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Greenius On The Green Scene - The South Bay Report

Creative Greenius

The green story of Dency Nelson is worth an entire blog onto itself, but he’s far too busy and actively involved to ever have time for that. One of the first folks we met was Chris Pine of the Biodiesel Cooperative of Los Angeles. More details to come on the technology and the company behind it. How cool is that?

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

Cadillac conveys the philosophy of “ Art and Science ” globally, with “Art” representing an appeal to aesthetics while “Science” indicates advanced technology. mpg in 2016, GM’s short term answer is to get greater mileage out of existing gasoline engine technologies. Build better products. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. “Any new technology like the Chevy Volt takes time to become profitable,&# said Jay Friedland, the legislative director for Plug-In America , an electric-car advocacy group. They had the technology in their hands and they destroyed it.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Sven Thesen, the communication and technology director for Better Place , a start-up that is gaining traction (see this recent New York Times article ) in its effort to create a network for electric cars in various countries, likened the concept of electric cars to cellphones. Much of the technology needed is still a distant dream ?

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BMW MINI E Powered by AC Propulsion?

Revenge of the Electric Car

I’ve been eagerly reading the flurry of blog entries and ongoing speculation on the MINI E. This would be wonderful news as AC Propulsion is the gold standard when it comes to electric drive technology. Specially engineered for automobile use, the battery technology will have a range of more than 240 kilometers, or 150 miles.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

CalCars PRIUS+/Ron Gremban, Fall 2004 Ron Gremban, CalCars team; initially with EnergyCS technology (not used in redesigned conversion) Marin County, CA info@calcars.org 2. EnergyCS, March 2005 Greg Hanssen, Pete Nortman and team Los Angeles County, CA info@energycs.com 3. 2006 (Denver CO) Veridian Corp. Jim Tech Ltd.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Furia, the next step for AFS Trinity is to license its breakthrough technology to carmakers who want to incorporate the XHT drive train into their vehicles. Establishing dealer network.

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