Posts Tagged ‘electric cars’

Daimler Developing Advanced Electric Car Batteries

December 16th, 2008

The trendy Mercedes-Benz of the future may well end up being electric. Daimler has begun work on developing advanced batteries to fuel electric cars in partnership with Evonik. This is only a first step, however. Once stronger batteries are developed, what will power them? Will the trophy wives of Beverly Hills and their having-a-mid-life-crises husbands want solar panels replacing their sun roofs? Perhaps, if the current eco-trendiness continues, such green luxury cars will be seen as the status symbols of the future.

Breaking America’s Oil Addiction

July 8th, 2008

Interesting article from BBC News about America’s oil addiction, quite critical of the American way of life, and yet strangely optimistic. “We will be recharging our car batteries much as we recharge our phone batteries” – I hope so.

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