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Honda to Reintroduce Civic Hybrid in 2024

Green Fleet Magazine

Honda announced that 2025 Civic hybrid production will start with the sedan in Canada, followed by the hatchback in Indiana; a two-motor hybrid electric system made in Ohio.

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Artisanal Cement Tiles Inspired by Modernist Homes

Baua Electric

If Indiana Jones took a turn toward the elegant and developed an obsession with textiles, he might be a bit like Louis Barthélemy, the French illustrator and designer who travels to Africa and the Middle East to work with weavers and craftspeople who are skilled in traditional techniques. You talk to any designer or architect in L.A.

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CAR report quantifies automotive’s position as a leading high-tech industry

Green Car Congress

Source: Booz & Company “Global Innovation”; Battelle R&D Magazine; Center for Automotive Research 2012. Within Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio alone, there are more than 350 higher education institutions offering programs related to engineering, designing, producing and maintaining automobiles. Click to enlarge.

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James Wimshurst’s Electrostatic Immortality

Cars That Think

In volume 17 of Make magazine (2009), the steampunk enthusiast known as Jake von Slatt described how to build a Wimshurst machine. They’re still used in schools and science museums to demonstrate the basics of electricity. You can also build your own device with items from a hardware store.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. This company is not stupid." ( NY Times Magazine ) 2/16/07 In an interview with BusinessWeek on Feb. The largest category: 39% want PHEVs. Hell, yes," he says.

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