Sat.Sep 25, 2010 - Fri.Oct 01, 2010

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Pedego Electric Bikes and SiGNa Chemistry Demonstrate Battery-Fuel Cell Solution for Electric Bicycles

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Pedego Electric Bikes and SiGNa Chemistry have developed an ultra-high-performance range extender for electric bicycles. The battery-fuel cell hybrid system is compatible with all existing Pedego bicycles and batteries. For every 1.5 lbs. of weight a rider carries, an additional 700 watt-hours of energy is available (compared to ~350 watt-hours for an ultra-high performance lithium-polymer battery at a weight of 7 lbs.).

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Climate Criminal Carly Fiorona BUSTED by Greenpeace, Slinks Away In Shame

Creative Greenius

Disgraced former HP executive Carly Fiorona who is running as the bootlicking sycophant of dirty polluters and big oil for a US Senate seat in California was caught shoveling more cash into her pocketbook for her campaign last week by my heroes from Greenpeace. California and the nation lose if unaccomplished mercenaries and carbon collaborators like Fiorona win.

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BMW takes REVENGE

Revenge of the Electric Car

Last week Chris Paine moderated a panel on electric vehicles at the Opportunity Green business conference in Los Angeles. Among the panelists sat Richard Steinberg of BMW, where he leads battery electric vehicle programs in the US markets, including the MINI E and BMW ActiveE programs. “BMW ActiveE?&# you may be asking- “what’s that?

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Electric Car Voltage and Power Requirements

Electric Cars are for Girls

Why do people us 6v batteries in their electric cars and not 12v or 24v? And what are the average power requirements for the average motor that is used.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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Cambridge-MIT Study Attributes ~8,000 Premature Deaths Per Year to Aircraft Cruise Emissions

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Global plots for and LTO (0-1 km) and full flight (LTO + Cruise) operations: vertically summed average fuel burn (kg/s per 1° x 1°); ground-level BC perturbation (µg/m 3 ); and ground-level total PM2.5 perturbation (µg/m 3 ) attributable to aviation. Credit: ACS, Barrett et al. Click to enlarge. A study by a team from the University of Cambridge (UK) and MIT attributes ~8,000 premature mortalities per year to aircraft cruise emissions.

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Infiniti Electric in 2013

Plugs and Cars

I'm getting used to hearing electric car announcements. I usually take them with a grain of salt, as in the case of the Saab 9-3 ePower concept. Or the Toyesla RAV4 EV redux, for that matter. Putting together an electric car is not rocket science, and there are many reasons other than actual plans to commercialize to go ahead and build a few. But when Nissan's luxury brand Infiniti announces an EV for 2013, they get the benefit of any doubt.

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Electric Car Battery Comparison

Electric Cars are for Girls

How does the Energizer EGC2 battery compare to the Trojan T-105? Hi, James - It depends on what you value. I asked around a little bit, and the consensus.

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Oxford YASA Motors Shows Specific Torque Above 30Nm/kg

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A picture of the YASA topology. Source: Woolmer and McCulloch 2007. Click to enlarge. Recent results from certified dynamometer testing has demonstrated that the 23 kg Oxford YASA motor produces a peak torque of 700 N·m (516 lb-ft), pushing its specific torque to more than 30N·m/kg. The company has also received the second tranche of £1.45-million (US$2.3 million) investment funding.

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Thomas Edison's 1912 Electric Car Gets A Chance To Shine

All Cars Electric

American-born Thomas Edison might be best known for coming up with one of history's most significant inventions, the lightbulb, but the inventor had other bright ideas too. Just over a decade into the 20th Century, Edison also turned his hand to electric cars, as part of his vision to make the longest lasting battery in the world, according to Bob.

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Paris Motor Show: Jaguar C-X75 Turbine-Electric Supercar Concept!

Green Car Reports

We don't use exclamation points all that often, but once in a while it's justified. In this case, the Jaguar C-X75 Concept supercar just unveiled at the 2010 Paris Motor Show deserves one. If not several: !!! Not only is it sleek, sexy, and stunningly beautiful (to our eyes, anyhow). It returns better than 30 miles per gallon of fuel on the.

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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Electric Car Motor Horsepower Ratings

Electric Cars are for Girls

What are the viable horsepower ratings of these electric motor? is DC potentially lower than AC? I'm trying to gather all the information I can to make.

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Lifecycle Analysis Finds That Algae Biodiesel Can Offer Energy and GHG Advantages Over Soy Biodiesel

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Microalgae biodiesel processing and lifecycle analysis model overview. Credit: ACS, Click to enlarge. Researchers at Colorado State University have found that a microalgae biodiesel process using currently available technologies can show improvement in lifecycle GHG emissions and net energy ratio (NER) compared to soybean-based biodiesel. A paper on their lifecycle analysis (LCA) appeared online 24 September in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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BP and Me: How The Oil Spill Changed My Mind on Electric Cars

All Cars Electric

As a writer for a group of car sites with 3 million readers each month, I don't think I need to explain how much gasoline has changed my life. I've seen the world from street level because of it. It's fueled my life. Oil has caused me agita this year, too. It's played havoc with a place I see myself someday, when I'm divorced from work. And it's.

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Will the 2011 Wheego LiFe Be the First Electric Car On Sale?

Green Car Reports

Sometimes we avoid covering certain cars, for good reasons or not. One of those cars is the 2011 Wheego LiFe, a derivative of the 2009 Wheego Whip. Never heard of it? Not surprising. Wheego Electric Cars is a startup electric-car company, in this case selling an electric conversion of a Chinese-made minicar that's pretty clearly a knockoff of a.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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Portable Generator Power for an EV

Electric Cars are for Girls

I am contemplating a conversion, and wanted to know if anyone has tried to hook up a generator to be run mechanically from the motion of the vehicle?

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US DOE Under Secretary for Science Says Liquid Fuels Will Be With Us For A Number of Decades; DOE Seeking to Build Collaboration Between National Labs and OEMs on Combustion Modeling and Simulation

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Liquid transportation fuels—and combustion engines that burn them—are “ going to be with us for quite awhile, a number of decades ,” said Dr. Steven E. Koonin, Under Secretary for Science, US Department of Energy in his plenary talk at the 16 th Directions in Engine-Efficiency and Emissions Research (DEER) Conference in Detroit.

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Bad bicycle parking at Whole Foods undermines green image

National Green Transportation

Whole Foods is in a way emblematic of the Green Living movement. They consciously scuplt this imagry of eco-conscious living, organic products, herbal treatments, freshly made wonderfully yummy everything. Yup, there's a lot of good things to be said about the company, its products, etc. But look around a little complaints can be easily found that Whole Foods isn't green enough and it doesn't live up to the aura it has claimed for itself.

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2010 Paris Auto Show: 2011 Toyota iQ

Green Car Reports

Toyota has already confirmed that it’s bringing its iQ minicar to the U.S. next March badged as a Scion and this latest version of the car, set to be unveiled tomorrow at the 2010 Paris Auto Show, may just be the one that we will see in showrooms next year. The major changes introduced on this 2011 model year iQ affect the interior styling.

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Report: Electric Cars Best Way To Reduce U.S. Oil Dependancy

All Cars Electric

We like it when a study confirms a common-held belief. And for hundreds of would-be electric car owners across the U.S. a recent study has done just that. Years into the Military Conflict in the Middle East, and just months after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill a team at Rice University have concluded that electric cars could do more to reduce.

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LG Chem to Supply Li-ion Batteries to Renault for EVs

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Korea Times. Adding another major automaker to its customer list, LG Chem announced that it will supply Li-ion batteries to Renault for EVs. Song Choong-sup, an LG spokesperson, said the deal would be the largest that LG Chem has signed with automakers so far, considering Renault’s expected production volumes. The deal is forecast to help LG Chem ensure further business stability in its battery unit after securing major US and European carmakers as key clients for its lithium batteries.

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DAF Trucks presents new hybrid truck

Green Cars News

One of the biggest, figuratively and literally, debuts at the IAA 2010 in Hanover was the arrival of a 12-tonne LF45 parallel hybrid truck from DAF Trucks. The vehicle, which will enter production at the end of this year, was developed in collaboration with Eindhoven University of Technology, Leyland Trucks Ltd and Eaton, and is [.]. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news DAF LF Hybrid Truck DAF LF45 Hybrid DAF Trucks green trucks hybrid trucks IAA Hannover.

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GM Electric Meriva Van Tests Vehicle-to-Grid Charging in Germany

Green Car Reports

Last summer, Karl Stracke, the vice president of global vehicle engineering of General Motors, said the company planned to test three battery-electric vehicles in different global regions. This morning, the company's Opel unit announced that it would test a fleet of Opel Meriva small minivans converted to electric power in Germany. Opel is.

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Auto X-Prize Winners Finalize Plans To Bring Unique 2-Wheeler To Market

All Cars Electric

Let’s face it. We haven’t been particularly nice about the Automotive X-Prize. While the multi-million dollar competition was originally designed to seek out new engineering talent and encourage automakers to go green, the event became a holding pen for the misfits of the automotive world. But while we’ve nitpicked about some.

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GM Study Shows 10% Improvement in Fuel Economy Along With Reduction in Criteria Emissions from Mild Hybridization of 4-Cylinder Diesel

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Applying a production-intent second-generation GM Hybrid System (High Voltage Belt Alternator Starter—BAS) to a 4-cylinder common rail diesel can yield fuel economy improvements of up to 10%, as well as reductions in the emission of criteria pollutants, according to Maurizio Cisternino, GM Powertrain Europe Advanced Engineering Hybrid Innovation Manager.

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The Green Cars of the Paris Motor Show 2010. The Green Piece.

Green Cars News

Tuesday 28 September 2010. The Green Piece Column. After months of anticipation, the biennial Paris Motor Show finally kicks off next week (October 2) in the Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles. So what can green car enthusiasts expect from one of the most prestigious automotive shows in the world? We take a look at eight [.]. Tags: The Green Piece Paris Motor Show.

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2010 Paris Motor Show: Green Car Roundup of Concept Vehicles

Green Car Reports

Just two more days to go until the official media day at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. And even before that, there's a slew of announcements, reveals, receptions, parties, and other festivities, all focused around the first event on the global autumn auto-show calendar. Following our roundup of the new green production models unveiled in Paris.

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2010 Paris Auto Show: Electric Scooters from MINI, Smart

All Cars Electric

The 2010 Paris Auto Show proved there's serious energy going into electric cars, but even EVs with two wheels were well represented at the show--and by major auto brands, at that. The Smart Escooter Electric Bike seem like a logical extension for the teensy ForTwo, which looks like a beast in comparison. The Escooter sports a 6-horsepower hub.

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Report: Mitsubishi Motors and LG Chem to Develop EV Battery

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The Nikkei reports that Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and South Korea-based LG Chem will jointly develop an advanced automotive lithium-ion battery system. LG Chem will first supply lithium-ion batteries for electric prototype vehicles on which Mitsubishi Motors is working. The companies will develop a battery system that will add a power control device and a collision safety mechanism to LG’s batteries, and produce a prototype vehicle in which the developed battery system will be installed.

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Infiniti to bring new hybrid car to Paris

Green Cars News

There’s another hybrid car heading to the Paris Motor Show and this time it is the turn of Infiniti to showcase a brand new, green model. The biennial event will mark the debut of the M35h hybrid performance saloon car with sales due to begin next spring. It features an original parallel one motor/two clutch [.]. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news Infiniti Infiniti hybrid cars Infiniti M35h Hybrid Paris Motor Show Paris Motor Show 2010.

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2010 Paris Motor Show: Green Car Roundup of Production Models

Green Car Reports

The fall's first big European auto show, the 2010 Paris Motor Show, officially kicks off on Thursday, which is when all the press conferences happen. But the industry has been leaking out selected images, teasers, and occasionally full details on the concepts and production cars that will appear this week. We've rounded up all the green cars, from.

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Is BYD About To Lose Investment From U.S. Billionaire?

All Cars Electric

Last week we wrote about the latest hurdles facing Chinese battery firm turned carmaker BYD. With multiple court battles, poor sales figures and still very few all-electric cars on the streets of China, we’ve seen the automaker revise its sales predictions and even delay a floating on the stock market. But as U.S. businessman Warren Buffet.

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AllCell and Matra Debut Solar Energy Storage Battery Swap and Charging System at Paris Motor Show

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Solar Flow-R system distributes solar energy to light electric vehicle batteries and utility consumers. Click to enlarge. The Paris Motor Show saw the debut of a solar energy storage system to support light electric vehicle battery swaps and charging. Designed and developed by AllCell Technologies for Matra Manufacturing Services, the Matra Solar Flow-R energy storage system (ESS) stores solar energy in an array of 12 swappable high energy lithium-ion battery modules using AllCell’s proprietary

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Delphi develops wireless charging for electric cars

Green Cars News

Delphi Automotive is teaming with the WiTricity Group, a wireless energy transfer technology provider, in an effort to develop automatic wireless charging products for both hybrid and electric vehicles. It is hoped that by working together the two companies can help establish a global infrastructure of safe and convenient charging options for consumer and commercial [.].

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Port of Los Angeles May Lower Tariffs on Electric-Car Imports

Green Car Reports

In an effort to cut a small amount off the high sticker prices of zero-emission vehicles imported into the United States, the Port of Los Angeles wants to become the first U.S. port to offer reduced tariffs for clean vehicles. The plan, first proposed in May, was approved by the Board of Harbor Commissioners. The discount is still waiting for.