Sat.Jun 12, 2010 - Fri.Jun 18, 2010

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Report: Toyota, Tesla To Create Prototype Electric Car This Year

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The Nikkei reports that Toyota Motor Corp. indicated that it plans to develop an electric-car prototype jointly with Tesla Motors Inc. for testing as early as this year. Upon forming capital and business ties last month [ earlier post ], Toyota and Tesla said that they will jointly develop electric vehicles and share expertise, such as Tesla’s electric-vehicle technologies and Toyota’s production know-how.

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Second Graders Take Revenge

Revenge of the Electric Car

Executive Producer Stefano Durdic made a visit to Chicago’s Academy for Global Citizenship today, to give the students at this public contract school a chance to tour the Tesla Roadster and learn about electric cars. The young students had the same questions about electric cars that most adults have: “How fast does it go?&#. “Does it make any noise?

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Greenius On Patch.com: Bicycle Advocates Run Into Road Block At City Council Meeting

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An ill-advised, last-minute attempt to add dedicated bicycle lanes to the Upper Pier Avenue project resulted in disappointment, tension and frustration that was expressed emotionally at times by three of the five Hermosa Beach City Council members at the panel’s meeting Tuesday night. Councilman Jeff Duclos had spearheaded a push to reevaluate the bike lane project, and I was one of the local environmental leaders he contacted about that last week.

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Saying Goodbye to Electric Blue

Open Source Civic EV Kit

Well, as most of you have seen, there hasn't been a lot of activity for several months on this blog. I sold Electric Blue to my friend Murray (shown above) and he is taking good care of her. It's time to move on from this electric vehicle conversion hobby and see where life takes me. I have a reservation for a silver Nissan Leaf coming in December, so maybe I'll post my experience with it.

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

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Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc. Signs MOU With Hyperion Power to Manufacture Small, Modular Nuclear Reactors in China and Market World-Wide

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Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding with New Mexico-based Hyperion Power Generation, Inc. The MOU is the beginning of a joint venture between the two companies to license, build and market Hyperion’s small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) earlier post ) on a world-wide basis. Hyperion announced the ultra-small reactor, which already has more than 150 purchase commitments from customers such as mining and telecom companies, in 2009.

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done with phase two

DIY Electric Car

I know that I?m killing everyone with minute, but I?m very proud of the work that I?ve done so far. The motor and transmission is now mounted in the truck, motor mounts have been fabricated, placed and are rock solid. Tomorrow I will raise the drive wheels and give her a good testing of the drive train. This will conclude what I term phase 2, the mechanical refit of the EV.

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The Great Golf Cart Battery Swap

Electric Cars are for Girls

I was told I have to replace all 6 batteries @95.00 each; that's a LOT of money.is it necessary? The man said if I didn't, the old ones would just.

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NOAA: May Global Temperature is Warmest on Record; Spring and January-May also Post Record-breaking Temps

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The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for May, March-May (Northern Hemisphere spring-Southern Hemisphere autumn), and the period January-May, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Worldwide average land surface temperature for May and March-May was the warmest on record while the global ocean surface temperatures for both May and March-May were second warmest on record, behind 1998.

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First Drive Review: 2011 BMW ActiveHybrid 7

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Software is tough stuff. Toyota now has 15 years of experience writing hybrid-electric control software, and it has no intention of sharing its hard-won expertise. But blending changes in power flow among a combustion engine, one or more electric motors, regenerative brakes, and a high voltage battery pack in a way that's imperceptible-or at least.

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The Future of Electric Cars Could Lie in.Afghanistan?

All Cars Electric

Electric cars like the 2011 Nissan Leaf require lots of lithium and other precious heavy metals to make them go. Today's sources of lithium are far and few: Bolivia has something like 40 percent of the world's deposits, while Russia, South Africa, Chile and Argentina have some. This weekend, the New York Times reported that the war-ravaged country.

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

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New BMW 5 Series to offer start-stop technology

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The fourth generation BMW 5 Series Touring will make its debut with an auto start stop function as a standard feature in the 520d model. Available with a choice of two straight-six petrol engines and a four-cylinder and six-cylinder diesel the vehicle is expected to be among the most popular BMW models yet. The 520d is the [.]. Tags: BMW Green cars Latest news BMW 5 Series BMW 5 Series Touring BMW 520d BMW 523i Touring BMW 530d BMW 535i Touring BMW start-stop technology.

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Electric Car Company and Liberty Electric Cars Intend to Form JV for EV Conversions of Luxury 4x4s

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Electric Car Company , Inc., a vehicle conversion company specializing in electric conversions and manufacturing for the livery and fleet markets, and Liberty Electric Cars , USA LLC ( earlier post ) intend to form a joint venture for the conversion of large luxury 4x4s to all-electric drive, as well as the manufacture of new EVs. The two signed a letter of intent; the proposed joint venture is subject to the execution of a definitive agreement.

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2011 Honda CR-Z: First Drive

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What do you get when you take some of the inspiration of Honda's much-loved CRX two-seater from the 1980s and cross it with the also-much-loved Insight coupe from the past decade, then give it the latest version of Honda's hybrid system? Honda says you get the 2011 Honda CR-Z. We're leaning more to "Insight two-door" after our first drive of.

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Drive An Electric Race Car From Alaska to S America? Why Not?

All Cars Electric

The British have a long history of improbable and unlikely quests. Sometimes they succeed, sometimes they fail. So the attempt by a group of 20-something engineers to boost the image of electric cars in the public eye by driving the length of the Pan-American Highway in an electrically powered two-seat supercar might not seem so audacious. Except.

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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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Europe plans common safety standard for electric cars

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The European Commission (EC) has called for the introduction of new safety standards of electric cars to ensure that all EVs sold within the continent are safe to use. The Commission proposed yesterday to introduce common safety standards that will reduce and simplify the current legislation surrounding the sale of electric cars. This should help [.].

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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Perspective by Felix Kramer, Founder, CalCars. Reprinted by invitation from the CalCars website. [Calling the recent weeks “ one of the most emotionally difficult times for me as I’ve seen people with far more clout than I fail to make headway in changing the lackluster, dispiriting and immensely frustrating responses to the Gulf catastrophe ,” CalCars founder Felix Kramer has written a pre-response to President Obama’s scheduled Tuesday night speech to the US about the catastrophe in the Gulf o

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How Many Million Priuses Would Offset the Gulf Oil Spill?

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One million gallons a day is a lot of oil. According to estimates late last week, that could be the daily rate of oil escaping from the Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico. To put that number in perspective, we decided to look at what it would take to compensate just for the lost gasoline. We asked, How many Toyota Prius hybrids would you.

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What Will The True Residual Value of a Used EV Be? Toyota May Provide the Answer.

All Cars Electric

If you're lucky you may already be on a waiting list for the 2011 Nissan Leaf. Or perhaps you've decided to get the 2011 Chevrolet Volt. If your next car is electric it could easily immunize you from fluctuating gas prices and ensure low running costs. But what will that shiny new electric car be worth in five years' time? If the Telegraph's Mike.

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Shanghai hosts Green Vehicle Expo

Green Cars News

China is once again to play host to the ‘green scene’ as the Green Vehicle Expo heads to Shanghai. The expo which will feature a host of green car technologies including electric, hybrid, fuel cell and solar vehicles opens at the Shanghai Exhibition Center, this Thursday (June 17, 2010) and runs until Saturday (June 19, [.]. Tags: Electric cars Fuel Cells Green credentials Hybrid cars alternative fuel China Expo Green cars Shanghai Show.

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New Data Show Bicycling and Walking in US Up by 25% Since 2001

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The US Department of Transportation released new data from the Federal Highway Administration’s 2009 National Household Travel Survey which shows that both bicycling and walking trips have increased by 25% since 2001. The FHWA funded Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center included this data in The National Bicycling and Walking Study: A 15-Year Status Report.

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Smart Drive App For iPhone: Who Needs COMAND or iDrive?

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Forget the pricey color screen and COMAND interface of Smart's upmarket cousin, Mercedes-Benz. For the upcoming 2011 Smart Electric Drive, which we drove at The Car Connection last week, the brand has rolled out a new app that essentially turns your iPhone into that. While anyone can download the app from iTunes ($9.99) and install it on their.

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Nissan Give Test-Drives Of 2011 Leaf Production Model, Feedback Positive, 80% charge in 30 minutes.

All Cars Electric

The most anticipated electric car of 2010 has it all: a world-wide following, over 30,000 pre-orders, television advertising, and even a virtual appearance at Apple's prestigious WWDC. Even though it has even been spotted in the wild in Arizona, the one thing Nissan hasn't given many of are test drives of it's 2011 Leaf. Nissan has held events.

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Car Manufacturers fall in love for a greener future. The Green Piece

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Tuesday 15 June. The Green Piece Column. The highly competitive world of car manufacturing isn’t exactly the environment in which you’d expect relationships to be formed. However, since car making has gone green it seems manufacturers are lining up to be each other’s BFF. Last week, Swedish manufacturer Saab declared its intention to find a ‘partner’ to [.].

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JBEI Researchers Identify Trio of Bacterial Enzymes for Biosynthesis of Hydrocarbon Fuels; Engineered E. Coli Produces Long-chain Alkenes

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The bacterium Micrococcus luteus harbors a three-gene cluster that encodes for enzymes essential to the synthesis of alkenes. (Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.) Click to enlarge. Researchers with the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have identified a trio of bacterial enzymes that can catalyze key steps in the conversion of plant sugars into hydrocarbon compounds for the production of renewable transportation fuels.

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First 4,400 2011 Chevrolet Volt Buyers Eligible For Free In-Home Charging Stations

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No, this isn't the same 4,400 that were abducted by aliens and returned to a mediocre TV drama, though there could be some overlap. Rather, the first buyers of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt will be eligible for one of 4,400 Department of Energy-funded in-home charging stations to juice up their cars without having to rely on the slow feed of 120-volt.

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Tesla Opens Up About Its New Old Factory

All Cars Electric

The ink's barely dry on the Tesla - Toyota deal that gives the startup electric-car maker a new manufacturing home. But today, Tesla's going public with some details on how it plans to use the former NUMMI facility in Fremont, California, to build its mainstream 2012 Tesla Model S sedan. The former New United Motors Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI).

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Volvo to deliver 10 new electric vehicles

Green Cars News

It was the green car of the year even before it went electric, and now Volvo is planning to introduce a battery powered version of the C30. The Swedish manufacturer is teaming up with energy company Goteborg Energi to co-operate on electric vehicles and recharge infrastructure. The former Ford brand will now provide 10 Volvo C30 [.]. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news Volvo Ener1 EnerDel Goteborg Energi Volvo C30 Volvo C30 electric Volvo C30 electric cars.

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Alberta Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation Awarding C$37.5 Million in Funding for Renewable Energy Projects from Biofuels to Home Generation

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Alberta, Canada’s Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCMEC) Corporation is awarding more than C$37.5 million (US$36.6 million) to five Alberta-based renewable energy projects including waste to biofuels and energy, concentrating solar power, biogas and home generation. Funding for the CCEMC comes from the Government of Alberta, which collects it from industry.

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Mitsubishi Evo XI Going Diesel-Electric Hybrid?

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Yes, you read that title correctly. Mitsubishi's next-generation Lancer Evolution is reportedly getting a diesel-electric hybrid powertrain in order to make it as fuel efficient as possible--a key factor to ensuring it meets tightening economy and emissions regulations while maintaining performance. The plan is to install a compact turbodiesel.

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Does BYD's Ultimate Taxi Roadtest Hold Company's Future?

All Cars Electric

What does a pizza delivery teen, a taxi driver and a courier have to do with EVs? Not much right now, but could these and other professional drivers hold the key to truly prove that EVs have what it takes to hit the big time, or do they risk condemning EVs to the history books forever? Chinese auto firm BYD (Build Your Dreams) is known for its.

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Honda unveils new Odyssey minivan

Green Cars News

Japanese manufacturer Honda has applied its fuel saving technology to its minivan range as indicated by the unveiling of the 2011 Odyssey. The Honda Odyssey minivan has a lower roofline compared to the current model – down 1.6inches compared to the 2010 version – and also has a wider track – around 1.4inches wider. This helps [.]. Tags: Green cars Honda Latest news 2011 Honda Odyssey fuel efficient minivans fuel efficient vans green vans Honda Odyssey.

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Ankai Automobile Developing Plug-in Hybrid Bus for US Market

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Global Atlanta. The state-owned Chinese vehicle maker Ankai Automobile Co. Ltd. is developing a plug-in hybrid electric bus for the US market. Ankai is China’s third-largest bus company; it has partnered since 1993 with Daimler Buses, producing Setra brand buses under license for the Chinese market. Ankai is working with Efficient Drivetrains Inc. (EDI) in Palo Alto, CA to develop the plug-in hybrid’s drive train.

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Mercedes-Benz Diesels And Hybrids: Green Goodness, Slow Sales?

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Mercedes-Benz offers a clean-diesel Bluetec version of each of its large utility vehicles, the R-Class, GL-Class, and M-Class, along with a Hybrid version of the ML. But even combined, the standard gasoline versions of these vehicles are still far outselling their greener counterparts that don't cost much more. In the case of Mercedes' R-Class.

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Nissan Leaf Audio Warnings Disappoints Advocates, Need For Sound Questioned.

All Cars Electric

Ever think of the benefits of EVs? Aside from the more obvious ones associated with not burning quite as much oil, zero tailpipe emissions and ease of driving many will cite the lack of engine noise. That last point however, may not be such a benefit to all and may even prove dangerous to those with limited or no sight. To address this issue.

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