Recharging

Better Place is launching the world’s first switchable-battery electric taxi in Tokyo that solves the dual problems of relatively short range and long downtimes for battery recharging of electric vehicles.

A Japanese EV club has travelled 1000 km on one charge.

Ford has unveiled its long awaited Transit Connect Electric van.

Future hybrid cars could be powered by their bodywork.

Ahmey Bektes is proposing powering a mouse by winding it up, encouraging users to not only take regular breaks but to think about power consumption

In news that could greatly extend the range of electric cars, researchers have shown that replacing the conventional graphite electrodes in lithium-ion batteries with silicon nanotubes can produce a battery that can store ten times more charge.

The Electric Vehicle Team at MIT are attempting to build an electric car that behaves like a regular sedan - 0-60 in nine seconds, top speed of 100mph and that 'refuels' in ten minutes flat.