Category Archives: Electric Cars

The Breakthrough of the Electric Car: A business model for electricity companies

As the breakthrough of the electric car finally seems to become reality, more and more studies announce the important role of Vehicle to Grid (V2G) for the profitability of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in the near and medium future1. At this … Continue reading

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World 2010: The electric car, finally market proof?

In a usual schematization to the phenomena of mode, the electric car is presented like an innovating alternative to the traditional spark-ignition engine car. Ecological, without rejection, nervous but quiet, perfectly adapted to urban environment, it brings multiple solutions to … Continue reading

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When the electric car feeds the energy needs of the house

This article obtained the first award in the framework of the Competition “Génération Energies” on the topic Energ’ ETHIC, organized by Sia Conseil, the Expansion and RTE. The Conference of Copenhagen of December 2009 was the occasion to remind that … Continue reading

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Electric Car in Belgium: let’s go for expansion

The electric vehicle market is now focusing on segments with low volume such as small commercial or recreational vehicles without ever addressing the general public. But for over a year, the trend to electric vehicles won a growing success. First, … Continue reading

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European Auto Show Brussels: Hope for A Green Renaissance

Every two years, passionate and curious gather for discovering and admiring the latest models and releases from manufacturers. But today, the crisis took over the party. The financial crisis brought people back to reality. The over-sized, fuel hungry cars that … Continue reading

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The electric vehicle acceleration! Part 2: The Manufacturers

Looking at the crisis in demand, the automobile constructors have understood that their success went for a big part with the major technical rupture which represents the progressive giving up of the motor on combustibles. The other part of their … Continue reading

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The electric vehicle acceleration! Part 1: Public authorities

Beginning of 2008, electric car was only a vague assumption not yet credible, causing the irony of the skeptics. It from now on entered in a realistic process which will emerge in the next quarters in an industrial phase and … Continue reading

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Electric car: a new world to invent

Today, we live in a world of refineries, service stations, tankers, the gasoline smell … Tomorrow how will be our environment with the electric cars? The advent of the electric car does not only mean the emergence of a new … Continue reading

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