Researchers have developed a high-capacity anode material that could boost the current electric car range by at least ten-fold.

COMMERCIAL vehicle specialist ETRUX and electric vehicle pioneers Watt Electric Vehicle Company (WEVC) are joining forces on a project to revolutionise the adoption of electric light vehicles by fleet managers in the UK and Europe and the release of an engineered prototype at next month’s CV Show in Birmingham.

Club Car, an iconic golf cart producer, introduced the Club Car Urban LSV and XR on Wednesday, its latest street-legal electric vehicle. The Club Car Urban EV is a mini pickup built to get the job done with a dump truck bed for conveniently hauling and dumping payloads with several other cargo options.

Climate change represents one of the greatest challenges the world faces. Rising temperatures, increased frequency of extreme weather events, water scarcity, and other adverse consequences have brought environmental concerns to the forefront, sparking over seventy countries to commit to net-zero emission targets.

By 2050, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory expects the demand for graphite, lithium and cobalt, all critical minerals in EV batteries, to increase by 500%. It estimates that the lifetime of an EV battery is around 12 to 15 years in moderate climates.