Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Schematic of the solar reactor for the two-step, solar-driven thermochemical production of fuels. Click to enlarge. A team from Caltech, ETH Zürich and the Paul Scherrer Institute have devised a solar reactor for the two-step, solar-driven thermochemical production of fuels. In a paper published in the journal Science , they report stable and rapid generation of fuel over 500 cycles.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 20, 2010

In one particularly hilarious scene in the TV show Weeds, Mary-Louise Parker’s soccer mom/drug dealer character inspires a scary drug lord to buy several Toyota Priuses after he successfully carries out a drive-by shooting while riding in hers. The selling point? The quietness of the hybrid. “Good for sneaking up on.

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

Felix Kramer, indefatigable campaigner for plug-in cars, took possession today of his Chevrolet Volt. Here he is, with his son Josh in the driver's seat. Andy Frank, father of the plug-in hybrid, drove down from Davis, California in the Volt he received yesterday to join in the celebration.

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All Cars Electric

DECEMBER 22, 2010

As 2010 draws to a close, we now have shipments of the 2011 Nissan LEAF and the 2011 Chevy Volt to customers around the United States. With the advent of these vehicles, is there still a business case for Better Place? To refresh your memory, Better Place is the venture between Shai Agassi and Renault-Nissan that proposes to sell electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Steps in recycling the booms to auto parts. Click to enlarge. General Motors has developed a method to convert an estimated 100 miles of the oil-laden plastic boom material used to soak up oil from the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year into parts for the Chevy Volt. The booms are made out of polypropylene material, and are virtually entirely recyclable once the waste oil and water are removed.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Even if you may not have heard of the Peak Oil theory, everyone knows that we'll continue to use more and more gasoline in years to come. Right? Well, errrrr, no. Maybe not. At least, that's the conclusion of both industry analysts and the oil companies themselves. The peak year for U.S. gasoline consumption to date was 2006, when we collectively.

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All Cars Electric

DECEMBER 20, 2010

With the focus naturally going towards some of the big electric car launches we've had this year or established players like Tesla Motors, it's all too easy to forget that there are a wealth of smaller companies out there producing their own, unique take on electric transport. One such company is Green Vehicles of Salinas, California. Their.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2010

The California South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) has awarded AC Propulsion a $300,000 grant to integrate its electric drive system technology into commercial service vans ( three Ford E250 vans supplied by Comcast) in Southern California. AC Propulsion will launch the conversion program by developing the electric propulsion system and conversion process for the full-size vans that are used by service fleets nationwide.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 23, 2010

The 2011 Fisker Karma is still on track to reach U.S. dealers in March or April, according to the company. But there's one new piece of info: The price of the extended-range electric sports sedan has gone up. Again. Originally announced in 2008 at a price of $80,000, the Karma fairly quickly went up to $87,900 and stayed there. Now, just before.

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National Green Transportation

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Do you like this story? LOS ANGELES, CA (December 21, 2010) – The California South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) awarded a $300,000 grant to AC Propulsion to support electric conversion of commercial service vans. They plan to develop an electric.

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All Cars Electric

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Don't you just love a good song over the holidays? We've taken an established favorite and given it the plug-in car treatement. Gone are the birds, noisy drummers and milking maids. In their place we've put some of the most importante cars we've talked about this year, as well as some fun side stories too. Enjoy! On the first day of Christmas my.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2010

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), an advanced research collaboration among Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Company, announced approximately $5.43 million in advanced battery development and technology assessment contracts to five firms. The competitively bid contract awards are funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and include a 50% cost-share from each of the contracted companies.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 21, 2010

The BMW "MegaCity" carbon-fiber all-electric car, scheduled for launch in 2013, may be the most radical BMW in decades. BMW had confirmed that this first production electric car to wear the BMW badge would be the first of a sub-brand within the make, much as its "M" series of performance editions is. Now, in perhaps a slightly "D'oh!" moment, BMW.

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National Green Transportation

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Do you like this story? Last week Think delivered its first U.S.-built electric cars to the Indiana government for its car fleet. Think is the Norweigan based electric automaker who has expanded into the U.S. with production facilities in Indiana. They're known for.

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All Cars Electric

DECEMBER 23, 2010

History has a way of repeating itself. Just as the many tearful original EV1 lease drivers bade farewell to the electric car in the mock funeral that started Chris Paine’s docufilm Who Killed The Electric Car, a select group of electric car lease drivers in the U.K. gave a suitably British farewell to their car of the past year: a 2010.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The plug-in hybrid electric test vehicle for Japan. Click to enlarge. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced its second Electric Vehicle Testing Program, this one with Saitama Prefecture for its next-generation personal mobility products, including electric vehicles (EVs); plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs); electric scooters; and electric carts. The specifics of the testing program, testing vehicles, and solar-powered charging stations made their public debut in Japan.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 23, 2010

The 2011 Detroit Auto Show holds promise for Prius-lovers, with the first addition to the ubiquitous hybrid brand's family: an MPV, or multi-purpose vehicle. Americans may want to call it a wagon, or a hatchback, or something else, but whatever it's named, it's a longer, larger version of the Prius. X Games skateboarder Bob Burnquist, himself a.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Tuesday 21 December 2010. The Green Piece. With the end of 2010 rapidly approaching, The Green Piece takes a two part look at the key developments of the year involving all of the major car manufacturers. Audi The year started with a bang for German car manufacturer Audi as it introduced the exciting electric sports [.].

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All Cars Electric

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The General Motors EV1 still exerts a strange fascination for electric-car fans and civilians alike. Its sleek, aerodynamic shape and pioneering all-electric drive (despite an initial range of only about 70 miles) make it an important vehicle in U.S. automotive history. Fascination has only grown, as shown by reaction to the image of an EV1 in the.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Tucson ix Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle. Click to enlarge. Hyundai Motor Company has completed development of its next-generation hydrogen fuel cell vehicle—the Tucson ix Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV)—and will begin testing next year with an eye toward 2015 mass production. ( Earlier post.). Hyundai’s third-generation FCEV is equipped with a 100kW fuel cell system and two hydrogen storage tanks (700 bar).

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 21, 2010

With the handful of new production intent concept cars Lotus showed off at the recent 2010 Paris Auto Show, it’s evident the automaker, typically focused with lightweight sports cars, is trying new things. What’s interesting to see is that Lotus is expanding towards both ends of the new car spectrum, unveiling high-end supercars and.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Japan its first Leaf models and now so does Europe after Portuguese electric mobility consortium MOBI.E took delivery of nine of the all-electric cars from Nissan this week. The consortium becomes the first commercial customer in Europe to take delivery of the car dubbed the world’s ‘first mass-market, full electric vehicle’. The keys to the [.].

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All Cars Electric

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Following years of claims they weren't interested in developing a battery-electric vehicle, Honda backtracked earlier this year and decided that they would produce one, with the 2012 Honda Fit EV concept finally revealed at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show last month. Now, Honda has announced that they are using lithium-ion batteries made by Toshiba.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have coated SnO 2 nanowires with vanadium pentoxide (V 2 O 5 ) using a simple gas-phase-based method. An electrode made from the SnO 2 /V 2 O 5 core/shell-nanowires delivers a high power density of about 60 kW kg -1 while the energy density remains 282 Wh kg -1. Vanadium pentoxide offers the advantages of being cheap, easy to synthesize, and having high energy densities and, thus, has attracted much interest for both battery and superc

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 22, 2010

How much is your time worth? If you live in southern California and drive to work, the answer for some of you seems to be more than $17 an hour. That conclusion is drawn from data contained in an Infrastrurist interview with Jack Finn, the head of toll services for HTNB, an infrastructure firm that designed Route 91 in Orange County. Route 91 is.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 24, 2010

General Motors’ new chief executive officer Dan Akerson is looking to at least triple the company’s target for electric car sales, according to Bloomberg.com. Secret plans to expand the market for GM’s electric models were revealed to the business publication by a number of staff at the firm who asked to remain unnamed. According to [.].

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All Cars Electric

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Whilst the U.S. and Europe get the 2011 Chevrolet Volt and 2012 Opel and Vauxhall Ampera, it seems all the full battery-electric vehicles are going to the Far East, and they're keeping fairly quiet about it. A few months back we revealed GM's plans to test an electric version of the Chevrolet Cruze sedan in South Korea. The prototype uses a.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2010

US President Barack Obama on Friday signed H.R. 4853 , the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (“Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010”). The bill, among its other provisions, contains a number of provisions related to energy (Title VII, Subtitle A) and within that, provisions related to fuels. Ethanol.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 23, 2010

While most of us won’t have a chance any time soon to drive a car produced by Chinese automaker BYD Co., a few employees of the City of Los Angeles are getting that opportunity right now. And, those of you inclined to use mass transportation may have the opportunity next year to ride in an electric bus produced by BYD. Testing the waters.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 23, 2010

A new study has revealed that smartphone users are more likely to purchase electric vehicles. Conducted by research firm, Zpryme and sponsored by integrated transport technology firm, Airbiquity, the study has revealed a correlation between those people who have adapted to using smartphone technology and potential first EV consumers. According to the findings, potential [.].

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All Cars Electric

DECEMBER 21, 2010

What'll she do, mister? With electric cars, the response would more often than not usually be relating to the range. With Don Wales' Electric Bluebird, the answer might instead be 150 miles per hour. Maybe even 175 miles per hour. If the name Bluebird is familiar to you, then you'll probably associate it with the legendary Sir Malcolm Campbell.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2010

Researchers from the US and South Korea have developed a strain of yeast that can efficiently ferment galactose, potentially making the use of marine biomass as feedstock for biofuels fuels more viable. A paper on their work was published online in November in the journal Biotechnology and Bioengineering. While producers of biofuels made from terrestrial biomass crops have difficulty breaking down recalcitrant fibers and extracting fermentable sugars, marine biomass can be more easily degraded t

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Every major automaker selling cars in the U.S. has signed onto a lawsuit filed Monday aimed at halting the rollout of E15 gasoline, which has a higher proportion of ethanol (15 percent) than today's E10 gasoline. The companies cite fears that the greater concentration of ethanol will damage engines and fuel systems. Carmakers worry that they'll be.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Ford has launched a new iPhone app as the latest addition to the company’s Econo Check service- designed to help cut fuel costs. The Ford Econo Check app calculates potential fuel savings for any car – based on make, model, age and annual mileage – and provides fuel efficient driving tips on any iPhone or [.].

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