Green Cars News

MAY 11, 2009

A reduction in road casualties and the avoidance of speeding penalties - these are the key targets behind Transport for London’s (TFL) six-month trial of Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) technology. This unit can be disabled at the touch of a button and there is also an override system to disable it entirely.

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Green Cars News

JULY 23, 2009

The grants come from the US Departments of Energy and Agriculture under a joint DOE-USDA program that began in 2006. Michigan Technological University has been awarded $900,000 for a systems biology approach to elucidate regulation of root development in populus. -

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Green Cars News

MAY 10, 2009

The process of developing fuel cell technology by Daimler Buses began in 1997 with the NEBUS research vehicle, which was the world’s first bus to be equipped with a fuel cell drive system. The Citaro G BlueTec Hybrid, which was recently launched, is a diesel-electric hybrid drive.

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Green Cars News

JULY 29, 2009

Darren Kell, CEO of The Tanfield Group Plc, which owns Smith Electric Vehicles, said: “The electric vehicle technology delivered to these customers today can readily be delivered to fleets in every major town and city in North America. Newton was launched in the UK by Smith Electric Vehicles in 2006.

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