June 14, 2011 According to a recent report “Light Electric Vehicle (LEV) Industry Worldwide 2011-2021” from IDTechEx on the various types of electric vehicle - hybrid and pure electric, electric vehicles by land, water and air will be a market of over USD 210 billion in ten years from now. The segments of this market are very different in certain respects yet they increasingly share some technical challenges and vehicle and component suppliers. Read more

May 9, 2011 The BBC is reporting that in the UK only 704 of the 4,700 electric car charging points expected by the end of the year are in place and two-thirds of towns with a population of over 150,000 do not have any public charging infrastructure. Read more

March 31, 2011 Evida Power Ltd, designer and manufacturer of lithium-ion battery packs for electric vehicles (EVs), has opened its UK headquarters at the TechnoCentre on the Coventry University Technology Park campus in Coventry, West Midlands. Evida, whose parent company is US-registered, maintains design and production facilities in Shenzhen, China, and offices in Jerusalem, Israel. Read more

March 9, 2011 Semikron has completed the acquisition of the VePOINT 50:50 joint venture. VePOINT will work with Magna E-Car Systems, which it will supply with power electronics from its Nuremberg site in Germany. Read more

February 22, 2011 Linear Technology has introduced a second generation high voltage battery monitor for hybrid/electric vehicle (HEVs), electric vehicles (EVs) and other high voltage, high performance battery systems. The LTC6803 is a complete battery measuring IC that includes a 12-bit ADC, a precision voltage reference, a high voltage input multiplexer and a serial interface. Read more

February 8, 2011 Electric power and electronics are playing an ever-increasing role in all kinds of vehicles. Currently copper is the conductive material of choice. But in comparison to aluminium copper is heavy and expensive. In particular for fully electric vehicles the switch to the cheaper and lighter aluminium would be an interesting option. That is why the optimization of intricate power supply networks is now in the focus of engineering research. Scientists from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM), in collaboration with BMW engineers, have now found out what tricks make it possible to replace copper with aluminium. Read more

February 4, 2011 The IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) and e8,a global organization of 10 world leading electricity companies, have brought together all major stakeholders that want to collaborate to accelerate the global roll-out of EVs (Electric Vehicles). The international round table took place on 19 January 2011 in Washington DC, USA, and represented a milestone in the future growth of these vehicles. Read more

November 19, 2010 London pushes UK another step closer to a national network of points that will create more charge points than petrol stations in the capital London's city wide electric vehicle charging network, 'Source London', will launch in Spring 2011, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson announced earlier this week. Siemens has been confirmed as the IT and services partner for Source London Read more

November 9, 2010 International Rectifier has introduced the AUIRS2191S 600 V driver IC and AUIRGP50B60PD1 600 V non-punch-through (NPT) insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) for use in energy-efficient DC-DC automotive applications. Read more

September 16, 2010 Europe’s leading supplier of lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles, power tool and mobility applications, Axeon, has raised £5 million of new equity to support the next development phase of the company’s business. Read more

August 6, 2010 Maxim Integrated Products has introduced a high-voltage, 12-cell, battery-monitoring IC for hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles, and any system that stacks long series strings of batteries. Read more

August 5, 2010 Semikron is partnering hofer powertrain to develop a flexible inverter system for mass production in the field of hybrid and electric vehicles. Read more

August 5, 2010 Semikron is partnering hofer powertrain to develop a flexible inverter system for mass production in the field of hybrid and electric vehicles. Read more

May 24, 2010 Electric car startup Tesla Motors and Toyota Motor Corp. said that they plan to cooperate on the development of electric vehicles. Read more

May 18, 2010 Semikron has introduced a series of SKAI 2 modules that claim to offer the most compact power electronic systems for hybrid and electric vehicles for use in the agricultural industry, construction industry, materials handling and battery-powered vehicles of any kind. Read more