An Electric World

While EVs (electric vehicles) may not be the norm in every garage, they are continuing to gain market traction. As the market for EVs matures, the need for associated services will grow as well, especially when it comes to charging infrastructure.

Nihon Dengyo Kosaku (Dengyo) Co Ltd and Volvo Technology Japan developed a wireless power transmission system for electric vehicles (EVs).

This time, they employed a method that uses microwaves and succeeded in wirelessly transmitting more than 10kW of electricity to a distance of 4-6m.

CN-J Technology (CN-JT), a Taiwan-based venture firm, showed a solar tracking device that does not use a motor and hardly consumes electricity for tracking the sun.

Mitsubishi Motors Corp exhibited a structural model of the "Mitsubishi Plug-in Hybrid EV System," which will be mounted in a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) that the company plans to release in fiscal 2012.

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Kyocera Corp provided its photovoltaic (PV) battery modules for a project to renovate St. Michael and All Angels Church in Withington, the UK.

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In the midst of the Tesla Model S rollout at the company's California manufacturing plant recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a startling prediction: "In 20 years more than half of new cars manufactured will be fully electric," he said, according to a Reuters article. "I actually feel quite safe in that bet. That's a bet I will put money on."

The Toyohashi University of Technology demonstrated its wireless power transmission technology using electric field coupling with automobile tires and the same concrete as used for public roads.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) Ltd organized a private view of its "Emerald Ace" carrier ship for hybrid vehicles at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Ltd's Kobe Shipyard prior to the completion of the construction of the ship (June 29, 2012).

Hitachi Appliances Inc announced what it claims is the industry's first E26-base wide-light-distribution-type LED light bulb that emits the amount of light equivalent to that of a 100W incandescent light bulb (1,520lm).

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp announced that the conversion efficiency of its organic thin-film photovoltaic (PV) cell has reached 11.0%.

Honda Motor Co Ltd announced April 26, 2012, that it has developed a portable generator capable of generating electricity by using propane gas in emergency situations such as power outage.