There is a group of researchers at the Tokai University, that invented a new brushless DC motor. This motor is up to to 96% efficient in converting electrical energy into usable form.
The motor is intended [...]

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There is a new world record !
Marcelo da Luz (canadian) had been able to set a new world record. This Canadian was able to complete 15,000 kilometers in a solar car
He was able to make [...]

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Tata’s new Electric Car is called Indica. This EV is scheduled to be launched in Norway in 2009 and India in 2010.
You can drive the car on the highway, the car is a four-seater, with enough room for luggage and the ability to go from 0 to 60 kilometers per hour (0 to 37 miles [...]

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I came to this article about the Sunflower’s Fresnel lens . Those lens concentrates sunlight more than 1,000 times, enabling cheaper electricity than traditional photovoltaics. The system is self-powered.
Technical specifications:

200-watt system
features trackers that shift with the sun’s location, as well as a controller and communications system.
The low-slung Sunflower is built to withstand winds, and it [...]

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Tata Motors has turned to its Indica platform for the development of its electric car. According to industry sources, the company is currently working on five prototypes of electric vehicles.
“These will use lithium ion batteries for high energy and power density,”

The electric car would have an approximate range of 200 kilometres.

At Tata Motors’ annual general [...]

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The electric cars that Nissan Motor plans to start selling by 2010 will have varying capabilities depending on a given country’s driving patterns, but all will be priced competitively and will generate profits.
To help in its development of electric cars, Nissan said Tuesday that it would work with the state of Tennessee and its largest [...]

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Today I’d like to present you a company which is going to colaborate with Nissan. The company’s name is ICP Solar. The new cars from Nisan will feature new solar chargers from ICP Solar. The chargers
will serve to keep the 12-volt batteries of new Nissans charged while they are parked on sales lots.
“With the [...]

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A Japanese newspaper reported recently that Toyota is going to be adding a solar powered Prius to the world’s most popular hybrid. Now don’t go getting too excited just yet – solar panels aren’t yet at a place where they can provide all the power your vehicle needs. Rather, they’ll be providing power for the [...]

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A company from Wyoming is producing solar panels for cars. The company is developing solar cells which are couple of inches thick and large enough to fit on the roof of your car…. Pretty cool. The solar system like this is capable to supply power to a variety of elements in your car!
The roof-mounted solar [...]

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Solar car could hit market soon
This car was inspired from the race car of National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences. A car for two persons, batteries powered electric engine. The maximum speed 70 m.p.h This car can be on the market within a year !!!

GRAPHIC COURTESY OF NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
The development [...]

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