Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
by Jack Rosebro. Components of the Q5 hybrid system. Click to enlarge. In a presentation at the 2011 Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC) in Pasadena, California last week, Daniel Andree, a battery development engineer at Audi AG, outlined the implementation of a Sanyo lithium-ion battery pack in the upcoming 2012 Audi Q5 compact crossover hybrid. ( Earlier post.).
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
The Chevrolet Cruze has been on sale for a few months at this point. Sales seem to be doing well, and the advertising is definitely aggressive. Chevrolet even calls out the competition by name in its advertising. The introduction of the Eco model was slightly behind that of the regular Cruze models, though we recently had the opportunity to drive.
Plugs and Cars
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
Norway's EV enthusiast site Electricaid reports that iMiev is #1 in Norway. In its small car segment in January, the little electric outsold each of its gasoline competitors. 99 iMievs sold. [Source: Electricaid ].
All Cars Electric
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
One of the biggest drawbacks to electric car ownership today is the time it takes to recharge the car when the batteries are depleted. So it comes as no surprise that the time it takes a car to charge from empty is a big selling point. A few weeks ago, Ford seemingly pulled ahead of its rivals Nissan with the announcement that the 2012 Ford Focus.
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Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
Non-edible carbohydrates are converted to renewable diesel-range liquids via two consecutive catalytic steps. Credit: Wiley-VCH, Corma et al. Click to enlarge. A team at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Spain) has designed a new simple, energy-efficient process (that also does not require any organic solvents) for the production of renewable diesel from biomass waste.
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
The first business day of every month is when automakers release sales data for the previous month. Today, we got January's sales figures, which are an improvement over last January's. But the question that we keep hearing is: Which sells better, the 2011 Nissan Leaf or the 2011 Chevrolet Volt? They're the first two plug-in electric vehicles sold.
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All Cars Electric
JANUARY 31, 2011
You’ve ordered your electric car and like many, you’ve been put off by the seemingly extortionate quote given to install a level 2 electric charging station at your home. As we’ve discussed before, sourcing your own Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) can save you hundreds of dollars on the cost of preparing your home for.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
The fuel cell industry is growing even in the face of a global economic recession, with 2010 revenues exceeding $750 million. Markets such as uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), residential combined heat and power (CHP), power for remote monitoring equipment, auxiliary power units (APUs), and portal power for military applications have all experienced an increase in traction over the last year.
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 31, 2011
So here's the bottom line on driving a natural-gas vehicle: If you didn't have to refill it, you'd never know it was fueled on anything other than gasoline. Except for two things, that is: First, you lose up to half of a gasoline car's range, with our natural-gas fueled Honda Civic GX only providing about 180 miles before it needs more fuel.
National Green Transportation
JANUARY 29, 2011
Do you like this story? Caltrain, the commuter rail service along the San Francisco Peninsula, is in a deep financial crisis. Their Board is contemplating deep service cuts that would eliminate every service outside the peak commute.
All Cars Electric
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
If you’re in the market for an electric car one of the biggest decisions to make after you’ve decided to buy a plug-in vehicle is which one to choose. For one family in California, however the choice was far easier: Get one of each. And with good reason. Ten years ago marketing strategist and communicator Felix Kramer founded the.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 30, 2011
Scientists found that in 14 independent studies, the yields of two Agave species greatly exceeded the yields of other biofuel feedstocks, such as corn, soybean, sorghum, and wheat. Additionally, even more productive Agave species that have not yet been evaluated exist. Agaves are succulents with large rosettes of thick fleshy leaves. One species, Agave azul is used in the production of tequila.
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
Of all the electric vehicles planned by major automakers, few are more eagerly awaited than the BMW MegaCity 'i' all-electric urban car, expected to go into production late in 2013 or early in 2014. It's a BMW, which means it will be sporty and handle well. It's likely to be the smallest BMW since the Isetta bubble cars of the 1950s. And with a.
National Green Transportation
JANUARY 30, 2011
Do you like this story? Caltrain is the second oldest passenger rail line in the Western U.S. Its existence dates back to the early 1850's, to connect San Francisco with San Jose (which was, at the time, the Capital of California). Today the rail line travels through.
All Cars Electric
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
During the first half of 2010, nearly 13,000 U.S. taxpayers wrongly claimed a staggering $33 million under the electric tax credit incentive scheme, a Treasury Department inspector general report has revealed. The credits, designed to encourage the uptake of plug-in hybrid and electric-only vehicles under the American Clean Energy and Security Act.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 30, 2011
Example of micro fibers produced with 20 wt % AB (ammonia borane) in water as core solution, showing smooth (nonporous) and cylindrical (noncollapsed) fibers; from a 2010 paper by the scientific team. Credit: ACS, Kurban et al. Click to enlarge. Cella Energy , a new spin-off company from STFC’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK, is seeking to further develop and commercialize a novel hydrogen storage technology—a way to nanostructure and encapsulate complex chemical hydride material
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
We've all heard the stories about people who hang onto their cars for decades. Irv Gordon's 1966 Volvo P1800 is one; he's got more than 2.6 million miles on it now, after buying it new for $4,150. Then there's Rachel Veitch, who at 91 has logged 562,000 miles--and had no fewer than 18 batteries and seven mufflers under "lifetime warranty".
National Green Transportation
JANUARY 29, 2011
Do you like this story? Caltrain is facing a crisis forcing severe service cutbacks beginning this summer. One might think the crisis is due to dropping ridership, but instead ridership (and revenue) is increasing. The crisis is instead due to Caltrains funding and.
All Cars Electric
JANUARY 31, 2011
Is it really all doom and gloom for electric car owners when winter weather comes, and will electric car owners be stranded in the snow as many columnists have suggested? That's the suggestion we've seen time and time again over the weekend as another band of heavy winter storms is poised to hit already frozen states from Illinois and Oklahoma.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
350Green is planning a national network of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations with fast chargers. Starting with its first project in the San Francisco Bay Area, the company plans to install and operate stations across urban retail shopping centers and other places near where EV drivers live and work. This approach aims to address two of the most vexing challenges facing widespread adoption of EVs: range anxiety and access to a garage for overnight charging.
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 31, 2011
A recent investment by General Motors in a new lithium-ion battery cathode technology will give the automaker more pricing options for future generation electric vehicles. It could give consumers more choices, as well. On January 26, GM announced it had invested $7 million in energy storage systems provider Envia Systems of Newark, California.
National Green Transportation
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
Do you like this story? Following last weekends Friends of Caltrain meeting (see: Friends of Caltrain seeks to save Peninsula train service from death spiral) it will not be surprising to learn that in today Caltrain's Board declared a state of emergency. What was.
All Cars Electric
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
If you’re like us and find yourself flying too much you probably feel pretty guilty about that gas-guzzling rental car you have to use at your destination. But thanks to Enterprise Rent-a-Car, another option is now available to customers in Ontario, California: the 2011 Chevrolet Volt. Announced today, customers at the Mark Christopher Auto.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
Greenair Online. Air China and Boeing have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the intention of carrying out a trans-Pacific flight between China and the US using a 50:50 blend of biojet and Jet A fuel. The trans-Pacific flight will follow China’s first biofuel demonstration flight planned for the second half of this year. The sustainably-sourced biofuel for the trans-Pacific flight will be produced both in the US and China to test and compare the respective qualities and capabilities of t
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
Electronic driving coaches designed to promote more fuel efficient driving are nothing new and have been appearing in production cars for the past several years, mostly in hybrids but regular models too. Some memorable driving coaches include Nissan’s Eco-Pedal, which works by activating a counter ‘push-back’ force on the.
Green Cars News
FEBRUARY 2, 2011
Clean tech firm Ricardo has announced a new electric car project that it hopes will take EV technology beyond the ‘city car’. According to the tech giant, the Low Carbon Vehicle Technology Project (LCVTP) it run in collaboration with its partners, will demonstrate that EV technologies are capable of delivering ‘acceptable’ performance across all vehicle [.].
All Cars Electric
FEBRUARY 2, 2011
Dominion Virginia Power announced yesterday that is waiting for Virginia State Corporation Commission approval to offer two electricity tariffs exclusively to electric vehicle owners in a bid to encourage customers to make the switch to electric cars. As we’ve discovered before, more and more utility companies are offering time-of-use.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
KiOR, Inc., a developer of a catalytic pyrolysis process to produce renewable oil from biomass, has received a term sheet for a loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy’s Loan Guarantee Program supporting a more than $1-billion biofuels project. The project would convert wood biomass into drop in biofuels such as gasoline and diesel fuel. KiOR’s project under the DOE loan guarantee program will consist of four biorefineries that will contribute approximately 250 million gallons of cellulo
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
Although EPA gas-mileage ratings may or may not be achievable in real-world driving conditions, they're a good relative benchmark. They're also a very public encouragement to carmakers to make more fuel-efficient cars. Hyundai, whose new 2011 Elantra compact model is rated at 40 mpg highway for all models, has now stepped up its challenge to other.
Green Cars News
JANUARY 31, 2011
Britain’s struggling car industry will receive a £7.2bn boost from the sales of electric cars over the next three years, a new study reveals today. The findings from a report from market expert, GfK Automotive, suggests that by 2014, 300,000 electric cars will hit Britain’s roads as consumers look for greener ways to travel. This [.].
All Cars Electric
FEBRUARY 2, 2011
Let’s be honest: Volvo isn’t the first company that comes to mind when thinking of electric vehicles. In fact, until the display of a crashed C30 Electric at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show earlier this year we’ve seen very little from Volvo’s plug-in fleet except a few appearances of concepts at auto shows last year.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 30, 2011
Technip, in association with Nénuphar, Converteam and EDF Energies nouvelles recently launched the Vertiwind project to test a pre-industrial prototype of a vertical-axis offshore floating wind turbine. The partners of the project are Seal Engineering, ISITV, IFP Energies nouvelles, Arts et Métiers, Bureau Veritas, Oceanide. Free of the constraints related to the foundations of fixed wind turbines, the Vertiwind concept opens new perspectives for wind farms offshore numerous countries notably in
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 2, 2011
With cars like the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf already on sale, plus a handful of startups either selling or building battery-powered cars on U.S. soil, it’s safe to say that the electric car revolution is truly upon us. Sadly, the cost of entry to be a part of this revolution is still quite high, even with the myriad of state and federal.
Green Cars News
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
Where we stand: February 2011 The Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo has endured a turbulent time in recent years having been sold by the Ford Motor Company to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group in 2010 (see article). However, in the same year it also recorded global sales of 373,525 cars – representing an increase of 11.2 per [.].
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