Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2010

The new 3-Cylinder HR12DE engine. Click to enlarge. In Yokohama, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. outlined the range of fuel-saving technologies—including 3- and 4-cylinder engines, CVT transmission with stop-start system and new hybrid system ( earlier post ) to be introduced on new models to be launched in fiscal year 2010. The technologies are the result of the company’s research and development efforts based on Nissan’s mid-term environmental action plan Green Program 2010 (NGP 2010)

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Creative Greenius

JULY 6, 2010

The address on my California drivers license has said Redondo Beach since 1993 and when I travel anywhere in the world it’s the city of Redondo Beach they see listed as my hometown on my passport. I’ve been proud to be identified as a Redondo resident for over 17 years now and I readily sing the praises of Redondo Beach and the people who live and work here.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 7, 2010

Chris just back from a week in Denmark shooting a short film for the next UN Climate Conference this coming December. He and his crew profiled a young American band from New Jersey, Titus Andronicus , as they arrived at the Roskilde Music Festival to play one of Europe’s biggest music festivals. Nearly 125,000 visitors, campers, and volunteers make this annual 4 day event an enormously high-energy extravaganza… especially with nearly 20 hours of sunlight and total darkness only lasti

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Green Car Reports

JULY 8, 2010

While the July Fourth holiday weekend has ended, many Americans still have a hefty amount of summer travel ahead. With gas prices slowly inching toward $3 a gallon, many of us who don't have the luxury of owning a fuel-sipping hybrid vehicle are looking for simple ways to save some extra cash at the pumps. There are still many ways to stretch.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2010

Concept of the Hydrogen Harvester. Click to enlarge. In what recently-appointed Chief Technology Officer Dr. Brian Goodall calls “ a landmark discovery ”, OriginOil, Inc., a developer of technologies for algae cultivation and extraction ( earlier post ), says it is developing a new technology to harvest hydrogen from living photosynthetic algae, providing an additional energy source from bioreactors.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 4, 2010

Hermosa Beach doesn’t do Fourth of July fireworks as part of its annual Independence Day tradition. That’s way too conventional for a city that features an annual drinking and hurling competition right on the beach, and its own version of a bacchanalian Mardi Gras on the Strand , complete with Michael Jackson impersonation performances. Besides, who needs to blow up $115,000 worth of disposable income, like Torrance does at its Wilson Park extravaganza, when you’ve got rich nei

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Green Car Reports

JULY 7, 2010

Once more, a reader question prompts us to share the answer with our entire green car audience. In this case, it's about how first responders should approach accidents that involve vehicles with high-voltage battery packs, whether they're conventional hybrids (e.g. Toyota Prius) or upcoming electric cars like the 2011 Nissan Leaf or 2011 Chevrolet.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2010

Thomas Built Buses, Daimler Trucks North America’s (DTNA) school bus manufacturer, has received an order for 130 compressed natural gas (CNG) school buses—the biggest contract for natural gas buses in the company’s history—from the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The vehicles are scheduled to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2010.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JULY 7, 2010

I have several hundred 7.4v 1100 mah NIMH batteries. Can I wire them together to make a battery pack large enough to power an AC electric car? Hi, ManZie.

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All Cars Electric

JULY 9, 2010

What do cutting-edge technology company Apple Inc. and world-famous racing cyclist Lance Armstrong have in common? Any guesses? No, seven-time Tour De France winner Armstrong isn't launching a range of Apple-branded sports equipment. Nor has Apple developed generator kits to recharge its hit iPhone 4 while you work out. Both however, are playing a.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 6, 2010

As we count down the months before the first 2011 Chevrolet Volts arrive at dealers in California, New York, Michigan, and Washington, D.C., it's time for the latest reboot of the Chevy marketing machine to kick into action. Chevrolet said in a press conference last week it would start running ads for the 2011 Volt extended-range electric vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2010

Four different architectures of Li-air batteries, which all assume the use of lithium metal as the anode. The three liquid electrolyte architectures are aprotic, aqueous, and a mixed aprotic-aqueous system. In addition, a fully solid state architecture is also given. Credit, ACS, Girishkumar et al. Click to enlarge. While the practical energy density of Li-air batteries could approach that of gasoline—after factoring in tank-to-wheel efficiencies—and thereby enable a transition to an electrified

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JULY 9, 2010

I have some older 6 volt batteries that have been drawn down over time in storage. Is there a way to revive them? They charge, but only up to 5.5 volts.

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All Cars Electric

JULY 6, 2010

Concept cars are often no more than an automaker's chance to dream about a future of fully autonomous vehicles, sweeping curves and Jetsons-style glass panels, but once in a while a concept is unveiled which has what it takes to make it to production. And these days, no concept would be complete without a green drivetrain. Cue Renault, Nissan's.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 9, 2010

The 2011 Mazda Mazda2 subcompact had a somewhat strange introduction, with the car itself unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show but the interior not displayed until three months later. Nevertheless, Mazda's sporty little subcompact is headed for dealerships this fall, starting at the remarkably low price of $13,980. A few weeks ago, our colleague.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2010

The electric concept car DeZir features gull-wing doors that open in opposite directions symbolizing “a yin and yang-style amorous harmony”, according to Renault. Click to enlarge. Renault has provided a preview of its new concept electric car, DeZir, ahead of this year’s Paris Motor Show. The “Z” in the name DeZir is a direct reference to Renault’s Z.E. signature for its forthcoming electric vehicles, and several features of its design are suggestive of two q

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JULY 8, 2010

Is it necessary to charge new batteries when installing? Hi, George - Battery University says that if your batteries are lead-acid, they come already.

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All Cars Electric

JULY 8, 2010

With the increase in coverage that electric cars are enjoying in both the motoring and the mainstream press, you might be forgiven for thinking that the future is bright for EV lovers worldwide. The U.K. newspaper The Telegraph might have you believe otherwise, though. According to a recent article, a study reveals that a fuel tax of 10p a mile.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 8, 2010

For the major automakers, when it comes to being green, it's not just about how much fuel a car consumes or the emissions levels coming out of a tailpipe. Instead, we're seeing companies take a more holistic approach to environmental protection with entire operation lines being made greener. This includes everything from how the power being used.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2010

Bosch anticipates that electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles will take almost a 3% share of the global new car market in 2020. Source: Bosch. Click to enlarge. Following the market launch of Bosch parallel full-hybrid technology ( earlier post ) in the Porsche Cayenne S and Volkswagen Touareg hybrids, the company is increasingly investing in the development of powertrain technologies for all-electric vehicles.

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Green Cars News

JULY 4, 2010

Take a look at the design sketch for the BMW Megacity electric vehicle (below), which is due on the market in 2013. At the company’s Innovation Days briefing it revealed the design along with a new LifeDrive architecture on which the vehicle is based. The concept consists of two horizontally separated independent modules with the drive [.]. Tags: BMW Electric cars Green cars Latest news BMW Megacity BMW Megacity electric car BMW Megacity vehicle design LifeDrive architecture.

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All Cars Electric

JULY 8, 2010

Volkswagen is intent on becoming the world's leading automaker by 2018 and that means being the top dog in every segment, including hybrid and electric vehicles. Recently the automaker announced plans to start building its own electric powertrains, as well as the launch of a Jetta Hybrid in 2012, and now we have news that Volkswagen is also.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 6, 2010

Nissan has showed us the future of the automobile with its advanced Leaf all-electric vehicle but that doesn't mean it's game over for the internal combustion engine. Gasoline and diesel powered cars can live on, well into the future in fact, thanks to new fuel-saving technologies that Nissan and other automakers are starting to roll out. Most of.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2010

Ford Motor Company’s biomaterial researchers have engineered a patent-pending formula to use renewable soy oil to improve rubber car parts. By using renewable soy oil as a 25% replacement for petroleum oil, Ford researchers more than doubled rubber’s stretchability and reduced its environmental impact. Soy-based rubber parts such as radiator deflector shields, air baffles, cupholder inserts and floor mats are under consideration for future Ford vehicle programs.

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Green Cars News

JULY 5, 2010

Who said electric cars have to be small and clunky? Mercedes-Benz clearly has other ideas. Its performance brand, Mercedes-AMG, has provided an update of its electric SLS-AMG (pictured below). The vehicle, originally announced in July, has a power output of 392kW and 880Nm of torque with traction provided by four synchronous electric motors that are capable [.].

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All Cars Electric

JULY 7, 2010

One of the best parts of the electric-vehicle world is the camaraderie. Someone knows someone who passes us along to a friend who knows a guy. you know the story. Which is how we ended up in San Francisco on a sunny Friday, driving a well-used--but still reliable--example of one of the highest-volume modern electric cars built to date, the.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 9, 2010

As we move toward the December launch of electric cars from real automakers--the 2011 Nissan Leaf and the 2011 Chevrolet Volt--there are many myths and fears that will have to be dispelled among consumers. One of them is the old toaster-in-the-bathtub fear: If you get an electric car really wet. It. Might. KILL. You! To dispel that inchoate.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2010

Cutaway of the 2-cylinder TwinAir 85 HP. Click to enlarge. Fiat’s new two-cylinder TwinAir engine family made by Fiat Powertrain Technologies (FPT) made its debut with the TwinAir 85 HP in the Fiat 500 today. Fiat had previewed the two-cylinder at the Geneva show earlier this year. ( Earlier post.). The gasoline-fueled 85 hp (63 kW), 900 cc turbo two-cylinder features a small-sized turbine which, combined with dedicated valve management strategies, minimizes transient response times and ke

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Green Cars News

JULY 8, 2010

Hundreds of people turned out to see celebrities and politicians try their hand at eco-driving when the Bridgestone Eco-Rally travelled from Brighton to London’s Hyde Park yesterday (July 7). F1 fans in particular lined the streets to get a glimpse of F1 heroes, such as Nico Hulkenberg, Eddie Irvine and Patrick Head, just days before [.]. Tags: Green credentials Bridgestone Brighton eco-driving Eco-Rally london race.

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All Cars Electric

JULY 8, 2010

Remember the bright yellow Mercedes SLS AMG E-Cell prototype we wrote about back in June? Equipped with a four-motor, all-wheel-drive system the SLS AMG E-Cell is capable of putting out more than 525 horsepower onto the road and packs electric supercar performance into the iconic gullwing body. As our sister site MotorAuthority announced earlier.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 5, 2010

In Europe, more than half of the new cars sold feature a diesel engine of some form. This is because modern diesel engines, especially in turbocharged form, offer similar performance to their gasoline counterparts but with much better fuel economy. Some models are even more fuel efficient than comparable gasoline-electric hybrids, but still the.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2010

Ford Motor Company has delivered its best ever first-half new vehicle sales of 301,524 units in China during the first six months of 2010, representing 53% compared to sales figures from January to June 2009. Changan Ford Mazda Automobile (CFMA), Ford Motor’s passenger car joint venture in China, reported record sales of 205,563 units in the first six months of 2010, an increase of 46% versus the same period last year.

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Green Cars News

JULY 6, 2010

It’s not all about going green here on TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk – sometimes we can acknowledge companies that are going blue too. Take for example Mercedes-Benz, which is introducing a new S350 BlueTec engine equipped with a selective catalytic reduction system that uses AdBlue and complies with emission levels outlined for 2014 as part of the EU6 [.].

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All Cars Electric

JULY 7, 2010

President Barack Obama isn't hiding his support for electric vehicles one bit, with the nation's leader heading to Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday to visit one of a growing number of electric vehicle startups. Obama will be visiting Smith Electric Vehicles, a small firm specializing in building battery-powered commercial vehicles and the.

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