electric cars posts
Laura Spanjian - Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:53:00 GMT
Meet Laura Spanjian, the new Director of the city’s sustainability office. She has some ambitious goals. Most ambitious, but most important, to Spanjian is getting every Houstonian access to single-stream, curbside-pickup recycling. You may have heard happy tales of those big green bins-on-wheels that ...
Ford Focus to Use New Liquid Cooled/Heated Lithium-Ion Batteries - Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:59:00 GMT
All-New Electric Ford Focus Electric cars are making their move to provide motorists an eco-friendly means of transportation but apparently some fine-tuning is still needed. And among them include the...
Gas Cars Could Get 74 M.P.G. by 2035, Researcher Says - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:16:00 GMT
A new report from a University of Michigan researcher estimates that, even without going electric, U.S. cars and trucks could achieve an average efficiency of 74 miles per gallon by 2035.
Video: Yet another thinly veiled advertisement for the automobile industry - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:56:00 GMT
Hyper2 Editor's Note: Recently we've been accused of carrying water for the auto industry. This fun and interesting video is from our sister blog TFLcar.com, and if you watch the video you'll see immediately that it is indeed a thinly veiled advertisement for a four year old Toyota Prius with 140.6 ...
From Canada To Mexico On 12.4 Gallons Of Diesel - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT
Craig Henderson drove 1,478 miles from from Blaine, Washington to Mexico without stopping to refuel, burning just 12.4 gallons of diesel for a stunning 119.1 mpg. And he did it in a car he originally designed in 1984. Henderson rolled into Chula Vista, California, at the wheel of the Avion four days ...
1965 Pontiac Grand Prix 2 door Hard Top--389--Collector Car----------- (SCAMARTIST BEWARE) - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:04:00 GMT
Just a Tip not to deal with this guy selling this grandprix and other cars out of the burnaby area. He Is a game player and a time waster. He will make deals and back out. Dean is his name. Just a warning to all he is a scammer and truly a craigslist flake. ------------------------------------------- ...
China’s Monopoly On 17 Key Elements Sets Stage For Supply Crisis - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:23:00 GMT
http://www.lockergnome.com/news/2010/09/02/chinas-monopoly-on-17-key-elements-sets-stage-for-supply-crisis/ There should be an image here! China’s monopoly on the global supply of elements critical for production of computer hard disc drives, hybrid-electric cars, military weapons, ...
Electric Beetle making its way across Canada - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:47:00 GMT
MONTREAL — Ricky Gu helped turn a relic of a past automotive age into a symbol of the future of cars.He brought the creation — a 1972 Volkswagen Beetle rebuilt to run only on electricity — to Mo...
Report: Lotus bringing a pair of front-engine hybrids to Paris Motor Show - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:00:00 GMT
Filed under: , , Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery In addition to the pair of Evoras being introduced at this year's Paris Motor Show, Lotus will also be unveiling two front-engine hybrid vehicles, in keeping with the automaker's promise to offer ...
Assessing the potential demand for electric cars - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:36:00 GMT
Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 17, No. 1. (September 1981), pp. 1-19. An ordered logit specification for use on ranked individual data is used to analyze survey data on potential consumer demand for electric cars. In many situations in economics and marketing we would like to be able ...
Two-Wheeled Zerotracer EV Is a Wild Ride - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:07:00 GMT
We’re jealous of the folks who get to drive the Zerotracer. It’s a sporty two-seat enclosed motorcycle that weighs less than 1,400 lbs, can do 0-100 km/hr (62 mph) in less than 4.5 seconds and has a top speed of 150 mph. The Oerlikon Solar Zerotracer is among the cool zero-emission vehicles competing ...
David Suzuki: Our Obsession With Private Automobiles is Unsustainable - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:48:00 GMT
david suzuki cars photo parking lot bitefight via Torontoist Quote of the Day from David Suzuki in the Georgia Strait: Technological developments (such as electric cars etc.) are welcome, but maybe it's time we started rethinking our car culture as whole. The average car in ...
Electric cars will have fewer gadgets -- here's why - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:00:00 GMT
Texting while driving: Just the beginning of the distractions. (Flickr/Jason Weaver)
Range Anxiety® - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:57:00 GMT
People have a lot of fears with electric cars/extended range electric cars. Will the government subsidies distort the market? Can manufacturers be able to sell them profitably? Are they really that environmentally sound? But the one which gets everyone is “range anxiety”. ...
G.M. Is Trying to Corner the Market on 'Range Anxiety' - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:34:00 GMT
General Motors, which is making the Chevrolet Volt, is trying to trademark the expression "range anxiety."
Car-sharing: Wheels when you need them - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:46:00 GMT
Renting cars by the hour is becoming big business CAR clubs, whose members pay an annual fee and then rent a car by the hour on a pay-as-you-go basis, are moving from a fringe fad for greens to a big global business. Carmakers have no choice but to pay attention: one rental car can take the ...
The Future of Electronic Power Processing and Conversion - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:46:00 GMT
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics In Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on, Vol. 20, No. 3. (May 2005), pp. 715-720. At a workshop held on the Aeolian Islands in Sicily during May 2004 a group of academic and industry engineers from all over the world discussed the medium-and long-term future ...
Am I going to get electrocuted? - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:31:00 GMT
In order to coax my wife into some cold weather camping I'm toying with the idea of running a low voltage electric blanket in my swag. Anyone tried the 12 volt electric blankets? ( plenty on US ebay) $30 for a blanket is a lot more attractive than coughing up for a better swag. Somehow ...
China's Monopoly on Key Materials Could Send the US into A State of Crisis - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:29:00 GMT
China's monopoly on the global supply of elements critical for production of computer hard disc drives, hybrid-electric cars, military weapons, and other key products - and its increasingly strict lim...
Celebrating Diversity Minus America (Beaverton, Ore celebrates Mex Independence but not July 4) - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:48:00 GMT
Celebrating Diversity Minus America By vrajavala Beaverton, Oregon is a well-to-do small town,just about 7 miles from Portland. It is the home of the Nike shoes industry. It&##x27;s about 76.1% Caucasian (non-Hispanic, 13.8 % Hispanic, 12.6% Asian, 8.9% some other race, 3.1% Black, 2.1% American ...