by admin | Feb 9, 2025 | battery, electric vehicles, Energy, EVs, Motoring News, News, South Africa, The Conversation
When we see “tested under laboratory conditions”, we often assume real-world conditions will lead to faster degradation of a product. But experts from Stanford University have found the opposite is true for electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Their new research shows... by admin | Jan 11, 2025 | electric vehicles, EVs, Motoring, Motoring News, News, South Africa, tax
As the world and, more specifically South Africa attempts to usher in a new age of EV adoption, President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law new powers that will unlock a massive 150% tax incentive for electric and hydrogen-powered vehicle manufacturers in the... by admin | Nov 10, 2024 | Africa, electric vehicles, EVs, Motoring News, News, South Africa, The Conversation
In sub-Saharan Africa, high levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution from vehicle tailpipe emissions cause poor health, developmental stunting, and even death. Vehicle emissions also contribute to global warming. Electric vehicles could help solve these... by admin | Nov 3, 2024 | EVs, Mining, News, sustainability, The Conversation
If you visit a commercial mining operation anywhere in the world today, some sights and sounds – workers descending in elevators to underground shafts, the roar of truck engines – will be much the same as they have been for decades. But, like many other industries,... by admin | Aug 19, 2024 | driverless cars, electric cars, EVs, Motoring News, News, robovehicles, Tesla, The Conversation
Robotic vehicles can optimize the flow of traffic in cities even when mixed in with vehicles driven by humans, thereby improving traffic efficiency, safety and energy consumption, my colleagues and I found. Robot vehicles are no longer a sci-fi concept: Cities around... by admin | Feb 13, 2024 | Batteries, EVs, Motoring News, News, Nissan, Other Tech News, The Conversation
In a newly published study, we describe our design for a self-extinguishing rechargeable battery. It replaces the most commonly used electrolyte, which is highly combustible – a medium composed of a lithium salt and an organic solvent – with materials found in a...