Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and battery electric vehicles rely on different battery recharging technologies to power controllers and the vehicle’s traction drive.
Designed to recall the original Type 2 Microbus without mimicking it, a new version employs VW’s I.D. Buzz concept. The V in the bodywork calls back to the two-tone predecessor on the original Bus, but in the I.D. Buzz carries a light strip that...
Although still in development and testing, robotic and autonomous vehicle technologies are poised to eventually create manned and unmanned platforms operating in synergy with each other on the battlefield.
By positioning EV and HEV motor suppliers along a specific route through the show, CWIEME Chicago hopes to instigate new and exciting partnerships in this rapidly growing field.
Autonomous cars are on the radar of the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Department of Transportation (DOT), as well as state legislators.
Designers are eyeing the latest methods in energy harvesting to recover wasted heat, motion, vibration, and friction losses, and recoup them into useful electrical energy from smart cars.
This high-performance hybrid EV opts for a micro turbine that drives a generator to supply power to recharge its battery instead of other hybrids that use a gasoline-powered piston engine for that purpose.
A successful lithium-air battery could provide better energy density by weight (kg) and by volume (liters) than any of the other rechargeable batteries. The lithium-air battery is still a work in progress. It may take several years of research to...
Refueling a vehicle with an internal combustion engine is very simple: You just drive in to a gas station and fill up your tank. You would hope that “refueling” an EV battery would be just as easy. That’s not exactly the case, however, as...
