Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The photos show wild type algae and magnetic algae placed in a test tube next to a permanent magnet. The wild type (left) settles to the bottom of the tube under the influence of gravity. The genetically transformed algae (right) stick to the wall due to magnetic attractions. Source: LANL. Click to enlarge. Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) have genetically [link] “magnetic” algae to investigate alternative, more efficient harvesting and lipid extraction methods for biofuels.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Here's an idea: 1. Decrease payroll taxes. 2. Increase taxes on dirty carbon-based fuels at the source. Yeah, you know who I'm talking about; ) 3. Retrain coal miners and refinery workers into green jobs. 4. Save the planet for future generations. Good idea? Follow the link to whitehouse dot gov to sign the petition.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The Prius family of hybrid cars from Toyota is going to get a little bigger as of January when the Japanese automaker will launch a new compact hybrid car for the Japanese market: the 2012 Toyota Aqua. According to Reuters News Service, the Nikkei business daily reports that the compact gasoline electric hybrid will achieve a gas mileage of 94 mpg.

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Creative Greenius

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

Cyclists in London and other major cities have higher levels of black carbon in their airway cells, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society’s Annual Congress in Amsterdam. The results suggests that cyclists inhale more black carbon than pedestrians, which may cause damage to the lungs. The combustion of fossil fuels results in the generation of large numbers of inhalable particles of soot (black carbon).

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Electric Cars are for Girls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

The Ford electric car contender is based on their Focus, and I have to say, it seems to be doing its best to blend in. Not a bad thing.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Huffington Post blogger Carol Pierson Holding just got in her friend's LEAF. It's the coolness that impressed. Read it here.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

(A) Plot of the efficiency vs. time for a wired configuration under AM 1.5 illumination. The traces are for solar cells of 7.7% PV efficiency. The cells were operated in a two-electrode cell configuration. (B) MS signal and SFE values for a wireless configuration. The cell was illuminated over the 2 h of the experiment. Reece et al. Click to enlarge.

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Creative Greenius

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Last year Tron: Legacy, the remake of the 1982 classic film Tron hit cinemas around the world. Following the story of Sam Flynn as he tries to find his lost father who disappeared twenty years earlier, Tron: Legacy received mixed reviews from fans and critics alike. But while the reboot of the pioneering Disney classic may not have been to.

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National Green Transportation

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Ride-sharing service Zimride announced today $6 million of series A funding through the Mayfield Fund, and are boasting their "innovative social transportation" model will revolutionize transportation systems. The service allows drivers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

DriveGain and Ecofys have introduced a new iPhone application that helps Dutch drivers save fuel while driving. “Fueless” and is available to download now, in English and Dutch, for free from the Dutch iPhone AppStore. The application gives users audio and visual feedback on how they can increase their fuel savings as they drive. DriveGain research shows that, by making changes to their driving behavior, drivers can reduce their average fuel consumption by 13% percent, and can save &

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Respect to our German cousins this morning as we learn that the German market for electric vehicles is the most buoyant despite offering one of the lowest subsidy rates to consumers in Europe. According to market data released by Jato Dynamics, nearly twice as many electric vehicles were registered in Germany in the first half [.].

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Electric-car advocates spend a lot of time touting the advantages of driving on plug-in power rather than burning gasoline. Sometimes, it can be a lonely battle. But now the U.S. Department of Energy has weighed in on the side of electric cars, with a conclusion that may startle some: It's more important to promote the adoption of cars that plug.

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National Green Transportation

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The people of the Netherlands have always bicycled around. Like most countries after World War II they adopted gasoline powered cars and their roads became clogged resulting in degraded lifestyle for pedestrians and bicyclists. That is until the.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Pike Research forecasts that annual sales of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) will reach 358,959 vehicles by 2017, representing a compound anual growth rate (CAGR) of 43% between 2011 and 2017. To understand where these vehicles will likely be sold, Pike Research created a geographic forecast model using a variety of inputs including population and demographic trends; affinity towards electric vehicles; and automakers’ intended availability of vehicles.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Sixty new green energy research projects aimed at dramatically improving how the US produces and uses energy, will take a share of a $156 million grant from the the US Department of Energy this week. Arun Majumdar Director of the Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced the grants today, with the winning projects including [.].

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Over the past few months we’ve seen an increase in the number of rapid charging stations getting installed in areas where the 2011 Nissan Leaf is being sold.

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National Green Transportation

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Electric motorcycle manufacturer Zero Motorcycles announced today expansion of their international sales and distribution by partnering with Brazilian company Grupo Izzo. Santa Cruz CA based Zero, who carries the broadest range of electric.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

(a) Chemical structure of the PEDT:PSSH polymer blend. (b) Formation of hydrated ionic conduction channels in the PEDT:PSSH film network due to the presence of the hydrophilizing SO 3 ? groups. Xie et al. Click to enlarge. A team from the National University of Singapore's Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI), led by principle investigator Dr.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

European car makers have made an important step forward in the harmonisation of charging systems for electric cars. A comprehensive set of recommendations for the standardisation of charging for EVs has been drawn up by the ACEA; the industry body which represents vehicle manufacturers in Europe. The joint industry proposal will enable the use of [.].

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

There are many unusual things about the BMW i3 Concept electric minicar revealed last month, including its glass doors and roof, not to mention BMW's first production battery-electric powertrain. But the BMW i3 is also at the leading edge of another efficiency trend: tall, narrow tires that reduce the vehicle's wind resistance compared to the.

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National Green Transportation

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The Bonneville Salt Flats is not the only location for land speed record racing. In the eastern U.S. land speed racing is governed by the ECTA (East Coast Timing Association), whose annual meet was held earlier in September.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

GE and Nissan have signed a two-year research collaboration to speed up the development of a reliable, robust smart charging infrastructure to fuel mass market adoption of electric cars such as the Nissan LEAF. GE and Nissan have identified two key focus areas for the research efforts: the first relates to the integration of electric vehicles with homes and buildings; the second looks at electric vehicle charging dynamics and the future impact on the grid once millions of electric cars are on th

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Three cars and crews undertook a trial run of the exciting RAC Future Car Challenge last Saturday (November 5). You may have been lucky enough to see the trial run which included a Toyota Prius, Nissan Leaf and Delta E-4 Coupe as they travelled the 60 mile distance between Brighton and London. Come November, the [.].

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Honda released the bulk of its 2012 Civic range this spring, but one model lagged behind: the Civic Natural Gas, the all-new version of what had been called the Civic GX. As the new name indicates, the 2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas runs solely on compressed natural gas. It's the only natural-gas passenger car currently on sale in the U.S. from a.

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National Green Transportation

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Nissan today announced the all-electric LEAF would be available in new states and, oh by the way, they had sold nearly 7000 of the cars. Take that GM.This matches up with their announcement last July that for.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

The Nikkei reports that the compact hybrid Toyota Motor Corp. plans to launch in January is expected to travel up to nearly 40km on a liter of gasoline (2.5 L/100km, 94 mpg US) under a new Japanese testing standard, which reflects actual driving patterns more closely than its predecessor. This new hybrid will use the same powertrain as the highly popular Prius, helping to hold down development costs.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Small battery packs could offer more social benefits in the near term than large battery packs with longer electric range. That’s the verdict of a new study by Carnegie Mellon University’s Jeremy Michalek, who determined that small battery packs could promote the adoption of hybrid electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, ahead of plug-in [.].

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Volkswagen is one of the few automakers to have consistently produced diesel-powered cars for the U.S. market. In fact, we told you last week that a 1974-1983 diesel VW Rabbit was still one of the most fuel-efficient classic cars you could buy. Its direct descendant -- the 2012 VW Golf TDI Clean Diesel -- is one of the best diesel cars on the.

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National Green Transportation

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

A little over two weeks from now, on Oct 16, 2011, will be "National Plug-in Day" Organized by Plug-in America, the Electric Auto Association and the Sierra Club, it will be a day of awareness.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The DeltaWing. Click to enlarge. Michelin will be the first major technical partner to support the Project 56 DeltaWing prototype car in the 2012 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Michelin has developed a tire solution that pushes the performance envelope and matches the innovative DeltaWing strategy to reduce by half the weight, power, aerodynamic drag, and fuel and tire usage of a Le Mans prototype race car, while delivering the same speed and performance.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

British firm, Air Fuel Synthesis (AFS) is to demonstrate how it is possible to produce liquid fuel using air, water and renewable energy to create a clean fuel suitable for use in combustion cars. The company, chaired by green energy pioneer Tony Marmont, has built a working plant on Teesside in the UK to demonstrate [.].

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Lately it’s become obvious that China -- not the U.S. -- is the place to be if you’re an automaker wanting to develop electric cars. Daimler already has an electric vehicle partnership with chinese company BYD, and more recently General Motors announced it would start developing electric cars in China with its longtime Chinese partner.

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