#BMW wants to turn street lights into electric car charging stations A new technology that allows electric car drivers to charge their vehicles directly from street lights has been showcased by the BMW Mini team at the annual Low Carbon Oxford Week event in the UK.
The plan is to make driving an electric car a whole lot more appealing by making charging stations as accessible and numerous as possible.
Any type of electric car, regardless of the model, will work with the technology. All the city needs to provide is enough room on the side of the road for temporary parking.
It no surprise that the German car company has made a commitment to getting more electric cars on the road.
and applications that help electric car drivers locate nearby parking spots and charging stations, and are reportedly in talks with US competitors Tesla motors about their new street light charging stations. n
Today's batteries provide a reliable power supply for our smartphones electric cars and laptops but are unable to keep up with the growing demands placed on them.
This may also increase the range of electric cars by one and a half times the standard amount.
#Chemists one step closer to new generation of electric car battery Lithium sulphur (Li-S) batteries can theoretically power an electric car three times further than current lithium-ion batteries for the same weight at much
#Research Team Improves Lithium air batteries For Electric car Industry A research team from Carnegie mellon University and the University of California,
Lithium air batteries are especially promising for the electric car industry, as they allow electric car battery packs to be smaller
On the other side of the Atlantic, a more modest, quieter challenger plans to take on the US electric car giant.
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