Category Archives: EV

Alliance Ventures Invests in Enevate to Advance Li-ion Battery Technology for Electric Vehicles

published: 2018-11-19 14:30 | editor et_editor | category: News

Alliance Ventures, the strategic venture capital arm of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, has announced today that it has invested in the latest round of funding in Enevate Corporation, an advanced lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology company based in Irvine, California. ... more

Solar-Energy Cars Confronted With Problems of Small Panel Space and High Cost

published: 2018-11-15 10:54 | editor et_editor | category: News

In line with the global green-energy craze, a number of automakers around the world are ready to roll out solar-energy cars, whose outlook is still clouded by several major problems, though. Sono Motors, a German startup, for ins... more

MPS Rolls Out New Battery Module for E-Bike

published: 2018-11-06 13:18 | editor et_editor | category: News

MPS Energy, a subsidiary of Acer Group, has rolled out safe smart battery modules for electric bicycles, in order to tap the huge potential of the e-bike markets whose scales have been expanding at double-digit rate an... more

Shin-Shin Kicks Off Taipei's First Electric-Bus Service with RAC Vehicles

published: 2018-11-05 10:57 | editor et_editor | category: News

Shin-Shin Bus launched Taipei's first electric-bus service on Oct. 29, employing vehicles manufactured by RAC Electric Vehicles Inc. The service, route No. 66, travels between the Taipei Zoo and Songshan station, p... more

Mitsubishi Electric's New Energy-management Technology Uses Electric Vehicles as Storage Batteries

published: 2018-11-01 10:22 | editor et_editor | category: News

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) has announced that it has developed a technology for efficiently managing photovoltaic (PV) and other power-generation systems and also the charging/discharging of electric vehicles (EV... more

Volkswagen, Mobileye and Champion Motors to Invest in Israel and Deploy First Autonomous EV Ride-Hailing Service

published: 2018-11-01 10:21 | editor et_editor | category: News

The Volkswagen Group, Mobileye, an Intel Company, and Champion Motors announced plans to deploy Israel’s first self-driving ride hailing service – or Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) – starting next year.... more

Tesla Secures Plot of Land for Shanghai Factory

published: 2018-10-25 10:47 | editor et_editor | category: News

Tesla has secured a plot of land in Shanghai for building Gigafactory 3 in the city, reports Chinese-language Wen Wei Po. Tesla's Shanghai subsidiary signed a contract with the Planning and Land Resources Administr... more

Gogoro to Expand Its Energy Network by Enlisting Cooperation From Major Motorcycle Companies

published: 2018-10-24 13:44 | editor et_editor | category: News

Taiwan-based electric scooter (e-scooter) company Gogoro plans to team up with major motorcycle manufacturers and logistics companies to expand the coverage of its green transportation platform on the island. At a pres... more

No More New Sales of Petrol & Diesel Cars by 2030: Danish Government

published: 2018-10-22 13:47 | editor et_editor | category: News

Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen recently has proposed in parliament that new sales of conventional petrol and diesel vehicles should be banned from 2030 onwards. By 2030, 1 million hybrid or electric ... more

Market Share of Electric Scooter in Taiwan to Reach 10% in 2019

published: 2018-10-18 10:22 | editor rheatsao | category: Analysis

According to EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce, eased oil prices and sliding xEV battery costs may drive Taiwan’s fledgling electric scooter market. Taiwan is expected to have 78000 electric scooters in 2018, taking a sh... more