Archive for " March, 2010 "

It has been recently announced by a company known by the name of EcoloCap Solutions Inc. that the results for preliminary testing have been received on the tests that were independently performed on the Nano Lithium Battery by a well-known scientific and engineering consulting firm that is located in Phoenix, Arizona. The helpful information that was obtained through the initial tests that were performed have proven that the advanced technology provided by EcoloCap can help a great deal in filling a huge void for high power batteries within the market today. In the batteries that are produced by EcoloCap, they contain a powdered Li in very low levels, which gives them the ability to provide a variety of different types of lithium cell batteries at a much lower cost when it is compared to  [...]

It has been learned through information on Mercedes-Benz that the popular manufacturing company has plans for their S-Class next generation vehicles to be all-hybrid. However, this does not include the AMG models. It looks like by the time the year 2012 rolls around; the S-Class that features gas-only will be the company’s arm exclusive preserve. When it comes to the United States, there has been no talk as of yet that the German manufacturer plans to provide both hybrid and regular versions of the same model.   [...]

After numerous vehicles have been recalled there have been reports that are very contradictory to one another about the continued production, or the lack thereof, of Toyota’s Prius. So, which is it? Will Toyota boost the production of this popular vehicle, or will production slow down? While one source claims that plans for production will increase, another source has claims that production is going to decrease. There have been claims made by Reuters that Toyota’s production of the vehicle the Prius is going to drop by as much as ten percent at two of the company’s plants that are located in Japan. This will mean a decrease from 50,000 units released each month, down to 45,000 units each month. At this time, each of the plants are working at full production of the vehicle.   [...]

The consumers of China may soon have the chance to set their sights on a new electric vehicle (EV) that is to be produced by BYD, which is a maker of automobiles and batteries, and Daimler, a company that is well known as being a German automobile giant. Although there are no details as of yet concerning a timeline when the construction will begin of the R&D center, in a southern city of China known as Shenzhen, there has however been a substantial amount of support on the part of the Shenzhen government.   [...]