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Oil and Gas Drilling in US in 2Q09 Fell 46% from Year Before

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This activity corresponds to levels in 2003-2004. The US drilling decline that began last quarter in connection with the current downturn in economic activity has continued in earnest in the second quarter of 2009 as companies proceed with caution in an uncertain year. Tags: Brief.

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Recent Hybrid Braking Complaints Highlight Regenerative Braking Design Issues

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Left: 2001-2003 Toyota Prius (THS). Source: Toyota Motor Company. The motor-generator must be connected in some manner to the vehicle’s final drive such that the vehicle’s coasting motion will cause it to rotate. Tags: Hybrids Vehicle Manufacturers Vehicle Systems. Right: 2004-2009 Toyota Prius (THS-II). Click to enlarge.

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Who is winning the green car race? Part II. The Green Piece

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Founded in 2003, Silicon Valley based Tesla Motors is currently the only car manufacturer in the US or Europe manufacturing and selling highway capable electric vehicles in serial production. The company had already delivered more than 700 vehicles by the end of September, 2009 (see article ). Tesla Motors.

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CalCars' PRIUS+ Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW: If you can connect us with individual or group PRIUS+ sponsors, not limited to Californians, write us: priusplus@calcars.org If you hope to get an installed PRIUS+ conversion kit, support our work and subscribe to our Newsletter. Tags: evdriven. Read and distribute our flyers.

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Toshiba Launches Direct Methanol Fuel Cell in Japan as External Power Source for Mobile Electronic Devices

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The power consumption of mobile electronic devices, including mobile phones, has greatly increased with added functionality, including TV reception and Internet connectivity. The company has conducted R&D on both active and passive fuel cells since the early 1990s. Toshiba demonstrated the first DMFC for portable PCs in March 2003.

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The company launched last month at Green Motors in Berkeley, California. The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius. “Acting too soon will shut off innovation and will kill companies that are just getting started.&#.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Or Cell phone companies agreeing on all cellphone using a mini-usb plug. In May 2000, Austin Energy planned to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions by 40% at its Decker and Holly power plants, from 1700 tons per year to less than 1000tpy by 2003. Merely connecting the cable has to do the work. excluding coal power in china.