2011 March | WA Electric Vehicle Trial

High Profile for EV Trial at SEA Conference

Posted by Nicolette on Mar 30, 2011 in Events, Featured | 0 comments

Terry Mader and Thomas Braunl were both invited to be speakers at the panel discussion at the Sustainable Energy Australia Conference on Friday the 25th of March. The topic of the panel discussion was “The New Networked Car – are the big automakers ready?”. Other panelists were Kenichiro Wada (Mitsubishi Motors) and Louise Avon-Smith (Western Power) and the Session Chair was...

Batteries to recharge in minutes?

Posted by Nicolette on Mar 29, 2011 in Recharging | 0 comments

An article titled “Highly charged” in The Economist of the 26th of March details how Paul Braun and colleagues of the University of Illinois have succeeded in building prototype batteries that can be recharged in minutes. This new development could potentially allow electric cars to be recharged in the same amount of time that a driver now spends putting petrol in his...

Specific mention of EVs in Garnaut’s Climate Change Review 2011

Posted by Nicolette on Mar 28, 2011 in Policy, Vehicles | 0 comments

According to Garnaut’s Climate Change Review Update 2011 zero-emissions road vehicles will be the most important source of abatement in the transport sector, through the interaction of electrification of vehicles with the decarbonisation of electricity. It is projected that electric vehicles will account for 14 per cent of the transport task in Australia in 2050. See for further...

No more petrol and diesel cars on EU roads by 2050

Posted by Nicolette on Mar 26, 2011 in Policy | 0 comments

The European Committee wants to have all petrol and diesel cars off the road by 2050. By 2030 the usage of these cars has to be reduced by 50% in urban areas. It is one of the plans for the future of transport in Europe with the aim to reduce the CO2 emissions by 60% by 2050. At the moment a quarter of the CO2-emissions in the EU come from transport. On Monday the 28th of March the full...

REV Racer Recharging at RAC Station

Posted by terry on Mar 23, 2011 in Featured, Recharging, Vehicles | 0 comments

The REV Racer is the second battery-electric conversion undertaken by UWA’s Renewable Energy Vehicle Project (REV) in 2009/2010. The cart is based on a Lotus Elise S2 and has been fitted with a UQM PowerPhase 75kW motor and controller. It contains 83 battery cells with a total of 266V and 16kWh, giving it a range of about 110km. It is not possible to test the car’s maximum speed...