AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — BorgWarner announces another eGearDrive transmission application on the all-electric CODA sedan, scheduled for introduction in California in 2010. Ideally suited for full performance electric vehicles on either front-wheel drive or rear-wheel drive transverse driveline applications, the BorgWarner 31-03 eGearDrive(TM) single-speed transmission delivers high torque capacity, high efficiency, and […]
Batteries of the Future
Battery technology has been getting a lot of focus in the last couple of years. After all, you can’t have a decent electric car (or hybrid for that matter) without having the right kind of battery. And, just one more time, battery technology is what prevented the marketing of the electric car after the oil […]
More on Electric Cars
Hoping to set the electric car story straight, I wrote last week about the Chevy Volt. But some context may be necessary to make the distinctions more clear. Currently the Toyota Prius and various of the Honda cars have what is called “parallel hybrid” drivetrains. These are systems where the car can run on a […]
The Volt Can Transform Detroit
A lot of press lately has been has circulating about the upcoming release of the Chevy Volt electric car. While I tend to be skeptical, and frequently critical of the automotive industry, this time I am critical of the critics. They don’t seem to understand the subject. And it’s easy to read a claim like […]
Flashback
The electric car might just be the most difficult mechatronic challenge ever. I moved to Denver Colorado in 1990 to become part of the electric car industry. I worked really hard because I believed then, as I do now, that the electric car was something we all needed. And we still do. I didn’t care […]
Electric Car Factory Breaks Ground in Kentucky
An electric car factory broke ground in Kentucky for Integrity Automotive, a new joint venture expected to manufacture the Alias and other electric vehicles from ZAP. Construction equipment arrived at the site of the Wilkey North Industrial Park on Thursday and a site contractor with a work crew have been mobilized as of Friday to […]