World's first demonstration of power transfer from wheels to power an electric car
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - 07:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Electric vehicles (EV) have ten times higher energy performance than automobiles powered by gasoline-based engines. However, they are not yet popular with drivers due to the need to store large batteries onboard. Now, Takashi Ohira and colleagues are developing an innovative method for powering EVs that drastically reduces the number of batteries.