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Ford is making car parts out of olive trees [video]

Baua Electric

They sourced the olive tree waste from Andalusia, Spain, and combined it with recycled plastic. Your personalized solar quotes are easy to compare online and you’ll get access to unbiased Energy Advisers to help you every step of the way. The prototype parts consisted of 40% olive tree fibers and 60% recycled polypropylene plastic.

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Mercedes-Benz Vans shows pickup truck concepts; market launch in late 2017; diesel V6

Green Car Congress

The double cab has emerged as the dominating body style because it offers room for up to five persons. Production for the European, Australian and South African markets will start at the Nissan plant in Barcelona, Spain, in 2017. The percentage of privately used pickups has been growing steadily for years.

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Perspective: Europeans in the lead with range extenders for hybrid vehicles; 2nd vs. 3rd generation

Green Car Congress

That includes most forklifts, golf cars and mobility vehicles for the disabled plus Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and personal submarines. IDTechEx is producing an event looking at the whole range of electric vehicles. When supplies commence, production will be outsourced to Spain’s Fagor Ederlan Group.

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TomTom extends coverage of real-time traffic products for congestion reduction

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The other countries currently covered are Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. TomTom invented the new category of the PND (personal navigation device) as something being connected.

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A Brief Look at Today's Plug-in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles and the Companies That Are Revolutionizing an Old Industry - Yahoo! Finance

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JD Power estimates that Tesla will sell 500 to 800 cars next year, while Fisker Automotive is expected to sell more than 10,000. [1] Spotlight on Innovations Learn about the latest energy-sector advancements that are poised to impact our future.

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Video Friday: Autonomous Car Drifting, Aerial-Aquatic Drone, and Jet-Powered Robot

Cars That Think

We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. AngGo is a personal mobility device that is suitable for the movement of passengers in huge indoor spaces such as convention centers or airports. Ollero from GRVC Robotics Lab of Seville, Spain.

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