Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2011

US President Barack Obama today launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national effort bringing together industry, universities, and the federal government to invest in emerging technologies such as information technology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology. The President’s plan, which leverages existing programs and proposals, will invest more than $500 million to jumpstart this effort.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JUNE 24, 2011

Tesla is "discontinuing" the Roadster we've all come to love, and they're concentrating their attention on the new Model S. "Click for more info" below to see photos of the Model S at Mashable. Don't worry, Roadster fans! It seems the Tesla Roadster is being revamped and a new 2.0 version will be coming out. Eventually. Quote: "In the next several years.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 18, 2011

After several months of using a 2011 Chevy Volt and a 2011 Nissan Leaf as our sole family transport, we have a better understanding of both cars than we did in March, when I first wrote about how they compared. First to arrive at our West Sacramento home was a beautiful crystal red 2011 Volt. We chose the neutral leather upgraded interior with.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 22, 2011

Think has declared bankruptcy in Norway. Sad. [Source: ElectricAid , Indianapolis Business Journal ].

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2011

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 45% of American Adults think it is at least somewhat likely they will purchase a car that runs on something other than gasoline in the next 10 years. Forty-eight percent (48%) say they are not likely to do so. These findings include 21% who are Very Likely to purchase an alternative fuel car during the next decade and 18% who are Not At All Likely to do so.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JUNE 22, 2011

New treatment for range anxiety: AAA. Triple A is planning to add mobile charging units in California, Florida, Georgia, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington.including some with 500V charging capability.

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All Cars Electric

JUNE 22, 2011

Making an electric car is a particularly tough business, fraught with financial risk, engineering challenges and tough competition from small-scale and mainstream automakers alike. And in that world, some automakers will succeed in bringing electric cars to market, while others flounder at the sidelines. The latest victim in the Darwinian fight.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2011

The concept of the Ricardo Split-Cycle engine. The recuperated engine uses isothermal compression via cryogenic injection to enable significant exhaust to compressed gas heat transfer. Source: Neville Jackson. Click to enlarge. Ricardo and the University of Brighton will model and evaluate an advanced split-cycle combustion system aimed at substantially reducing the carbon emissions of heavy-duty vehicles.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JUNE 23, 2011

Ok, I've seen a number of people asking the same question I had; why not just run off a generator instead of batteries similar to diesel/electric locomotives?

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 20, 2011

For decades, old electric cars--those built from the 1890s to 1930 or so, when the last remnants of the industry died out--were nothing more than oddities. Tall, imposing, mostly resembling closed horse carriages, they were stately but sidelined reminders of an entirely vanished way of propulsion. That was then, and this is now. With this year's.

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All Cars Electric

JUNE 20, 2011

Last December we told you that the His Holiness The Pope was keen on swapping his large gas-guzzling Mercedes SUV ‘popemobile’ for a suitable electric car. Now Vatican officials have confirmed the details of Pope Benedict XVI’s latest ride: a custom-made M-Class plug-in hybrid based on the technology found inside the Mercedes.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2011

Siemens Drive Technologies Division supplied the integrated drive train for the first series-hybrid electric aircraft. Source: Siemens. Click to enlarge. Siemens, Diamond Aircraft and EADS have built an aircraft equipped with a series hybrid electric drive system. The partners are presenting the two-seater motor glider DA36 E-Star at the Paris Air Show Le Bourget 2011 (until 26 June) in daily flight shows.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JUNE 21, 2011

Can regular alternators be connected to the running gear to self charge the batteries, thereby eliminating the need to externally recharge?

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 24, 2011

The new car buying process can be quite the task in today’s market. This is especially true with the growing numbers of hybrid and electric cars added to the pool of choices. While hybrids and electrics don’t make up a large percentage of the market, miles-per-gallon (mpg) ratings are increasingly important to consumers as they.

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All Cars Electric

JUNE 21, 2011

If you’re in the market for an Electric car you’ll know that besides the obvious financial burden of paying for the car itself you probably want to budget a few thousand dollars extra to account for the installation of a dedicated electric car charging station in your home. At the moment, most early adopters are willing to shell out.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2011

In 2006, Honda set a goal to reduce global CO 2 emissions from use of its motorcycles, automobiles and power products by 10% by the end of 2010 compared to year 2000 levels. In 2010, the goal was attained by all products. Honda has now set a goal to reduce CO 2 emissions from its global products by 30% by the end of 2020 compared to year 2000 levels.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JUNE 23, 2011

Well, I've done it. I'm on the reservation list for the Nissan electric car - the Nissan Leaf.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 20, 2011

While the 2011 Chevy Volt will find its way to between 10,000 and 15,000 U.S. buyers, that's far from enough volume to make any car a production success--or to make it profitable. Most mainstream car models must sell 100,000 or more units a year to produce black ink. So to achieve a return on its investment in the innovative range-extended.

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All Cars Electric

JUNE 22, 2011

While you probably remember the great success and untimely demise of Toyota’s previous all-electric RAV4 EV, larger, pure electric SUV haven’t yet been attempted by major automakers. But a transatlantic firm called Liberty has been working on changing that with an electric vehicle based on an converted Range Rover, the 2011 Liberty.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2011

More than 40% of consumers view fuel economy as “extremely important” when considering a new vehicle purchase today, up 13.5% from a decade ago, according to a 2011 Maritz Research study. Thirty-seven percent of consumers say fuel economy will have the “greatest impact” on their next vehicle purchase. Forty-six percent of younger buyers (Millenials) say fuel economy is “extremely important” in the new vehicle purchase decision—the greatest percentage among all age groups.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JUNE 21, 2011

A few years ago I picked up an early model 1971 911T Targa.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 20, 2011

The Tesla Roadster hasn't been front-page news for electric cars in a while, now that several mass-market family electric cars have launched. So as Tesla moves its focus to the upcoming Model S electric sedan, production of its first electric model is beginning to wind down as planned, so supplies are getting short. There is only a "handful of.

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All Cars Electric

JUNE 23, 2011

If you’re a regular visitor to this site, you’ll know that we’ve said before that making a good electric car is hard, even for large automakers like Ford, Nissan, Toyota and Chevrolet. As for turning a production gasoline or diesel car into an electric one? It’s a whole different level of tough. Which is why we went with an.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2011

Chevron’s focus on optimizing the thermal management of the Kern River field has resulted in a steady drop in the steam:oil ratio (barrels steam water per barrel oil), resulting in improved economics of the field even with slowly declining production. Data: California DOGGR. Click to enlarge. Chevron, already the largest thermal heavy oil producer, is optimizing thermal production in heavy oil fields by leveraging information technology to improve the percentage recovery as well as the eco

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National Green Transportation

JUNE 19, 2011

Last week Canadian company W2 Energy announced the SteamRay air powered rotary engine. It runs on compressed air allowing them to claim zero emissions green transportation credibility. The engine is designed to power motorcycles or cars, and they.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 24, 2011

When you buy an electric car, you will most likely need a charging station. As buyers start to bring home plug-in cars, they will also expect their dealer to help them acquire and install a 240-Volt charging station (technically known as an EVSE, though few people call them that). Startup Fisker Automotive, whose first 2011 Karma plug-in hybrid.

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All Cars Electric

JUNE 23, 2011

We've already told you that early adopters are great promoters of a new technology, and on 18 June the central Sacramento Recreational Equipment Incorporated (REI) co-op showed it in real life, by hosting a drive-in to educate the public about electric car options. But what if you want to get your local community involved in promoting electric.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2011

Global Bioenergies , a France-based startup that has engineered a series of bacterial strains that can produce isobutene—a key chemical building block that can be converted into transportation fuels, polymers and various commodity chemicals—by transforming glucose in vivo ( earlier post ) successfully carried out an IPO on the French Alternext stock market (part of Euronext).

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Green Cars News

JUNE 21, 2011

It’s widely accepted that the electrification of the automobile is just around the corner with governments and car manufacturers alike pouring huge resources into making electric cars roadworthy and a match for the vehicles of today. However, what if existing technology could advance at such a rate that electric cars were no longer needed? Surely [.].

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 21, 2011

With gas-mileage standards through 2016 now in place, the EPA and NHTSA are turning their sights toward rules for 2017 through 2025. Proposals are floating around for CAFE standards of up to 62 mpg (which means the vehicles you might buy would average about 50 mpg in actual use). Ah, the hell with that. Let's talk about how people drive in the.

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All Cars Electric

JUNE 21, 2011

Earlier this year we took delivery of our very own 2011 Nissan Leaf. Just like the thousands of other customers worldwide, we took our place in the queue last year and had an agonizingly long wait before we were sitting behind the wheel. But just under 3 months and 5,000 miles after driving off the dealer forecourt, what have we learned about.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2011

An EU consortium is two years into a 3-year, €3.5 million (US$5 million) research project to create a new class of fast rechargeable zinc-polymer batteries for hybrid and small electric vehicle applications. The PolyZion (Fast rechargeable zinc-polymer battery based on ionic liquids) received funding of €2.4 million (US$3.4 million) under the Energy Theme of the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).

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Green Cars News

JUNE 20, 2011

As part of Land Rover’s ‘on-going commitment to building vehicles that are more fuel and emissions-efficient’, the car maker, famed for its fuel-hungry 4x4s, revealed an important step in revising its image with the unveiled on the Range Rover Sport Range_e at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show back in March. As the firm moves to [.].

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 24, 2011

Right now, the sole plug-in vehicle you can buy from Chevrolet--or indeed all of General Motors--is the 2011 Volt range-extended electric car. But that doesn't mean GM isn't testing a lot of other concepts. The company just isn't doing it in North America, the sole region where Volts are sold this year. Electric Beat minicar in India Yesterday.

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