IBM is developing a new super battery that is 1000 times more efficient than today's lithium-ion batteries, reports New Scientist. The battery will give electric cars a range of 800 kilometers may be a reality within a few years. IBM is developing a new battery type for electric cars that can seriously compete with fossil fuels. The technique is based on lithium-air technology. Instead of using metal oxides in the positive electrode they are using carbon dioxide which interact with the surrounding air to create electricity.

In the Norwegian city of Trondheim municipal departments use electric cars for many years reports Swedish Television SVT. Bjorn Ove Berthelsen on environmental unit tells the SVT on the benefits that particular home care benefit. - The electric car has the right to drive in bus fields in Norway and the means for home care that they are easier to find, easier to give help and get through on time, "says Bjorn Ove Berthelsen.

The Portuguese government has started an initiative to build a nationwide network of charging stations for electric cars according to Finnish Yle. When the network of charging points are ready it should be possible to charge electric vehicles at over 1300 locations across Portugal and in places like shopping malls, petrol stations and along the highway.

Audi is investing 11.6 billion Euro in product development from 2011 to 2015 and the company are planning 20 new models during this period.

Audi will emply at least 1200 new specialists that will work with development in the area of hybrid and electric vehicles and new lightweight construction techniques.

In product development includes at least two radical electric vehicle ventures -
the supercar E-Tron based on the R8 (2012) and A2 (2013) aluminum car that will become an electric car with steel body and electric drivetrain.

If you drive electric cars to the airport you can park free of charge and can charge your car for free in the SkyCity garage. A limited number of parking spaces for electric vehicles are availbble in the SkyCity garage. The parking lot also have an outlet where you can recharge the batteries for his electric car.

In the past there were benefits of eco cars at the airport.

Electric car Nissan Leaf has an advanced system that makes it possible to remotely control the car via cell phone. It allows the owner instance can check the battery via the phone, even though the car is turned off.
The mobile operator Telenor with the system Connexion let the owner of Nissan LEAF to use a mobile phone or PC to check the battery status and scope, turn on the car's air conditioning, etc. even when Nissan LEAF-car is parked and completely shut off. This is the first time such connectivity will be standard for an electric car.

Shai Agassi, the boss of California-based electric mobility company Better Place, stated that French automaker Renault could sell 3,500 electric cars in Israel from 2011.

It is still in the conceptual stage, but Volkswagen's electric taxi provides a hint about how the iconic London Taxis can look in the future. The company has already unveiled electric Milano Taxi concept in Hanover.

Volkswagen has developed a version of the black taxis in London - Volkswagen’s EV Taxi Concept and the car use the e-motion concept. Klaus Bischoff, head of design at Volkswagen stands behind the design.

Ten years after they killed the electric car somebody must be first out.
Electric cars are here to stay. Next year a sequel documentary about electric cars is planned It is the american filmmaker Chris Paine who wrote and directed Who Killed the Electric Car?

The film, called Revenge Of The Electric Car released in 2011.
The film takes us behind the scenes at GM, Nissan, Tesla and gives us an insight into the electric car industry. Car manufacturers are under pressure and there is a race of who produces the best and most popular electric car.
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