Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2013

In 2013, new geothermal geologic studies or exploration moved forward in places as diverse as American Samoa, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, the United States, and Yemen.

Costa Rica 310

Costa Rica El Salvador Industrial Industry 310

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Nighttime satellite images show that the heart of the continent remains in darkness: electrification rates are less than 5 percent in Chad and the Central African Republic, and the rates remain below 50 percent in such populous countries as Angola, Ethiopia, Mozambique, and Sudan. What does 50 kWh/year deliver?

Central African Republic 93

Central African Republic Sudan Ethiopia Africa 93

Cars That Think

JULY 28, 2022

“Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution,” the eminent geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky wrote in 1973. Of all the populous nations, only Bangladesh, India, Ethiopia, and Nigeria continue to eat very little meat. That goes for the human diet. We are omnivores, not herbivores.

Ethiopia 112

Ethiopia Bangladesh Pakistan Spain 112

Cars That Think

JANUARY 8, 2024

Because hemoglobin in the red blood cells absorbs visible light, Richards-Kortum’s team developed a fiber-optic probe that can produce images of the underlying network of new vessels. Connected on one side is a flexible fiber bundle, just 1 mm in diameter, with a light source and a digital CCD camera inside.

Universal 121

Universal Malawi Kits El Salvador 121

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

For the first time, IEEE members from China, Ethiopia, Hungary, Italy, Panama, and Thailand submitted proposals. The kibandas will use solar energy to power lights, refrigeration units, and security cameras. The committee also for the first time awarded funding for projects in Fiji and Spain. The project received funding from IEEE HAC.

Fiji 89

Fiji Ethiopia Panama Kenya 89

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2012

The latest GFEI research suggests that fuel economy in new light duty vehicles around the world improved between 2005 and 2008 from around 8.1 The Initiative’s new workplan for 2013-15 lays out the challenges which still remain on fuel economy, and outlines the Initiative’s planned response to those challenges.

Fuel Economy 231

Fuel Economy Economy Global Fuel 231