Recharge

The XC40 Recharge is an all-electric subcompact crossover based on the ICE version of the XC40 compact utility. At launch in 2019, the XC40 was Volvo’s first battery electric model. We see what the latest model offers, driving the 2023 XC40 Recharge.

UAVs could be useful for monitoring railroads or gas pipes if they weren’t limited by battery life. Now SkyX has installed its first xStation, a recharging dock that can be placed periodically along a route to extend the range of its drones almost indefinitely.

The Cota wireless charger uses steered phased array antennas to focus a beam of microwaves on a receiver module while avoiding obstacles in the path. The inherently safe technology delivers several watts of electrical power at up to 30 feet, and is projected to hit the market in 2015.

Lilliputian Systems, an MIT spinoff, has launched a USB battery charger powered by a miniaturized butane fuel cell, which will be able recharge most mobile phones about ten times, or a laptop battery once, from one container of butane.

Mitsubishi UK will the first company in Europe to benefit from the iMiev's fast charging capabilities, which sees the battery charged to 80 percent in just 30 minutes

German manufacturer eWolf has unveiled its electric "supercar" prototype, the e-2.

The Sun Drive offers USB storage and solar charging in a single portable device

Eaton Corporation’s truck and electrical businesses will play a major role in producing 378 plug-in hybrid electric power vehicles, the largest commercial hybrid deployment to date in the U.S.

Solar, wind and kinetic power - harnessing renewable energy on the move

A new bicycle dynamo system with in-built intelligence can help recharge the modern cyclists’ arsenal of battery-powered devices they rely on for communications, navigation and entertainment - on the fly.