Sat.Jan 22, 2011 - Fri.Jan 28, 2011

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Skeleton Technologies receives US patent for nanoporous carbon powder supercapacitor material; higher energy and power densities and lower cost

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Skeleton Technologies , an energy-storage start-up located in Tartu, Estonia, was recently awarded a US patent ( #7,803,345 ) on its nanoporous carbon powder supercapacitor material. The material possesses very high surface area and a high packing of nanopores, according to Skeleton, which aims to commercialize the carbon material and supercapacitor technology.

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State of the Electric Car Address

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"I don't know if you noticed, but (the oil companies) are doing just fine on their own." This is probably my favorite line from Pres. Obama's SOTU address tonight. A million electric cars on American roads by 2015!

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How Chrysler's Hydraulic Hybrid Works: Energy From Pressure

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Chrysler has come out of hibernation with a bang, as far as green and more fuel-efficient vehicles are concerned. The company announced Wednesday that it would partner with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to build and test prototypes of a different kind of hybrid vehicle, one that accumulates energy not in a battery pack but by.

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Obama rolls out EV strategy

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At EnerDel's Indiana battery plant today, VP Biden outlined the administration's EV strategy. The Obama administration is calling for raising the number of plug-ins that qualify for federal incentives from 200,000 to 500,000 cars per manufacturer. In addition, Obama is looking to convert the federal tax credit into a rebate available at the time of sale.

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

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Volkswagen to debut XL1 PHEV prototype at Qatar Motor Show; fuel consumption of 0.9 L/100 km (261 mpg US)

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The XL1 prototype PHEV. Click to enlarge. Volkswagen is staging the world debut of its XL1 diesel plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) prototype at the Qatar Motor Show this week. The prototype, representing the third evolutionary stage of Volkswagen’s 1-liter car strategy ( earlier post ), features combined fuel consumption of 0.9 L/100 km (261 mpg US), according to VW.

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The Electric Car Will Have Her Revenge!

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Like you, I've been anxiously awaiting the "Who Killed the Electric Car?" sequel, and today CNN interviewed Chris Paine about the automaker-friendly tone of his new film called "Revenge of the Electric Car." I was surprised to learn that Greg Abbott (you may know him as Reverend Gadget ) will be featured in the movie. Follow the link to see the interview.

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Rent A Tesla For $25/Hour, Just Plan Your Charging Carefully

All Cars Electric

The all-electric Tesla Roadster is probably the world's best advertisement for electric cars. While crude, cramped, and expensive, its 0-to-60-mph time of 3.9 seconds will make a convert out of any electric skeptic. But thus far, Tesla Motors has built only 1,500 Roadsters, and the car was always meant to be a limited-production exercise. How to.

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Scania receives order for 158 biofuel buses in Sweden; ethanol and biodiesel

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Scania has received an order for 158 buses from public transport company Keolis Sverige in Sweden. The delivery to Keolis consists of urban, suburban and intercity buses. The majority, 123 urban and suburban buses, will be used in the greater Stockholm area, where Keolis operates for Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL). Scania has previously delivered ethanol- and biogas-fuelled vehicles to Keolis, and the new buses will be equipped with engines for the renewable fuels ethanol and rapeseed methyl es

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Is Coda Automotive shifting to grid storage products?

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Do you like this story? Last week Coda named a new CEO, Phil Murtaugh (see: Former GM executive takes CEO position at Coda Automotive). During the conference call announcing this news the Coda management team discussed the huge potential of the grid storage market. Today.

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Volkswagen Says Two-Seat, 260-MPG Plug-In Hybrid Can Be Built

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What's good gas mileage? 30 mpg? 40 mpg? The 50-mpg combined rating of the 2011 Toyota Prius, the most fuel-efficient car sold in the U.S. this year? Nah. How about 261 miles per gallon? Or, for the Europeans in the house, a mere 24 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer. You heard right. The Volkswagen XL1 plug-in hybrid concept shown here, being.

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

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Chelsea Sexton Slams Bias On Both Sides Over Electric-Car Range (Guest Post)

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by Chelsea Sexton Slanted, anti-EV reporting is hardly a new thing, and I suspect we're in for a lot more of it in 2011 as plug-in vehicles hit showrooms. But the recent BBC "Mini Adventure," a 484-mile journey from London to Edinburgh in a Mini E, has caught fire like nothing I've seen in a while. Helen Keller could have predicted the outcome of.

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US VP Biden outlines 3-part plan to have 1M advanced technology vehicles on US roads by 2015

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In his State of the Union address last night, President Obama highlighted his goal of making the United States the first country in the world to put one million advanced technology vehicles on the road by 2015. Following a tour of the Ener1, Inc. factory today, Vice President Biden outlined the Administration’s new plan for reaching that goal. The Administration’s new three-part advanced technology vehicle plan—to be proposed in the new Budget—will include supporting electric vehicle

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Zero Motorcycles building new factory in Santa Cruz, sees growth in 2011

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Do you like this story? Zero Motorcycles, the Santa Cruz County based electric motorcycle manufacturer, announced today plans to build a new manufacturing plant in Scotts Valley. They expect the new facility to begin production in Feb 2011.Sharp eyed readers will ask.

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Horrifying Web Advice & Why Prius Batteries Aren't That Mysterious

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Don't believe everything you read on the web. From the Department of Dangerously Wrong Information comes a horrifying piece on Yahoo's open content network, entitled "What New Prius Batteries Cost and How You Can Save Thousands." It looks like one of many articles that respond to consumer worries over the cost of replacing the high-voltage battery.

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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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LED Headlights Give Your Electric Car An Extra Six Miles

All Cars Electric

Your electric car can go six miles further on its battery if you use LED headlights. That’s the conclusion drawn by an automotive engineer with Osram Sylvania, according to Autoblog Green. Electric and electric-hybrid car ranges are impacted by external factors like temperature, whether you’re running the air conditioning or heater and.

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Ford Focus offers EcoMode application to help improve eco-driving skills

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Ford EcoMode is a software application available on the new Ford Focus that rates driver behavior impacting fuel economy and then offers up simple hints on how to improve eco-driving skills through a scoring system. EcoMode measures driver behavior for parameters such as gear shifting, anticipation (driving as constant as possible) and speed displaying performance on the instrument cluster screen.

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EDTA announces action plan for electric vehicle adoption

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Do you like this story? The Electric Drive Transportation Association, a trade association representing battery, plug-in, hybrid and fuel cell electric drive technologies and infrastructure, announced today an "Action Plan for the Electric Drive Era" As they.

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Best Buy Adds Onstar, Electric-Car Chargers; Are Cars Next?

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If you haven't been keeping an eye on Best Buy, you may have been stunned by their recent announcements at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). First, on January 6, Best Buy announced that it will offer General Motors' OnStar system (conveniently packaged within a rear-view mirror) through its stores and website. GM also showed.

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Leasing And Swapping Electric-Car Batteries: Will It Happen?

All Cars Electric

New-car buyers are already faced with a barrage of service contract offers, including extra-cost extended maintenance guarantees. In the future, proposes Charles Gassenheimer, chairman and CEO of battery manufacturer Ener1, electric-vehicle battery leasing should be added to the options. “We can come up with a creative lease finance model.

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Volvo Cars and partners launch One Tonne Life experiment in Sweden

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Volvo Cars, A-hus and Vattenfall recently launched the six-month One Tonne Life project—an attempt by a family (the Lindells) to cut their carbon dioxide yearly emissions from seven tonnes per person to a more sustainable one tonne. Car. Volvo has provided a C30 Electric ( earlier post ) for use in the project. The Volvo C30 Electric is powered by a 24 kWh Li-ion battery pack (22.7 kWh used to power the car) that is recharged via a regular wall socket.

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Could methanol be the leading alternative fuel for our cars? The Green Piece

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Tuesday 25 January 2011. The Green Piece Column. Electric cars are making steady progress as the transportation method of the future with auto manufacturers continuing to announce new concepts and production vehicles. However, doubts remain about the sheer scale of investment that would be required to make electric cars a mainstream success – with battery [.].

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Obama Doubles Down on Plug-In Cars, More Policy Tweaks Coming

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Last night, in his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama reiterated his support for expanding U.S. production and sales of plug-in cars that run on grid power. Today, according to the Detroit News, a slew of policy changes will be unveiled by Vice President Joe Biden to advance that goal. Among other initiatives, the Administration.

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Obama Sticks With 1 Million Plug-Ins by 2015, Cuts Oil Sweetheart Deals

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His party may be under increasing pressure from the Tea Party movement as it fights conservative attempts to stifle everything from healthcare reform to government spending, but President Obama is still keen to push the electric car revolution. Speaking at last night’s State of the Union Address, Obama clearly reiterated his desire to.

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Volvo to unveil V60 diesel Plug-in Hybrid at Geneva Motor Show

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At the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, Volvo Cars will unveil the V60 diesel Plug-in Hybrid—a virtually production-ready car with carbon dioxide emissions below 50 g/km, which translates into fuel consumption of some 1.9 L/100 km (124 mpg US). ( Earlier post.) All-electric range is up to 50 km (31 miles), with combined range being apprpoximately 1,200 km (746 miles).

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Balqon recieves large electric drive train order for export to China

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Do you like this story? Balqon announced today it had received an order for 300 electric drive train systems from Winston Global Energy. Winston is based in China, and plans to integrate the drive trains into electric buses with 15-40 passenger capacity. The $15.9.

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GM Says More Government Money Not Needed--Though Rivals Took It

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Well, give them credit for resolve, anyway. General Motors said today it was withdrawing its applications to the U.S. Department of Energy for $14.4 billion of low-interest loans under the DoE's advanced technology vehicle manufacturing program. That's the program that so far has granted loans to Ford, Nissan, and Tesla in June 2009, and added.

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How Are Car Dealers Getting Ready to Service Electric Cars?

All Cars Electric

As we've discovered, some car dealers are less than enthusiastic about the prospect of selling and servicing electric cars. Luckily, others are more game. Either way, what can you expect from your local electric car dealership when you take your shiny new EV in for a service? Training You'd be hoping for highly trained technicians, and according.

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HR Biopetroleum buys out Shells share in Cellana algae biofuels venture

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HR BioPetroleum, Inc. (HRBP), a Hawai’i-based and -founded renewable biofuels company, will acquire Shell’s shareholding in Cellana, a joint venture between Shell and HRBP. ( Earlier post.) On 31 January 2011, HRBP will become the sole owner of Cellana, including its six-acre demonstration facility in Kona, Hawaii. In 2007, HRBP and Royal Dutch Shell PLC, the international energy company, formed Cellana as a separate joint venture to build and operate a demonstration facility to grow marin

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Biofuel buses on their way to Sweden

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The streets of Sweden will soon receive an influx of biofuel buses after Scania received an order for 158 buses from public transport company Keolis Sverige. Around 123 urban and suburban buses will be used in the greater Stockholm area, with the rest posted elsewhere. Scania had previously delivered both ethanol and biogas fuelled vehicles [.].

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WIll Toyota Cut Prius Prices To Keep Hybrid Sales High?

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Hybrid sales in the U.S. have flattened over the last couple of years, but they're going great guns in Japan. Now, an analyst suggests that the great popularity of the Prius in its home market may lead Toyota to cut the price there to keep its sales high. The Toyota Prius has been the best-selling car in Japan two years in a row, assisted by.

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Nissan: 2011 LEAF Will Reach Full Production By March

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If you’re one of the many thousands of would-be Nissan LEAF customers that have had their orders delayed due to a surprising lack of cars then you’ll be pleased to hear that Nissan has a plan to remedy the backlog. So far, around 3,000 LEAFs have been built at Nissan’s Oppama factory. Until additional production lines in Smyrna.

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Targray introduces graphene composite anode material for Li-ion batteries

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Targray Technology International, in partnership with Vorbeck Materials Corp., is introducing new graphene composite anode materials for Li-ion batteries. Targray says that the Vor-Charge Graphene Composite Anode Material outperforms carbon nanotube and carbon black composites, and enables increased cycle life and faster recharge rates. The company is currently offering two versions of the materia, one optimized for high current, the other for high energy.

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Do diesels and hybrids hold values better than petrol cars?

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It’s not just the environment that could benefit from you turning to a clean diesel or a hybrid car – it might be your wallet too. That’s the verdict of a new study by Carnegie Mellon University which finds that for passenger cars, turbo-charged direct injection diesels or hybrids retain more value than conventional vehicles. [.].

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EPA Rates 2012 Fiat 500 Fuel Economy: Not 40 MPG, But Close

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With the first few Fiat 500 minicars now landing in Chrysler dealerships this month and next, the small car's fuel efficiency is clearly one of the main questions buyers will ask about. Now the EPA has released its final ratings for the car, though they're not yet on its FuelEconomy.org website. The agency says the 2012 Fiat 500 gets 30 mpg city.

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