Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Construction of the molten-salt electrolyte battery. Source: Sumitomo. Click to enlarge. Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. is considering targeting its lower-temperature molten-salt electrolyte battery, being developed in partnership with Kyoto University ( earlier post ), to makers of electric and hybrid passenger cars, according to Bloomberg. Sumitomo had earlier said that it intended to commercialize the battery around 2015 for commercial-vehicle fleet operators and stationary applications, a

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Electric Cars are for Girls

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Best electric car batteries for conversions are LiFePO4 prismatic cells. Interview with Lithium Storage and EVTV on the marriage of lithium and EVs.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Everyone makes mistakes once in a while, and we’re sure most drivers have run out of gasoline at least once in their life. But as the saying goes, it's hard to carry a gallon of electricity back to your plug-in car if the battery is completely out of charge. Which is why AAA is now testing roadside assistance for rapid charging of electric.

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DIY Electric Car

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

I'm a software engineer by trade, and I was recently on the a popular industry podcast.Net Rocks. About a month ago they hinted that they wanted to do an off-topic show on Electric Vehicles. So I wrote them an email and they wrote back and before I knew it, I was on the show. Anyway, we talked about all topics EV, and I am pretty proud that I got to introduce EV to a much broader audience.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2011

Solar radiation management (SRM) is one of the geoengineering techniques proposed as a potential means of offsetting some of the anthropogenic radiative forcing of climate as a means to reduce climate change. ( Earlier post.) However, the effectiveness and associated risks of SRM are uncertain. A team of researchers from California Institute of Technology, the Carnegie Institution for Science and Harvard University has now examined the possibility of testing solar radiation management (SRM) thro

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

JOIN US for premiere events at our new theaters the weekend of 11/11, including Q&A's with Director Chris Paine, Former GM Executive (and Revenge star) Bob Lutz and much more. Come out this weekend in Detroit, Ann Arbor, Minneapolis, Seattle, Chicago, San Diego, Houston and Sacramento! Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor, MI. 11/12 - Director Chris Paine to participate in post-show Q&A after 7:00 pm screening. 11/13 - Director Chris Paine and former Vice Chairman at General Motors, Bob Lutz to p

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National Green Transportation

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

The long-awaited sequel to Chris Paine's ground-breaking documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car, is now being shown in selected theaters around the country. Revenge of the Electric Car starts with a brief recap of WKtEC.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Cutaway of the 1.0L EcoBoost. Click to enlarge. Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally launched volume production of Ford’s smallest gasoline engine—the 1.0-liter, turbocharged, direct injection EcoBoost engine ( earlier post )—at Ford’s Cologne (Germany) Engine Plant. The 1.0L EcoBoost will debut in Europe in early 2012 and ultimately be available worldwide.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Four hundred quick chargers for electric cars are to be given away for free by Nissan as part of efforts to grow Europe’s recharging network. The Japanese car maker is giving European countries to chance to bid for the free charging points, with 65 quick chargers already secured for the UK. These new high tech [.].

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Californian electric motorcycle firm Zero Motorcycles has just announced its 2012 range of all-electric motorcycles at the 2012 International Motorcycle Exhibition in Milan, Italy. Faster, more powerful, and with options available to give over 100 miles of range per charge, the 2012 Zero S, 2012 Zero DS, 2012 Zero X, 2012 Zero MX and 2012 Zero XU.

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National Green Transportation

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

The 2011 and 2012 Chevy Volt's have five-star crash ratings from the NHTSA. A series of fires either directly or indirectly involving the Chevy Volt are causing some to cast doubt upon the Volt. Bloomberg.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Qualcomm Incorporated, which just recently acquired the team and technology of wireless charging company HaloIPT (earlier post) , announced the first Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging (WEVC) trial for London in what is a UK and industry-leading initiative. Qualcomm is collaborating with the UK Government, as well as the Mayor of London’s office and Transport for London (TfL) to deliver the trial.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 5, 2011

With the 2012 London Olympic Games edging closer, a new project has introduced 15 hydrogen powered London black cabs and five hydrogen powered Suzuki Bergmann scooters into the city. The vehicles will be funded by the HyTEC project, which is partly funded by the Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, and will also see an [.].

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Rapid electric car charging stations for cars like the 2012 Nissan Leaf and 2012 Mitsubishi i may soon become a lot more common in the U.S. thanks to a new rapid charging station Nissan says it will launch in the U.S. by early 2012. The charging station, which is based upon the CHAdeMo direct current rapid charging standard, is being launched by.

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National Green Transportation

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Italian race bike manufacturer, CRP, this week at the EICMA trade show in Milan has unveiled their long-awaited "Next Gen Superbike", called the Energica. The company has a long history in motorcycle racing, and beginning.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

In a paper published in the journal Science , Natalie Mahowald at Cornell University reports on a third effect of anthropogenic aerosols on the climate—their slow impact on biogeochemical cycles potentially affecting the fluxes of CO 2 into and out of the atmosphere. The net effect of aerosols is usually considered the sum of their direct radiative effect plus the indirect effect through aerosol-cloud interactions.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Range-extended luxury car, the Fisker Karma has been named as the Automobile magazine’s 2012 ‘Design of the Year’. The US publication’s editor honoured the model for its sleek lines and sporty look, writing that the Karma: “stands to become an icon, even without mention of its range-extended electric powertrain”. The model is the brainchild of [.].

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

The 2012 Tesla Model S all-electric sedan isn’t due to roll off the production lines for another 8 months, but Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants the world to know that the Californian-based automaker is already putting plans in place to ensure that Model S owners won't be running out of charge. Earlier this year at the official launch of the 2012.

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National Green Transportation

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Zero Motorcycles is attending the EICMA motorcycle trade show in Milan this week, and today they announced their new model line-up for 2012. The 2012 models are the same five designs they're already selling, but upgraded.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Fuel cell maker Ballard Power Systems has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Delta Power Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Delta Electronics (Thailand) PLC, expanding the range of clean energy applications they will focus on under an existing fuel cell system collaboration agreement. Ballard and Delta recently announced their collaboration agreement in relation to sales of fuel cell-powered backup power systems in the India telecommunications market, under which an initia

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Gordon Murray was crowned the successful winner of last Saturday’s RAC Future Car Challenge-the second time the former F1 designer has won the energy efficiency competition. Over 60 cars took part in the 60 mile challenge to London, with a range of electric, fuel cell, hybrid, fuel efficient diesel and petrol cars at the starting [.].

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Yesterday afternoon, BMW hosted a Special Sneak Peek Preview Event of the BMW i3 and BMW i8 concept electric cars in New York. Both cars will make their official U.S. debut at next week's Los Angeles Auto Show. After an hour-long photo session, we were addressed by Richard Kim, exterior designer for the BMW i range, and Rich Steinberg, manager of.

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National Green Transportation

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Italian race bike manufacturer, CRP, this week at the EICMA trade show in Milan has unveiled their long-awaited "Next Gen Superbike", called the Energica. The company has a long history in motorcycle racing, and beginning.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

LG Chem Ltd. will supply Li-ion battery and management systems to Swiss-based ABB under a newly signed long-term agreement. Among the projects to be undertaken will be a power system stabilization demonstration project. LG Chem did not disclose the size of the deal. In October 2010, Southern California Edison (SCE) selected LG Chem, Ltd. to provide lithium-ion battery packs for a pilot program involving energy storage systems (ESS) for residential and small commercial applications, marking LG Ch

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Japanese carmaker Honda has started demonstration testing of its Honda Fit EV (electric vehicle concepts) in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. Tests are being conducted in association with the city’s government and Guangzhou Automobile and see the electric cars driven in a real-world urban transportation environment to verify their convenience and identify any technological issues. [.].

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

If you're going to have your very first drive behind the wheel of a Rolls-Royce, what better car than a one-of-a-kind experimental all-electric Phantom? The metallic silver-blue Phantom, given a rare factory experimental designation of 102EX, has been touring the globe to gauge the reactions of roughly 500 Rolls-Royce owners and potential.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2011

A team from Japan’s AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) reports on the development of a “lithium–air capacitor–battery based on a hybrid electrolyte” in a paper in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science. The team had earlier investigated a hybrid electrolyte lithium–air battery, in which a lithium anode in a non-aqueous electrolyte and an air-catalytic cathode in an aqueous electrolyte solution were separated by a ceramic LISICON film. ( Earlier po

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Former Transportation and Commerce Secretary Norman Mineta, who served under former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, is calling for policymakers to employ technology neutral policies as they begin to implement the new CAFE regulations proposed by President Obama. In a white paper released at a National Press Club briefing, Secretary Mineta detailed his support for such policies—i.e., those which do not favor one technology over another through consumer incentives, federal subsid

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Total US oil consumption compared to potential and currently harvested nonfood biomass divided into its main uses. The area of each circle is proportional to the consumed amount. Vennestrøm et al. Click to enlarge. In an essay presented in the journal Angewandte Chemie , Esben Taarning and co-workers from the catalyst company Haldor Topsøe and the Lindoe Offshore Renewables Center (Denmark) argue that the most efficient use of biomass—which, although renewable is still a limited resource&m

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

by Steven Pleging, CEO/President of Quantum Solar Power Corp. I believe that the loss of industry players Solyndra, Evergreen, and SpectraWatt opens the market for more innovative solar companies to succeed with smarter tactics and mainstream products that fit into existing manufacturing models. Remember when the dot.com bubble burst in 2000 and, seemingly overnight, some companies ceased making millions hand-over-fist?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Preliminary findings from a study on the use of hydraulic fracturing in shale gas development suggest no direct link to reports of groundwater contamination, according to project leader Dr. Charles ‘Chip’ Groat, of The University of Texas at Austin’s Energy Institute. Rather, Groat said, many of the problems appear to be related to other aspects of drilling operations, such as poor casing or cement jobs.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Balqon Corporation, a developer of electric drive system technologies for commercial electric vehicles ( earlier post ), has demonstrated a battery-powered yard tractor that incorporates Balqon Corporation’s XR E20 electric drive system into a chassis developed by Mol Transport Solutions, a leading manufacturer of trucks, trailers and waste management systems in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Fuel cell manufacturer Plug Power Inc. intends to join forces with Axane, an Air Liquide subsidiary, to create a joint venture to meet growing demand for GenDrive fuel cell products across the European material handling market. Under the proposed joint venture, Plug Power will contribute a license to certain intellectual property rights for the initial European project territory and Axane will provide installments of cash over a period of five years.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced that GAC Toyota Engine Co. Ltd (GTE), a joint venture company established with Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd (GAC), began production in October of a lineup of four-cylinder, in-line AR engines at its plant in Nansha, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China. The AR is an advanced engine that offers improved fuel efficiency despite its larger displacement, along with higher maximum output, cleaner emissions, and lower noise output.

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