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Electric cars
While it will be a long time before electric cars take over the road, the rollout of such vehicles is accelerating. Every major car maker either has an electric car on the road or is developing one. Read more by clicking on the title.
Byd's electric car; Battery that uses cheap ferrous ion causing buzz
Electrovaya (TSX:EFL) is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of its proprietary Lithium Ion SuperPolymer® battery systems. Electrovaya's mission is to accelerate clean transportation as a commercial reality with its advanced power systems for all classes of zero-emission electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Electrovaya also offers battery-related consumer products primarily focused on the healthcare market.
Possible Future Car Technology
Recently, there have been several showings of the documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car" in Oceanside. And, if you missed seeing this interesting documentary, it is still possible to rent from you local video/DVD rental store.
“Who Killed the Electric Car?” deals with the history of the electric car, its development and commercialization, mostly focusing on the General Motors EV1 and how the enthusiastic owners lost their vehicles through to big business deals and government backpedaling from their zero emission mandate. The car cost $299-plus a month to lease, went between 60 and 80 miles on a full charge, and took between 45 minutes and 15 hours to re-charge. The film examines who may caused the end of the electric car. The electric car would have cut loose from the dependency on the oil and the monopoly imposed by oil companies as well as solving part of our climate change crisis. It also examines hydrogen fuel technology, which would be costly and which may be many years away from being practical in cars.
For more information on electric cars visit the following:
Dynasty Electric Car Corporation located in Delta, B.C.,
Zenn Motor Company located in Toronto, Ontario,
Electric-car conversion alive on Vancouver Island made by Randy Holmquist.in Errington and
Tesla Motors Electric Car located in San Carlos, California.
Who saved the electric car GM back in business!
This link is to a new book, Transport Revolutions, which analyses rapid and radical change in the way people and goods have travelled and how this will change with the price of oil.
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