The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) recently updated their J3016 standards for Levels of Automated Driving. The lowest level in the standard is Level 0, which means that "features are limited to providing warnings and momentary assistance" such as blind spot...

According to Adamas Intelligence’s “EV Battery Capacity Monthly”, the amount of battery energy deployed in passenger electric vehicles (EV) from March 2018 to March 2019 increased by 94%. In 2019, the total reached 9.76 GWh. The article goes on to mention that "this...

There are a number of reasons that people are afraid to make the switch from their current internal combustion engine vehicles to a fully electric vehicle. Some concerns are valid but most of them are based on misconceptions about EVs. The points below should help...

The Department of Energy (DOE) has teamed up with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to award prizes totaling $5,500,000 to businesses and innovators that are able to develop processes to recycle lithium-ion batteries more efficiently. Currently,...

Per the Argonne National Laboratory website: "The Department of Energy's Technology Integration Program has enlisted the expertise of Argonne to develop a tool to examine both the environmental and economic costs and benefits of alternative fuel and advanced vehicles...

According to a post by the Department of Energy this week, 41 different models of light-duty electric vehicles were available for purchase throughout the United States in 2018. These numbers reflect a combination of plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fully electric vehicles...

In a January 16, 2019 article, BloombergNEF head of advanced transport, Colin McKerracher, predicts that the number of EVs on the road will rise by 40% in the year 2019, down from 70% in 2018. According to the article, there are currently around 5 million electric...

In a social media post by BloombergNEF, they stated that a battery price survey showed that battery prices have dropped 85%, since 2010, to $176/kWh. According to the chart, in just the last year prices have dropped 18%, from $214/kWh, in 2017. BloombergNEF attributes...

According to the DOE: "As of October 2018, one million plug-in vehicles (PEV) have been sold in the United States. PEV sales began in December 2010 with sales of the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt. Other PEV models followed, but PEV sales remained below 5,000 per...

In October, researchers within the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee demonstrated a 120kW wireless charger for vehicles. Previously, the folks at ORNL demonstrated a 20kW charger that is being adapted for real-world uses, but now they...