The UK’s largest independent car battery manufacturer will open in early 2019 in Coventry at a new, multi-million pound, high-tech facility that will produce batteries for future hybrid and electric vehicles. The factory will be operated by a new joint…
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Aston Martin Reveals Secrets Of Rapide E: Range Over 200 Miles
Aston Martin Rapide E takes shape for Q4 2019 launch. Aston Martin re-confirmed the launch of its first all-electric car, which from now on will be called the Rapide E. Market launch of a limited series of 155 units will start in the fourth quarter of 2019. Cars will be built in a dedicated facility […]
Working on this Singer 911 restoration “turns” Williams F1 engineers
The 500hp air-cooled 911 is 600 pounds lighter than when it left Porsche’s factory.
ZapGo’s Carbon-Ion tech combines power density of supercapacitors and energy density of batteries
Williams Advanced Engineering has selected ZapGo, a spinout of Oxford University, to join a consortium working to develop next-generation battery systems for EVs (part of the UK government’s Faraday Battery Challenge). ZapGo’s Carbon-Ion technology, based on carbon nanomaterials including graphene, is intended to combine the power density of supercapacitors and the energy density of rechargeable… Read more »
Watch Electric Jaguar Powerboat Set New World Record
In which the electric cat hits the water with one goal in mind. It’s been said that water and electricity do not get along together. Same with water and cats. Well, apparently no one mentioned these basic facts of life to the good folks at Jaguar…
