Archives for October 2014

NEW BATTERY TECHNOLOGY COULD TRANSFORM EV’S

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore (via Engadget) say they’ve developed a lithium-ion battery that can be recharged to 70 percent capacity in two minutes, and last up to 20 years. That would allow an electric car to fully recharge in around five minutes–about the same time it takes to refuel a petrol or […]

EU DROPS TARGETS ON EV CHARGE POINTS

The European Union has dropped proposed targets for the number of public charging stations member countries must install by 2020. The EU’s new alternative fuel law, due to come into force later this month, will contain no binding rules on how many charging stations are to be deployed. This news comes following figures released from the ESB […]