ABB and Nissan To Develop EV Battery Recycling Solution
One of the usual charges laid against the electric car relates to the problem of what to do with the batteries once they can no longer be used in the vehicles for which they were designed. The potential for recycling has been discussed for some time. However, leading power and automation group ABB (ABB) has [...]
Nissan To Deliver Dramatic Reduction In Pricing Of Fast Chargers
Nissan (NSANY.PK) has announced a major breakthrough in the pricing of Level 3 fast chargers for the EV market and Auto Observer reports the company as saying that they already have substantial pre-orders in the US. Thus far we have the following details: The new Nissan fast charger will sell for $9,900. The company´s previous fast charger [...]
EV Round-UP – Bullish Forecasts From Pike and the Pacific Coast’s Green Highway
There are a number of interesting pieces of news out in the EV sector today. A quick re-cap: Pike Research has produced a report predicting cumulative global sales of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles (PHEVs) of 5.2 million by 2017, up from just under 114,000 vehicles in 2011. By the same year, cumulative sales [...]
