Panasonic starts production of more powerful lithium ion cells

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Tesla Motors Tesla Model S - Click above for high-res image gallery Last week, Panasonic launched production of new, more powerful lithium ion cells at a factory in Japan. The new cells are of the same 18650 format used for laptop batteries and the Tesla Roadster . The new cells have an output of 3.1 Ah at 3.6 volts and energy capacity of 11.2 Wh compared to the previous generation cell’s 10.4 Wh

REPORT: Bolivia will make its own lithium-ion batteries by 2018

Filed under: Emerging Technologies , EV/Plug-in , South/Latin America Asia and Michigan, watch out.

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