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Ricardo and Qinetiq announce reduced-cost lithium-ion battery

Dec 11th 2009 9:57AM - 4 Comments

Ricardo and Qinetiq announced a new technology to produce cheaper lithium-ion batteries this week. Called Red Lion, the key to their claimed achievement is a new chemistry inside the cells. Instead of using cobalt cells, Red Lion batteries use iron ...

Qinetiq's Zephyr solar-powered UAV could be a record breaker

Sep 11th 2007 4:56PM - 3 Comments

Sporting a 59 foot wingspan, the Qinetiq unmanned aerial vehicle is likely capable of setting a new world record for sustained unmanned flight. The previous record was set in 2001 by a jet-powered vehicle. The Qinetiq Zephyr, on the other hand, is ...

Ricardo and QinetiQ partner on reducing cost of lithium ion batteries

Nov 8th 2007 8:49AM - 1 Comment

Power-train engineering consultant Ricardo is partnering with QinetiQ to try bring the cost of lithium ion batteries down so that they can be commercially viable. They have launched a two-year project called RED-LION (reduced cost lithium ion) to ...

QinetiQ and NexxtDrive to co-operate on hybrid electric drives

Jul 2nd 2007 8:47AM - 0 Comments

Besides being the ultimate Scrabble word, especially when played on a triple word score, Qinetiq has been featured on our blog many times. Often, Qinetiq is tied in with military operations, such as tanks. Their work is predominately with hybrid ...

PSA, QinetiQ, and Ricardo create the Efficient-C diesel/electric hybrid - Plus Gallery

Feb 11th 2007 4:37PM - 0 Comments

click photo to enter high-res image gallery In response to the UK government's Department for Transport issued its Ultra Low Carbon Car Challenge (ULCCC) to the auto industry in 2003, Ricardo teamed up with PSA Peugeot Citroën and energy ...

High-res gallery of classic-looking hydrogen fuel cell Morgan Motors LIFECar

Jan 17th 2007 8:01PM - 3 Comments

Maybe it's better that we didn't bring you images of the Morgan Motors LIFECar when they were released last month. Now, thanks to our new gallery feature, we can offer you the images of this high-tech, classic hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in all of ...

PSA & partners unveil diesel-hybrid prototype

Jun 6th 2006 3:53PM - 0 Comments

Edmunds Inside Line reports PSA (Peugeot) just unveiled a prototype diesel-electric hybrid, which has an ultra low carbon-emission powertrain that is 30 percent more fuel efficient and cleaner compared to a standard diesel. The prototype, named ...

What do terrorists fear most? Perhaps a fuel cell tank?

Feb 15th 2007 4:16PM - 5 Comments

Who knows where this will lead. Members of the Motorsport Industry Association and representatives of the UK's Ministry of Defence (the 'c' is how you know it's not the Pentagon) held a meeting last month to discuss "see how the advanced technology ...

Geneva 2008 Preview: Morgan LifeCar fuel cell concept

Mar 9th 2007 1:18PM - 0 Comments

Press previews for the 2007 Geneva Motor Show have barely wrapped up and we're already getting the first preview for the 2008 show. Morgan is a company that is not renowned for being on the cutting edge of anything. In fact, they are closer to being ...

Citroen introduces diesel-electric hybrid prototype

Oct 10th 2006 12:29PM - 2 Comments

Auto Express is reporting that Citroen has introduced a working prototype of a consumer diesel-electric hybrid vehicle in the form of a converted Berlingo called the Efficient-C. This unique drive train is presumably what French Prime Minister David ...

Geneva 2008 preview: Morgan LifeCar, finally

Feb 14th 2008 12:33PM - 1 Comment

Before even the 2007 Geneva Motor Show, the Morgan Motor company was talking about about the LifeCar, a concept vehicle they would be bringing to the 2008 event. Now that the calendar has brought us closer to Geneva 2008, we can get a better idea of ...

UK invests 8 million on new transport technology research

Mar 10th 2008 1:36PM - 1 Comment

FREEFLOW, Foot-LITE and User Innovation. These three items make up the UK's Department for Transport short list of ways to "improve transport services." To varying degrees, each of the three tries to green up transporting people while making the ...


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