Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG), part of the Composites Division of Umeco plc, is engaged in a €3.4 million project with scientists to develop a new composite material which could revolutionise car design and manufacturing.

Scandinavian electric vehicle (EV) maker, THINK, has announced its entry into the French market through a partnership with MOBIVIA Group

Progress is now rapid in improving lithium rechargeable batteries known as lithium ion. Some are counterintuitive and a big surprise.

The Fuel Cell Burgman takes the next step towards offering cleaner, more efficient motorcycles in a practical and accessible form with the potential to significantly reduce emissions around the world.

China's 16 centrally-managed State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) has recently formed an association to assist development of electric cars.

Pressurex pressure indicating sensor film increases bond strength and reduces defects in ultrasonic welding of batteries.

Most of the pure electric on-road vehicles becoming available in the next few years will have only 100 miles range.

Project set to ensure Britain's place at the heart of the next industrial revolution - in low carbon transportation.

Ability to recharge rapidly could make electric cars more acceptable to consumers, says MIT student team.

Electric vehicles can charge up in 20 to 30 minutes.

The board of electric vehicle company Tanfield has signed a non-binding agreement to consolidate its UK and US electric vehicle businesses, Smith Electric Vehicles UK and Smith Electric Vehicles US. Its US arm, SEVUS, also plans to float on the Nasdaq stock exchange as early as the first half of 2011, Tanfield said.

BAE Systems has just agreed to speak at IDTechEx event "Future of Electric Vehicles" in San Jose December 7-8.

It can only fly for 15 minutes but it is a breakthrough all the same. Improved batteries have finally made a manned electric helicopter a reality.

TESLA MOTORS, INC. (Tesla) and TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) have signed an agreement to initiate the development of an electric version of the RAV4 as announced in May of this year by Elon Musk and Akio Toyoda.

Coulomb Technologies unveils first ChargePoint America Electric Vehicle charging stations in San Jose, California

In 2008, GE and the C-MAR Group partnered to develop new hybrid technology for tugboats.

For more than 26 hours, André Borschberg expertly piloted the aircraft with its 64 meter wingspan. The plane was up in the air for the whole day, then through the entire night, flying solely on solar energy.

Hero Electric, the leading Indian electric bike and scooter manufacturer, made over 70,000 e-bikes in 2009.

About one million cycle rickshaws ply the Indian roads carrying about 3-4 billion passenger-km/year.