This is the year of the electric vehicle rollout. Offerings in the EV space will explode with everything from a long-awaited plug-in Prius to the first all-electric SUV, from Tesla. And… Read more »
Microsoft’s move to create a global cloud-based management platform for plug-in vehicle chargers seems to be moving forward in Japan, where its partnership with Toyota has yielded a new Internet-capable charger… Read more »
The Utilities Telecom Council trade group says plug-in cars will need 16 times the power they now need in the next decade. Utilities are under the gun to handle car charging… Read more »
With the Shanghai Auto Show underway, it’s a good time to recap the critical role that China will be playing in the electric vehicle and green transportation industries — both as… Read more »
I’m going to lean pretty heavily on the New York Times this morning, since it just released an energy special edition covering a lot of important ground (and we won’t be… Read more »
General Motors has been talking for years about using its OnStar system to hook up the plug-in Chevy Volt to the smart grid and this week gave a peek into how… Read more »
Green car spotters of the world, unite. The North American International Auto Show has plenty of actual and would-be models to salivate over in Detroit this week. Toyota is showing off… Read more »
Fast-charging stations could be a major boon to the nascent electric vehicle industry, but don’t expect them to become as common or as easy to use as gas stations anytime soon… Read more »
Cutting electric vehicle charging time from hours to minutes is a holy grail of the car charging industry. But plenty of bumps lie ahead for the dream of a gas station… Read more »
MIT spinout WiTricity wants to make charging electric vehicles plug-free, by simply parking them on top of wireless charging systems set into garages or parking spots — and it has landed… Read more »