Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2010

A Porsche Boxster. Click to enlarge. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart is researching and developing all-electric vehicles, with three electric Boxsters to be in testing as part of the Stuttgart Model Region for Electromobility project. The work is in conjunction with the ongoing development of hybrid concepts already in regular production. Through the test process, Porsche intends for the three electric Boxsters to provide an initial insight into new electric drive components and battery s

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Creative Greenius

JULY 27, 2010

The sensationally sustainable Sona Kalapura is bringing the Big Green Bus to Manhattan Beach on August 2 and August 3. The Greenius will be there both days to help support Manhattan Beach’s efforts and get to hang with some of the greenest, smartest and most environmentally hip people I know anywhere. Tags: Saving Energy Sustainability citizen volunteer climate change energy efficiency environment green education recycling renewable energy Big Green Bus Manhattan Beach Sona Kalapura.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 29, 2010

On Tuesday, July 27th, members of the Revenge of the Electric Car crew appeared on a panel for Public Night at the Plug-In 2010 Conference and Exposition to talk about the benefits of “sexy&# electric cars (as Bill Nye “the Science Guy&# calls them) and many of the issues surrounding the adoption of EV, to “change the world,&# as Bill Nye also quotes.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JULY 27, 2010

I need a SUV for work, but feel guilty about the gas mileage. Thinking about buying a used Land Rover and converting it myself. I've seen on the Internet.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2010

On Tuesday, US Senate Majority leader Harry Reid released the “Clean Energy Jobs 5 and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010”—the latest version of the energy bill to emerge from the Senate. Division B of the bill outlines two major transportation-related initiatives to reduce oil consumption and enhance energy security, including up to $3.8 billion in rebates to buyers of natural gas-powered vehicles, from light- to heavy-duty; and $400 million to support the deployment of plug-in vehicles in

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Creative Greenius

JULY 27, 2010

Bravo to Greenpeace for once again cutting to the heart of the matter and showing us the right way to deal with the oil industry today. I admire and respect Greenpeace for actions like these which show more smarts and more courage than anyone in our government does. While our national elected leaders fiddle, delay and obstruct as the planet heads for hell and high water, environmental activists like these Creative Greenius types who belong to Greenpeace are our last best hope for doing the right

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JULY 26, 2010

My charger was not working and my batteries got so low that they do not have enough charge in them to call for the charger to cut on and charge them.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2010

West-side approach to Sea-Tac, showing typical flight path (blue) and RNP flight path (green). Source: Alaska Airlines. Click to enlarge. Alaska Airlines demonstrated next-generation flight procedures this week during a test flight over Puget Sound that burned less fuel and reduced emissions by 35% compared to a conventional landing. The flight was part of Alaska Air Group’s “Greener Skies” project at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) focused on using satellite-based guidance techno

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Creative Greenius

JULY 27, 2010

I don’t need to tell you how tight money is today. The economy may technically be “in recovery,&# but everyone I know has been spending less, cancelling services, delaying big purchases and taking another staycation. Even the banks are playing it frugal, extending little credit and approving few loans. So the new and innovative AB 811 — property assessed clean energy bond program — scheduled to roll out this month, looked like a godsend with its easy-to-get loans for property owners

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 26, 2010

The recent Toyota-Tesla announcement regarding a new generation of RAV4 EVs has sparked interest in the originals, here, in the San Francisco Chronicle. Tags: tesla electric RAV4 RAV4 EV toyota.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 29, 2010

Forgive us our weariness, please. It's only Thursday, but the barrage of news about the two upcoming electric cars that will go on sale for the 2011 model year is wearing us down. Nonetheless, we have manfully pulled ourselves together to bring you the video at the bottom of this piece, in which General Motors explains why it thinks the 2011.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2010

Gevo’s production process. Click to enlarge. Gevo, a privately held renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company ( earlier post) , has successfully produced isobutanol from fermentable sugars derived from cellulosic biomass. The company also successfully converted the cellulosic isobutanol into isobutylene and paraffinic kerosene (jet fuel).

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Creative Greenius

JULY 27, 2010

Last week the Redondo Beach City Council missed a chance to show some creativity or courage when they decided to punt on engaging with AES Southland over the company’s future plans for the big, gray, hulking concrete monolith looming over Harbor Drive and the 52 acres of prime coastal real estate the power plant takes up. Councilman Bill Brand was unsuccessful in requesting that the City investigate a rezoning of the land to phase out its industrial use, with no other member of the Council

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JULY 29, 2010

I have read a bit about the question about the need or non-need for a transmission. Maybe I am still stuck in the gasoline mode, however it would seem.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 27, 2010

The 2011 Chevrolet Volt has been in gestation so long, we've wondered if it ever would become a reality. Now the reality is here. GM announced the price for the 2011 Volt at Plug-In 2010, a conference being held this week in San Jose. The Volt's MSRP will be $41,000, which includes a $720 destination fee. Early estimates had pegged the price at.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2010

Ford anticipates that electrified vehicles—hybrids (HEV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV), and battery-electric vehicles (BEV)—will represent 2-5% of its global fleet by 2015, and then increase rapidly to 10-25% of its global fleet by 2020, said Nancy Gioia, Ford’s Director of Global Electrification, in several talks at Plug-in 2010 in San Jose, California this week.

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All Cars Electric

JULY 30, 2010

Just days after Nissan announced its 8 year, 100,000 mile warranty option for the 2011 Leaf, we've had a chance to do our second test-drive of the week in Nissan's $33,750 electric baby. Earlier this week, Nissan gave us some time behind the wheel of the Leaf in San Jose, California. We had a great time and totally geeked out about the Leaf's.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JULY 28, 2010

Is there a guide to converting a small car to electric, and a complete parts list of the needed hardware? I want to learn how, but I need help to know.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 27, 2010

The automotive world is tilting on its axis, and electric cars are about to become reality. Have you bought in, drunk the Kool-Aid? In other words, are you ready to drive a rechargeable car, something as mind-blowingly, reassuringly all-new as the 2011 Nissan Leaf? If you've hung in there through the spike in gas prices, the global recession and.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2010

Hybrid Owners have the highest interest in PHEVs. Source: EPRI/SCE. Click to enlarge. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Southern California Edison (SCE) designed and implemented a survey to characterize consumers’ perceptions of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and their expectations of their electric utility as a supplier of transportation energy and associated services.

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All Cars Electric

JULY 28, 2010

Here at AllCarsElectric.com we've covered a lot of news featuring the 2011 Nissan Leaf. So much, in fact, that it may be difficult keeping track of them all. What we thought may help is an index page of all of our favorite articles featuring the 2011 Nissan Leaf. Bookmark it in your browser or rss reader, as we'll be updating it every time a new.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JULY 26, 2010

What's the difference between a maintenance free and a deep cell battery? Hi, Jack! Let's see. Maintenance free means it's sealed. Means you don't.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 26, 2010

Electricity and high-performance cars may or may not mix, depending on your frame of reference, but whether you're a Tesla fan or a Formula 1 devotee, it's easy to agree that a hybrid or all-electric Porsche would be a welcome creation for sports car and EV fans alike. Though we've seen several hybrid Porsches already, both production and concept.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2010

Due to what it termed “ strong public interest ” in the Chevrolet Volt, General Motors will increase US production capacity of the Volt by 50%, from 30,000 units to 45,000 units, in 2012. The announcement came as US President Barack Obama toured the Detroit-Hamtramck facility, where the Volt is being produced now for sale later this year. This week, participating Chevrolet dealers in launch markets began taking customer orders for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, following the release of retail and leas

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All Cars Electric

JULY 26, 2010

The big news in green cars today will be the noon release of pricing and ordering information for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, GM's upcoming range-extended compact electric car. But GM had more noteworthy news today, all the way from the other side of the world. General Motors, the company pilloried for "killing the electric car," is going to build a.

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National Green Transportation

JULY 25, 2010

Electric vehicle owners have different recharging needs than owners of gasoline vehicles. Gasoline vehicles can recharge at the convenient gasoline recharging stations, but electric vehicle owners today don't have that convenience.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 30, 2010

There's no better time to make a public announcement than when you have the President of the United States with you. Today,President Barack Obama visited the Detroit-Hamtramck plant where GM is building its 2011 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle. And the company took full advantage of that situation to announce that it would increase.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2010

University of South Florida researchers say they have definitively connected clouds of degraded underwater oil found in the northern Gulf of Mexico to the Deepwater Horizon well (MC252) through Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis (CSIA). Biodegraded oil was found suspended at depths of 400 meters (one-quarter mile) and 1,000-to 1,400-meters (two-thirds to three-quarters of a mile) beneath the Gulf’s surface in the form of microscopic droplets.

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All Cars Electric

JULY 30, 2010

Green conscience and new technology are both laudable, but getting extra money in your back pocket is nice too. Now, after all those years of paying taxes on your hard work, you can finally get some of it back. Consider it a tax refund for buying an electric car. Now that we know the purchase and lease prices of two of the biggest-hitters--the.

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National Green Transportation

JULY 30, 2010

The question in the back of our minds must be, will we spend a bunch of money building EV charging infrastructure, manufacturing plants, building vehicles, and end up having to crush them. Again?

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Green Car Reports

JULY 29, 2010

If you've been to New York City lately, you may have noticed an increasing number of hybrid taxis on the roads: mostly Ford Escape Hybrid SUVs, but also Toyota Camry Hybrid and Nissan Altima Hybrid sedans, and a scattering of others too. It's part of a long-term plan to green the fleet of 14,000 yellow cabs operating in the city, since they rack.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2010

VNews. Amyris Brasil S.A. and the city of São Paulo, Brazil have begun a pilot project in which three urban public bus transport will be supplied with 5% renewable diesel produced from sugarcane feedstock. Three others will be fueled by 100% renewable diesel. Also involved in the trial are Daimler and Petrobras. Amyris Brasil is a majority-owned subsidiary of US-based Amyris Biotechnologies, and was established to support technology scale-up leading toward commercialization of Amyris renewable p

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All Cars Electric

JULY 28, 2010

Coming shortly after the Chevrolet's announcement about the 2011 Volt's 8 year, 100,000-mile battery warranty, GM has now announced the price for their range-extended EV. The Volt's MSRP will be $41,000. GM have also announced the three-year lease price for the Volt. At $350, with a $2,500 down payment, leasing the Volt will set you back only a.

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Green Cars News

JULY 27, 2010

Tuesday 27 July 2010. The Green Piece Column According to a report by business daily The Nikkei (see article), Japan, once the clear leader in the green car race, now needs to learn from its rivals in the USA and China to keep pace with the electric vehicle revolution. It suggests that Japan’s leading automakers [.].

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