Electric Vehicles, A Week In Review, Part II
More electric vehicle, EV news this past week for you this weekend.
Only Hybrids by 2020, at least that’s according to Wired. The gist, based on IBM’s “Automotive 2020: Clarity Beyond the Chaos,” (.pdf) report interviews with 125 auto industry executives in 15 countries. What, did you doubt it?
Remember Fosh? The links to this website have been removed after it was discovered to be a politico-inspired website. We heard a little more about the secret: “The battery packs don’t actually recharge themselves. There are solar type panels throughout (none visible) the car, that will turn heat into energy, thus providing power back into the battery units.” and some news about the revelation tomorrow here. Using the body of the vehicle to provide electricity to recharge the battery and integrating regenerative braking and you have a good recipe. According to a source on Engadget: “composed of tiny gold antennas set in polyethylene plastic is tuned to gather 80 percent of energy from infrared rays” and can therefore produce electricity from any source of heat”. The suspense is intense…
An electric bike? The gist, Ultra Motor A2B electric will be available in the U.S. in September for about $400.
The world charges electric stations. So what is the rest of the planet doing as far as building an infrastructure for our EV? London is building 9 more charging stations. Tokyo is working on 200 charging stations.
Solar for the mass! The gist, Sam’s Club in the U.S. is offering solar kiosks to hook consumers up with established solar sellers and installers. Smart.
Hydrogen without platnum? Our friends over at EcoGeek give us a good update on a hydrogen fuel-cell update. The gist, no doubt about it, making hydrogen is expensive and requires another expensive element, platinum. Research tackles how to go about it without platinum.
Food for thought. Have a great new week.
Tags: electric bicycle, Fosh, Hydrogen and platinum., IBM, Sam's Club, Solar panels