Affordable electric vehicles that can drive up to 600 kilometres on a single charge will help bring a motoring revolution to Australia, predicts Chief Scientist Alan Finkel, in an intervention that defies naysayers of the technology. In an interview with Fairfax Media, Dr Finkel said the onus was on the federal government to cut greenhouse […]
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Norway Leads in Global Electric Vehicle Development
In the race to replace the internal combustion engine that propels most of the world’s cars, trucks and buses with vehicles powered by electricity, one country stands out, and it might not be one that immediately comes to mind. It’s not China, even though the sheer number of new plug-in electric vehicles sold there in […]
The lowdown on electric vehicles and the future of driving
More than 750,000 electric cars were sold in 2016 and the global electric car stock grew to more than 2 million, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). As people become more environmentally conscious, major motor manufacturers are making big changes. Every Volvo from 2019, for example, will have an electric motor, while Ford recently […]
Mazda and Nissan refine their gasoline engines to electric vehicle levels
Japan’s Mazda Motor and Nissan Motor are refining new technologies for internal combustion engines amid a global shift to electric cars. Japanese automakers expect to commercialize the technology and keep total carbon-dioxide emissions low. “Improved internal combustion engines will enable CO2 emissions of gasoline cars to be reduced to the levels of electric vehicles,” said Mitsuo Hitomi, managing executive […]
Electric Vehicles WAVE to Sweep Through Europe
For eight consecutive years, European roads have been filled during the summer by a very quiet procession of cars. Hundreds of electric vehicles of different makes and models cruise in perfect silence, with no other goal in mind than to celebrate the existence of electric cars and beautiful European roads. The event bringing EV owners […]
An electric vehicle and two wheels of change
The Hero MotoCorp pavilion at Auto Expo, the Indian auto industry’s schmoozefest, has a busy crowd – most of them attracted by the XPulse 200 adventure bike. The ushers in their bright red dresses beside the scooters and bikes are a striking contrast against the white facade, decorated with thousands of green saplings. Everything looks perfect, […]
