Automobile manufacturers have been on the move towards producing self-driving vehicles. Tesla Motors has led the way with the recent release of an upgrade for its autopilot software for the Model S sedan lines. These include both the new models, as well as the already purchased ones. With the introduction of the software, Tesla’s Model […]
Supercapacitor Breakthrough to Allow Electric Cars to Charge within Seconds
BMW i3 Electric Augmented Optics, a technological firm, has manufactured a supercapacitor material that allows electric cars to be charged as fast as refueling a normal car. This innovation threatens to make lithium-ion batteries useless. The new material that is set to serve as a replacement for conventional batteries comes as a polymer utilizing the […]
U.S. Outlander Delayed by Mitsubishi Because of Tight Battery Supply
Mitsubishi is postponing the sale of the Outlander plug-in hybrid car in the U.S. to the year 2015. Initially, the official release of the car in the United States market was planned for this year. The main reason for the postponement is that Lithium Energy Japan (LEJ) has not supplied adequate batteries for Mitsubishi. Mitsubishi […]
Why Electric Cars Will Shape the World’s Future
Prior to Tesla Model 3’s revelation, the company CEO, Elon Musk shed light on why people should choose electric cars. Musk said that the new car is projected to explode the global sales of Tesla from just more than 50,000 the previous year to as around 500,000 cars by the end of the decade. If […]