/technologies/automotive/b/blog/posts/the-start-of-the-electric-revolutionI just finished reading an article about the new Nissan leaf, which Nissan tout as the “first real world Electric Car”, but have we been here before I wonder, and is an electric car a truly viable alternative to the internal combustion engine (...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/automotive/b/blog/posts/the-start-of-the-electric-revolutionTue, 16 Nov 2010 06:53:31 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ac1dfbdd-662a-455c-b7b7-3bce627b61e2YYD0<p>Electric transportation will play a more and more important party.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=11713&AppID=8&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/technologies/automotive/b/blog/posts/the-start-of-the-electric-revolutionWed, 24 Mar 2010 13:14:11 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ac1dfbdd-662a-455c-b7b7-3bce627b61e2e14 Contributor1<span>I have a course in automotive electronics this year and some things I learned so far is that the power consumption of little gadgets in the car are getting huge, maybe narrowing down those gadgets, and figure out a way to put some of the cinetic energy back to the batteries (regenerative brake) during the normal travel could boost the stamina of the batteries. I thnk the next step should be, not having the ICE as a primary, but as a secundary power source. Oppinions?</span><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=11713&AppID=8&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/technologies/automotive/b/blog/posts/the-start-of-the-electric-revolutionTue, 20 Oct 2009 07:46:09 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ac1dfbdd-662a-455c-b7b7-3bce627b61e2e14 Contributor0<span>Electric transportation has been there for some time already, in particular recently electric car is rising in attention. In Singapore, we will get to see electric car (e-car) soon. What is still the lack in the e-car technology? Anyone care to share?</span><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=11713&AppID=8&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">