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How Eco-Friendly Transportation Boosts Business Success

Clean Fleet Report

Within this category falls transportation and efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of product manufacturing and shipping. Investing in EV vehicles , controlling fuel costs and fleet downsizing are other green means that benefit this industry. A McKinsey & Company U.S.

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After 50 Years, Digital Voices Speak Again

Cars That Think

In the United States, the Eva-Tone Company of Deerfield, Illinois became the leading manufacturer of vinyl “sound sheets” (their preferred trademark) by the mid-1960s and promoted their use in “mailing pieces, financial reports, product instruction, sales training, and packaging inserts.” Recordings were not limited to musical performances.

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DOE BETO seeking input on Optima initiative for co-optimization of fuels and engines

Green Car Congress

Coupled with continuing research into fundamental engine processes, the introduction of affordable high-performance computing, and the adoption of advanced manufacturing techniques throughout industry, those new technologies are leading to potentially disruptive opportunities for the introduction of engines with extraordinarily high efficiencies.

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ONE’s hybrid battery pack combines the best aspects of two chemistries to deliver 600 miles of EV range

Charged EVs

We’ve been reading about “ultra-high-energy batteries” and “new batteries that can be charged in 5 minutes” for a decade, but those articles typically leave out the chemistry’s other characteristics, which may fall short of the requirements of EVs. This article appeared in Issue 60: April-June 2022 – Subscribe now.

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Can General Motors bounce back? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Its dive into the financial doldrums was short-lived however, and on July 10, 2009, the company bounced back with the formation of a new, downsized GM (see article ). The company was created from the old GM’s strongest operations and was reborn with a clear focus on building better and more environmentally friendly vehicles.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

In order to accomplish this transition in a timely way, we must start the mass manufacturing of PHEV vehicles and renewable energy generation and distribution systems now. The lumber companies would need to be absorbed into this business plan as well since they have the distribution and manufacturing facilities for the construction industry.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Warranty: In performing some of these modifications you may void your warranty with the vehicles manufacturer. The generator portion of the system can then be downsized, modular, removable, and easily able to utilize any one of a number of technologies such as ICE, Micro Turbine, Stirling, to perhaps even FuelCell and Mr. Fusion.

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