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Will the Nissan Leaf Battery Deliver All It Promises?
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2011 Mustang Certified at 31 MPG, First 300+ HP Car To Do So
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2011 Mustang Certified at 31 MPG, First 300+ HP Car To Do So
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iPhone App Aids Electric Vehicle Charging
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New car CO2 cut by biggest ever margin Average new car CO2 emissions fell by their biggest ever margin last year with the impact of recession and the Scrappage Incentive Scheme boosting the continued influence of technological advances made by vehicle manufacturers, according to the annual New Car CO2 Report released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The average new car sold in the UK in 2009 emitted .....
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Toyota's hydrogen cars come to Europe Toyota has become a new international auto partner of the Clean Energy Partnership, adding impetus to CEP's programme of advancing sustainable mobility through the development of hydrogen filling stations and a fuel supply network in Germany. CEP's activities are supported by the German Government, which is investing around €2 billion to support the development of hydrogen fuel cell and .....
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Take the Car Buyer Survey and win £250 A new Car Buyer Survey is launched today to identify what information is most useful to consumers when buying a new car. The independent Car Buyer Survey is not a marketing survey. The findings will be used to inform UK Government and EU policy. To participate in the survey, you must: EITHER have purchased a new/nearly-new car (up to 2 years old) within the last 12 months, OR be a car owne.....
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New EcoDynamics Kia cee’d diesel To showcase its 'EcoDynamics' range of fuel-saving vehicles, Kia Motors is revealing an 'ultra-low' CO2 version of its popular cee'd at the Geneva Motor Show. The new model achieves a significant 11% reduction in emissions - down to just 98 g/km, compared with 110 g/km for the current lowest emission cee'd. The five-door hatchback is powered by Kia's new 'U2' family 1.6-litre dies.....
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Auris hybrid sets new MPG benchmark Ahead of the official unveiling of the Auris HSD at the Geneva motor show this week, Toyota can announce its new, British-built model will deliver class-leading CO2 emissions of just 89g/km and official combined cycle fuel consumption of 74.3mpg. These figures reinforce the position of Auris HSD as a standard-bearer for Toyota's product strategy, being the first of its core models to be offer.....
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Transonic combustion improves gas engine efficiency Over 50% Conventional gasoline engines are terribly inefficient things. Only 13% of the energy of the fuel actually moves the car. 62% is lost in the engine as waste heat, and driveline losses, accessories, and idling also reduce the efficiency. Transonic Combustion is planning to build automobile engines with improved efficiency obtained through heating and pressurizing gasoline before injecting it into the combustion chamber. "This puts it into a sup..
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Eight questions for Sue Cischke, the highest ranking woman in the automotive industry (Photo: Ford) The Daily Green recently had the chance to interview Sue Cischke by phone from her office in Dearborn, Mich. The 54-year-old Vice President for Sustainability, Environment, and Safety Engineering is, according to her employer, Ford, the highest ranking woman in the automotive industry.You are Ford's VP for Sustainability, Environment, and Safety Engineering, and you've been leading the company's environmental efforts since 2..
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Toyota denies "ghost in the machine," while reports of post-recall fix sudden acceleration pour in Dr. Shukri Souri of Exponent: Explaining the Toyota pedal issues on Monday. (Photo: Toyota ) From a public relations point of view, this one is for the record books. Just after Toyota staged a lavish webcast to try and put sudden acceleration behind it, a Prius ran wild to 90 mph on a California highway, resulting in sensational coverage on every website, TV station and newspaper in America. But the real story was a bit more subtle: The 2008..
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Road transportation is the greatest culprit in global warming A new study from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies has identified on-road transportation as the most significant overall source contributing to global warming. Power generation, while having the greatest total impact, also includes a large number of compounds that increase cloud reflectivity and provide other effects to offset some of the warming they are responsible for. In the study, rather than looking at specific chemicals and comp..
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The five best used cars under $10,000 Consumer Reports's latest car issue lists the most reliable fuel-efficient used cars on the market. That reminds us that for fuel efficiency, for "sticker" price, and often for reliability, used cars are a better value than new cars, even the most fuel-efficient models. Of course, as Consumer Reports notes, even used cars can cost upwards of $20,000 -- not exactly cheap, especially since you can get at least seven fuel-efficient 2010 cars for und..
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A Groovy Green Reader Gives Up Her Car [ed note:] This post was sent to us by Tammy Roberts, from West Yorkshire, UK: I’M GIVING UP MY CAR I didn’t learn to drive until I was 30.  Up until that point, I hadn’t seen the point of having a car or even having the ability to drive, as public transport was convenient enough.  However, 2 [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "A Groovy Green Reader Gives Up Her Car", url: "http://www.groovygreen.com/groove/p=4056" });..
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Buying An Electric Car? You Might Want To Order Your Charging Station Now. 2010 will most likely go down as the year electric cars were (once again) made available to the public through Big Auto. Both Nissan and Chevy have plans to release the Leaf and Volt respectively — and both focus on getting energy from being plugged in. (Although the Volt can charge its battery utilizing its [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Buying An Electric Car You Might Want To Order Your Charging Station Now.", url: "http://www.groovy..
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The Bike Hearse: Your Green Trip To The Afterlife How’s this for a unique and eco-friendly way to get from the funeral home to your final resting place Wade Lind, owner of Sunset Hills Cemetery in Eugene, Oregon came up with the “bike hearst” as an option for those really looking to limit their impact once they’ve passed on. Let’s hope there aren’t many [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Bike Hearse: Your Green Trip To The Afterlife", url: "http://www.groo..
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Review: IZIP Enlightened Hybrid-Electric Bike Makes For A Great Suit-Commute It’s been several months now since I’ve had the opportunity to test out the iZip Enlightened hybrid-electric bicycle — and the enthusiasm present with my first impressions has certainly not waned. As I mentioned earlier, living in Ithaca, NY means having to negotiate several steep inclines to get to work. Most bikers around here either find [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Review: IZIP Enlightened Hybrid-Electric Bike Makes Fo..
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IZIP Trekking Enlightened Hybrid-Electric Bike: First Impressions If you’ve ever lived in or visited Ithaca, NY your probably familiar with the phrase “Ithaca is gorges”. It’s a funny little saying that gives a good indication of the region’s topography — hills, hills, and steeper hills. In fact, the inclines we have around here would make even Lance Armstrong break a sweat. So, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "IZIP Trekking Enlightened Hybrid-Electric Bike: First Impressio..
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Chevy Volt undergoes suspension durability test in new video Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet Chevy Volt suspension testing - Click above to watch the video after the jump Right now, no amount of baksheesh will get you behind the wheel of the Chevrolet Volt. Still, some people are getting paid to do exactly that. Oh, and they're having a lot of fun doing it, too, from the looks of a new video from Chevrolet VoltAge. The people we're talking about are GM employees like Murray Butler IV, who appe..
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Report: Chrysler reconsidering light-duty diesel for Ram Filed under: Diesel, Chrysler, Dodge During last summer's bankruptcy proceedings, New Chrysler chose not to pick up the contract it had previously entered with Cummins to procure light-duty diesel engines for its line of Ram pickup trucks. At a rumored 5.0 liters, this powerplant would be somewhat less powerful but likely less expensive and more fuel efficient than Dodge's larger 6.7-liter inline six diesel, also supplied by Cummins. Now, thoug..
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Ingreenuity is Poet's way to make ethanol more environmentally friendly Filed under: Ethanol, Manufacturing/PlantsEthanol company Poet (formerly Broin) today announced something called Ingreenuity, a "new initiative to enhance the environmental performance of ethanol." The first step in the process is to decrease the amount of water it takes to make the biofuel down to 2.33 gallons per gallon of ethanol, a 22 percent reduction compared to today's water usage rates. Instituting this reduction, called the Total Water R..
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Tesla Motors battery pack goes to work... in a walk-in van Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors, USA, Daimler Freightliner Custom Chassis walk-in van - Click above for high-res image gallery That Daimler deal with Tesla Motors is defying early skepticism and starting to bear fruit in the shape of a boxy walk-in-van (WIV). The all-electric truck chassis we told you their subsidiary Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) was developing with Enova Systems just made its debut in pre-production form..
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Report: Japan's fuel cell market could grow 99-fold by 2025 Filed under: Hydrogen, Green Daily, Japan The Big Japanese Three automakers are all working on fuel cell vehicles. This is no surprise, especially to anyone who remembers that, between 1998 and 2004, two out of every three fuel cell patent applications were filed by Japanese companies. What might be a surprise is how big the domestic fuel cell market there might be in fifteen years. Japan Today reports that the Fuji-Keizai Group research firm ..
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A Groovy Green Reader Gives Up Her Car [ed note:] This post was sent to us by Tammy Roberts, from West Yorkshire, UK: I’M GIVING UP MY CAR I didn’t learn to drive until I was 30.  Up until that point, I hadn’t seen the point of having a car or even having the ability to drive, as public transport was convenient enough.  However, 2 [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "A Groovy Green Reader Gives Up Her Car", url: "http://www.groovygreen.com/groove/p=4056" });..
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Buying An Electric Car? You Might Want To Order Your Charging Station Now. 2010 will most likely go down as the year electric cars were (once again) made available to the public through Big Auto. Both Nissan and Chevy have plans to release the Leaf and Volt respectively — and both focus on getting energy from being plugged in. (Although the Volt can charge its battery utilizing its [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Buying An Electric Car You Might Want To Order Your Charging Station Now.", url: "http://www.groovy..
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The Bike Hearse: Your Green Trip To The Afterlife How’s this for a unique and eco-friendly way to get from the funeral home to your final resting place Wade Lind, owner of Sunset Hills Cemetery in Eugene, Oregon came up with the “bike hearst” as an option for those really looking to limit their impact once they’ve passed on. Let’s hope there aren’t many [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Bike Hearse: Your Green Trip To The Afterlife", url: "http://www.groo..
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Review: IZIP Enlightened Hybrid-Electric Bike Makes For A Great Suit-Commute It’s been several months now since I’ve had the opportunity to test out the iZip Enlightened hybrid-electric bicycle — and the enthusiasm present with my first impressions has certainly not waned. As I mentioned earlier, living in Ithaca, NY means having to negotiate several steep inclines to get to work. Most bikers around here either find [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Review: IZIP Enlightened Hybrid-Electric Bike Makes Fo..
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IZIP Trekking Enlightened Hybrid-Electric Bike: First Impressions If you’ve ever lived in or visited Ithaca, NY your probably familiar with the phrase “Ithaca is gorges”. It’s a funny little saying that gives a good indication of the region’s topography — hills, hills, and steeper hills. In fact, the inclines we have around here would make even Lance Armstrong break a sweat. So, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "IZIP Trekking Enlightened Hybrid-Electric Bike: First Impressio..
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Richard Branson Aims to Rock the Boat for Green Shipping The billionaire's new NGO, Carbon War Room, puts the global shipping industry's massive carbon footprint under the spotlight, and spread the word about simple ways to shrink its impact...
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How to Embed Sustainability Into Your Company's DNA "The 21st Century Corporation: The Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability" makes the business case for why companies should be rethinking their corporate structures, processes and performance, while also offering advice and case studies of how companies are putting these practices to work...
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NASA's Latest 'Launch' Focuses on Water Sustainability NASA will conduct its first-ever water sustainability forum next week at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and is singling out 10 firms from around the world to showcase innovative solutions to water management...
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The Evolution of Innovative Green Brands As consumers, we define ourselves by the brands we keep. We believe in them, yet they seldom give us new reasons to do so. But that's changing now as we find ourselves in the early stages of a new industrial revolution...
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Inside Cisco's Sustainable Packaging Project This slideshow from Cisco Systems outlines some of the steps the company has taken to save $24 million per year as part of its sustainable packaging pilot...
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Ford’s New Super Duty Diesel Pickup Is Its Cleanest Ever If you don’t like big trucks loaded with torque, you should just stop reading now. But if you’re like me, you love you some torque and towing capacity. The 2011 Ford Super Duty truck has best in class towing capacity and payload hauling, as well as two new engines; a 6.2 liter gas engine good for 405 horsepower and 385 ft-lbs of torque, and a new Powerstroke diesel that makes 390 horsepower and a mammoth 735 ft-lbs of torque. Even mo..
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Fisker Says It Could Build 100,000 Electric Cars Annually At Delaware Plant Fisker Automotive is one of the electric car hopefuls that has won many of us over with their sleek, sexy visions of what an electric car should look like. The company has received hundreds of millions in government funding, and recently acquired an old GM plant in Delaware which they are retooling to produce their Karma plug-in sedan and an as-of-yet unnamed, “lower cost” sedan. During a recent presentation at the New Castle Chamber..
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Braille Batteries Enter American Le Mans Racing Series If you really want to see the future of everyday transportation, you have to look no farther than the racing series happening right around the corner. As much for entertainment and competition as it is a testbed for new technology, the highly competitive nature of racing forces engineers and manufacturers to put their best foot forward if they hope to stand out (and beat!) the rest of the crowd. The American Le Mans Series is one of my favorite ..
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GM Exec Admits Volt is Stepping Stone to All-Electric Cars As we’ve talked about on these pages before, the battle for the hearts and minds of the next generation of car purchasers is starting. By the end of the year many major auto manufacturers will have some kind of electric vehicle for sale on the mass market and by 2014, nearly all major manufacturers have plans to introduce at least one electric car. In these early stages, carmakers have chosen several different paths, some opting to go for ..
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Reading Tea Leaves: Future Biofuels in the Bottom of a Cup? Here in the US, tea is essentially a niche product, falling way behind coffee in terms of popularity. But in places like the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, tea far surpasses coffee as a national past time. In 2008 alone, the world production of black tea was more than 3.8 million tons. Typically, all those spent tea leaves and remaining liquid are tossed out with the trash, but now two Pakistani researchers have decided to tackle what they perce..
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Robert Llewellyn's Gearless Update: Reviewing the MiEV and Much More (Video) Image credit: Gearless I was quite excited the other day to learn about Robert Llewellyn's Gearless show in which he will be driving and reviewing a Mitsubishi MiEV over the course of an entire year. (Robert previously filmed a test drive of the MiEV for his carpool show.) But I wasn't entirely clear on what exactly he will be doing to fill up the entire year. In the video b... Read the full story on TreeHugger..
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Riding in New York with Village Voice Columnist Michael Musto (Video) "Nobody used to ride a bike in New York, but now it's becoming mainstream" Our friend Clarence at Streetfilms rode around NYC with Village Voice entertainment columnist Read the full story on TreeHugger..
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Test Driving Volkswagen's First Hybrid Vehicle: The 2011 Touareg Photo via MotorTrend VW's 2011 Touareg Hybrid The 2010 Geneva Motor Show was filled with so many splashy auto announcements--Porsche's first ever plug-in hybrid, a new Aud... Read the full story on TreeHugger..
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Long Wait for the Bus? Budget Cuts Could Be the Reason Image credit: Good Times are tough for everyone—including municipal governments. One are that has suffered from diminished budgets is public transport. Across the country, transit workers are losing their jobs, making it that much harder to maintain the systems and schedules. Though there are some signs of economic recovery, more public transit jobs are expected to be lost before things get better.... Read the full story on TreeHugger..
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The Port of NY/NJ Will Replace Dirty Old Diesel Trucks to Slash Air Pollution Photo: Public domain Other Truck Fleets, Pay Attention Did you know that replacing a pre-1994 diesel truck (or at least the engine) with a 2004-2006 model could cut soot pollution by about 2/3, and reduce smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions by more than half Post 2007 diesel trucks are even better, with a reduction of soot particles by about 95% and NOx by at least 3/4. That's a pretty big difference (though it doesn't solve CO2 emissi..
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Will the Nissan Leaf Battery Deliver All It Promises? The Nissan Leaf electric vehicle is set to be released in a few months, with Nissan pushing it ahead of their original 2011 release date, and even ahead of the official release of the Chevy Volt in November. Some industry insiders are wondering whether Nissan has cut a few corners in order to get [...]..
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Google Maps Adds Biking Directions for 150 US Cities Attention cyclists across the US: the wait for decent biking directions is over! Google Maps users can finally get biking directions along with walking, driving, and public transportation directions. Best of all, the new feature takes into account hills, bike lanes, and even busy intersections when calculating routes. Read the rest of Google Maps Adds Biking [...]..
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Transonic Combustion’s Super-Efficient Gas Engine Gets 98 MPG Eventually, we’d like to think that everyone will be driving around in all-electric cars. But in the meantime, it’s important to develop efficient gas engine technology. That’s where a new system from Transonic Combustion comes in. The California-based startup has developed a fuel-injection system that can improve the efficiency of gasoline engines by 50%. Read the [...]..
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TAILPIPE POWER: Nanotube Thermocells Harvest Energy From Car Exhaust Harvesting wasted energy from unexpected places is one of our favorite topics at Inhabitat, however one of the last places we’d look for a “clean” energy source is the tailpipe of a car. Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have announced that they are working on a new type of carbon nanotube thermocell [...]..
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Amusement Park Powers EVs Using Electric Toothbrush Technology Last year, we watched as Korea’s Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) developed a new kind of electric vehicle that relies entirely on power from cables buried beneath the road–no outside recharging required. Now the system has been unveiled in its first real-world test location: the Seoul Grand Park amusement park in southern Seoul. Read [...]..
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