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Honda to introduce hybrid sports cars?

Green Cars News

After the introduction of the second generation Insight, the Japanese car manufacturer has committed itself to the further development of hybrid drive vehicles. It already has the Civic and Insight available in the USA and Europe, and Japan will soon have a Fit hybrid as well.

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SiliconRepublic.com: IBM to build smart grid for electric cars - R&D

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

IBM surveyed over 5,000 energy consumers in 12 countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the UK and the US. Subscribe Now Knowledge Ireland Marketing Age Irish Director Irish Director is unlike any other Irish business magazine.

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What the Well-Dressed Spacecraft Will Be Wearing

Cars That Think

During a visit to our lab, Hajime Yano , a planetary scientist at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, suggested a nearer-term possibility: to turn the Beta cloth blanket used on long-duration spacecraft into a science experiment. Veysset et al. Funase, et al.

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