Sat.Feb 27, 2010 - Fri.Mar 05, 2010

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Transonic Looking at Final Funding Round This Year, Production Deployment of Supercritical Fuel System in 2014; 50-75% Improvement in Engine Fuel Economy

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The use of a supercritical fuel charge enables very fast and complete combustion with minimized thermal losses. The chart shows heat release from a standard diesel combustion cycle (solid black line), overlaid with the heat release from a TSCi cycle (dashed blue line). TSCi combustion minimizes heat loss to the cylinder walls and in the exhaust. Source: Transonic.

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Planet-Warming Texas Oil Refineries Embrace Communist Chinese Stance on Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions. CO2-Belching Texas Polluters Pony Up Millions To Overturn California’s AB 32

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Your Greenius is sorry to report that there’s been nothing but more bad news on the climate action scene in the past couple of weeks. Maybe you missed last week’s issue of China Daily with the headline: “ No Intention of Capping Emissions “ “China has no intention of capping its greenhouse gas emissions even as authorities are committed to realizing the nation’s target to reduce carbon intensity through new policies and measures, the country’s top climat

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EV Conversion: Electric Reverse

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I've noticed with EV conversions there is mention of electric reverse being used. Doesn't the manual transmission have reverse gear already? Am I missing.

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Press Release: Why making a noise for electric cars matters

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February 23, 2010 Why making a noise for electric cars matters It may seem like we have gone back in time, but with the number of electric cars and hybrids on the increase, TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk wanted to see if opinion had changed on the issue of adding artificial noise to these types of super-quiet vehicles. Sadly it would [.]. Tags: Latest news.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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Mercedes Introduces E 300 BlueTEC Diesel Hybrid; New C- and E-Class BlueEFFICIENCY Diesels

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with Stop-Start. E 300 BlueTEC HYBRID, C 220 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY and E 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY Click to enlarge. Mercedes-Benz introduced the E 300 BlueTEC diesel HYBRID at the Geneva Motor Show. The new vehicle—Mercedes’ first production diesel hybrid, and based on its modular hybrid system ( earlier post )—pairs a 2.2-liter four-cylinder diesel engine developing 150 kW (204 hp) with a hybrid module incorporating a 15 kW electric motor.

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2010 Geneva Motor Show: 57-MPG Mercedes-Benz E300 Bluetec Hybrid

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Earlier today, we ran down our list of new green production cars at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, where press days are now underway. There's one more we might have added to the list: the 2012 Mercedes-Benz E300 Bluetec Hybrid. At the show today, Mercedes-Benz confirmed that the car "has already successfully entered everyday testing and is scheduled.

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Volkswagen Will Dominate the World of Electric Cars. Got That?

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Maybe it's just the translation. But auto writers often chuckle at announcements from German manufacturers that come across as just a touch bombastic. Latest case in point: Volkswagen's long-term plans for vehicle electrification, released at the Geneva Motor Show this week. Key excerpt: "High-volume Golf and Jetta models. are expected to.

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Infiniti M35 Hybrid Features Original 1 Motor/2 Clutch Parallel Hybrid System

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Elements of the new hybrid drive. Source: Nissan. Click to enlarge. Infiniti unveiled its first production hybrid, the M35 Hybrid, at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The M35 Hybrid uses an original parallel one motor/two clutch hybrid system and features a decoupling 3.5-liter V6 engine; a 50 kW, 270 N·m (199 lb-ft) electric motor integrated into the 7-speed automatic transmission (7AT); and a high-output, fast charge/discharge 1.3 kWh Li-ion battery pack.

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2011 Ford Mustang V-6 With 305 HP Rated At 31 MPG Highway

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Ford's on a roll lately, selling more cars in the U.S. than General Motors last month. And it's vowed to achieve best-in-class fuel economy numbers for every new model it launches. So the news today that its revised 2011 Ford Mustang with the 3.7-liter V-6 engine has been rated at 19 mpg city, 31 mpg highway by the EPA is a remarkable achievement.

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Tips for Keeping your EV Motor Dry

Electric Cars are for Girls

On the question of keeping the electric car's motor dry: I built a 'pan' to completely cover the bottom of the engine compartment. This also apparently.

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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West Coast is More Prepared Than Rest of Country for EV Invasion

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The EV invasion is one its way in parts of the country. Later this year both Nissan and GM will roll out plug-in vehicles and at least some cities out on the west coast are getting their preparations in order in time for the invasion. San Francisco is currently working on a revised building code that would require any newly built structures to be.

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Study Finds Availability of Low-CO2 Electricity and Hydrogen May Paradoxically Delay Large-Scale Transition to Electric and/or Hydrogen Vehicle Fleet

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Left, global light-duty fleet in the electric-favoring case; right, the hydrogen-favoring case. Top, without CCS and CSP; bottom, with CCS and CSP. In both electric- and hydrogen-favoring cases, availability of low-carbon electricity and hydrogen prolonged the use of petroleum-fueled ICE vehicles. Credit: ACS, Wallington et al. Click to enlarge. Increased availability of low CO 2 sources of electricity and hydrogen could counter-intuitively delay, rather than accelerate, a large-scale transition

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Geneva Motor Show Preview: 2012 Ford Focus Station Wagon

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The 2012 Ford Focus four-door sedan and five-door hatchback were probably the most important cars unveiled at January's Detroit Auto Show. And Ford has many more compact vehicles to come, one of which is this striking Ford Focus station wagon, which will be shown at this week's Geneva Motor Show. U.S. shuns station wagons While we've always been.

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Trojan T-145 6 Volt Battery

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What is the cycle life of the Trojan T-145 6 Volt Battery? The T-145 has higher discharge rate @25 -530@ 75 - 145@ 20 - 260. What makes the T-105 a.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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Discount ticket to UK Aware available now

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Good news green car fans! TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk has become the media partner for the Green Machines Expo, part of the forthcoming UK Aware event. This partnership means that TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk team will be there at the event, ready to talk all things green cars. But even better, our affiliation with the event means that YOU, our readers [.].

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VW Outlines Ambitious Electric and Hybrid Drive Plans; Targeting 3% Electric Vehicle Market Share Within Entire Product Range by 2018

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Volkswagen is planning an ambitious electric and hybrid drive vehicle strategy. The company is targeting a test fleet of 500 Golfs with electric drive for 2011. Starting in 2013, the electric E-UP ( earlier post ) goes into production, followed by the E-Golf and the E-Jetta at the end of the year. In subsequent years, a modular E-traction approach will systematically extend electrification to other model series.

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Electric-Car Dealerships Struggle, But Why Such Surprise?

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A recent article in the Oakland Tribune highlights the high failure rate of independent car dealerships selling only electric vehicles. Frankly, we're not at all surprised. We worried readers might find a subtext that the slew of EV-only dealerships that have closed--in Berkeley, Concord, Davis, and Santa Rosa--is evidence that even the greenest.

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Planar Energy Displays Breakthrough Battery Technology, Fully Tested By UCF Researchers

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From time to time we here about breakthroughs or potential breakthroughs in battery technology for electric vehicles. Some breakthroughs become a reality such as large format lithium-ion technology, where as other possible breakthroughs never see the light of day. A company called Planar Energy has presented a breakthrough in large format.

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Porsche unveils plug-in hybrid concept

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Forget a one-two punch – it’s a hat-trick of hybrids for Porsche at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. Having already introduced the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid with flywheel KERS (see article) and the Cayenne S Hybrid (see article), now the company has revealed a plug-in hybrid Porsche 918 Spyder concept car. This exciting two-seat model is [.]. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news Porsche 2010 Geneva Motor Show geneva motor show Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid Porsche 918 Spyder concept car Porsche 918 Spy

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Japan Automakers Support B5, E10 as Baseline Biofuel Blends, Recommend Specifications to ASEAN Countries

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The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc (JAMA), a nonprofit industry association comprising fourteen manufacturers of passenger cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles in Japan, recently issued position statements on and recommended specifications for bioethanol and biodiesel (fatty acid methyl ester, FAME). Experts from JAMA visited six countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) to share their recommended specifications of the two first-generation biof

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Geneva Motor Show Preview: 2011 Fisker Karma Space Frame

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While no journalist has yet driven a 2011 Fisker Karma with just nine months left before launch, the company will show the plug-in extended-range electric luxury sports sedan's aluminum space frame at this week's Geneva Motor Show. Designed to distribute elements of the car's plug-in hybrid powertrain throughout the 2011 Karma, the space frame.

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Cadillac XTS Car of the Year for 2011, Plug-In Hybrid Version Coming

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The Cadillac brand has made great strides within the past few years. Several of their vehicles have been awarded based on their performance, efficiency, and design. The European automakers have something to worry about as Cadillac has presented comparable vehicles at relative bargain prices. Cadillac is planning a replacement for both their STS.

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UK Government leading electric car charge. The Green Piece

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The Green Piece Column. Tuesday 2 March 2010 It seems the UK Government has learned its lesson – and now it may become the ‘teacher’ for the rest of the world. If there was one criticism that swirled around the outgoing scrappage scheme it was that the incentive simply wasn’t green enough. Though replacing older cars with [.]. Tags: Electric cars Latest news The Green Piece plug-in car grant uk government.

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Study Finds East Siberian Arctic Shelf Showing Instability and Widespread Venting of the GHG Methane; Releases May Be Much Larger and Faster Than Anticipated

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Top left. Bubble plumes (probably dominated by CH 4 ) rising from the seafloor registered by geophysical instrumentation. Top right. seismic image showing gas charged sediments and gas release from the bottom. Bottom left. Positions of oceanographic stations with. bathymetry lines. Bottom right. Fluxes of CH 4 venting to the atmosphere over the ESAS.

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Recycling Your Entire Car: From Hooptie To Handbag

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And now for something completely different. But first, a definition from Wikipedia, in case "hooptie" wasn't in your vocabulary as yet: Hooptie. an old, decrepit, unreliable and often nonfunctional car which has limited mechanical abilities and is often in an unmaintained and usually in a rusty or dented shape. In other words, that rusty.

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Are Nissan Dealers Ready For the Leaf?

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The Nissan Leaf is coming this fall and is perhaps one of the most highly anticipated vehicles in decades. With it's release, Nissan dealers will be faced with a newfound challenge. How do you sell an electric vehicle? EVs are unchartered waters for the company and for dealers nationwide. So how do you prepare to sell a vehicle that is entirely.

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In-depth look at hybrid systems for buses

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Hybrid buses have gone from a niche product to being established as the public transport of the future and now Voith Turbo, a leading producer of heavy vehicle drive systems, has selected the Maxwell BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor modules for brake energy recuperation and torque assist in its hybrid electric bus drive systems. The agreement means that Maxwell [.].

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ARPA-E Awards $8.8M to DuPont and BAL for Macroalgae to BioButanol Work

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Photo of seaweed used by Bio Architecture Lab. Click to enlarge. The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a Technology Investment Agreement to DuPont for the development of a process to convert sugars produced by macroalgae into isobutanol. Bio Architecture Lab ( BAL ) will be a subrecipient on the program.

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2010 Geneva Motor Show: Green Car Concepts Roundup

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Yesterday we covered the new green production cars at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, now underway in snowy Switzerland. Today, we get to cover the cooler, sexier side of the show: concept cars! So, here's our roundup of notable green and advanced-technology concept cars at Geneva. Audi A1 e-tron concept It seems safe to consider Audi's conversion.

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Europcar Pre-Orders 500 Renault EVs

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Last September, Europcar, the leading short-term rental car company in Europe, signed an agreement with Renault, with the intention of promoting real-world uses of zero-emissions vehicles. Today, Europcar took a big step in putting their money where their agreement is by pre-ordering 500 of Renault's electric vehicles. While that's a tiny fraction.

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Volkswagen reveals electric car plans

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The electric and hybrid car market may be dominated by Japanese manufacturers with North American carmakers playing catch-up – but now the Germans are determined to get in on the act. Volkswagen has revealed an ambitious electric and hybrid drive vehicle strategy with the company targeting a test fleet of 500 electric Volkswagen Golf models by [.]. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news Volkswagen 2010 Geneva Motor Show Dr Martin Winterkorn Volkswagen E-Golf Volkswagen E-Jetta Vo

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Voith Turbo Selects Maxwell Ultracapacitor Modules for DIWAhybrid System for Transit Buses

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The DIWAhybrid system is based on Voith’s DIWA transmission. Click to enlarge. Voith Turbo, a leading producer of heavy vehicle drive systems, has selected Maxwell’s 125-volt BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor modules (HTM125) for braking energy recuperation and torque assist in its DIWAhybrid parallel hybrid-electric transit bus drive systems. The DIWAhybrid system enables transit buses to improve fuel economy by as much as 35% compared with standard diesel buses, according to Voith.

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2011 Lexus CT 200h Makes U.S. Debut at New York Auto Show

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Well, when we get it wrong, we really get it wrong. Just yesterday, when we reviewed the new green production cars from the Geneva Motor Show, we said the new 2011 Lexus CT 200h compact hatchback hybrid would be restricted to Europe. Not so. This morning, Lexus dropped a press release saying the 2011 Lexus CT 200h would make its U.S. debut at the.

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2010 Lexus HS 250h Review

All Cars Electric

Not even a year old, Lexus HS 250h has already endured its fair share of criticisms: It's not as fuel efficient as the Prius. It's more expensive than the Prius. Its brakes will kill you dead. While I can agree that at least two-thirds of these complaints are valid, I can't help but feel that the idea behind the hybrid Lexus is a good one. .

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