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• Mazda to Participate in Electric Vehicle Test in Japan with the Mazda2 / Demios

  
  Carscoop — Authority: 641
  Mazda has announced that it will take part in a joint project to test electric vehicles in Japan, by providing three Mazda2 / Demio superminis to be converted into EVs and will also assist in determining the vehicle specifications and evaluating the cars performance. Among the companies participating in the project, ...
  7 hours ago

• Hybrids Are Good, but ICE Car Tweaks, Cooking Stoves Better for Curbing Oil Use

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Weve said it before and, because theres a well-written article on the subject in todays Wall Street Journal (subscription required), well say it again: Tweaking regular gasoline-powered cars is likely to curb oil use than plug-in-hybrid and all-electric vehicles for years to come. Raising the average fuel economy of ...
  15 hours ago

• Chevrolet Volt gets driver-activated warning system for the blind

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 161
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  16 hours ago

• Eco Cars: Switch all-electric concept car can morph into a motorbike

  
  Ecofriend — Authority: 129
  Eco Factor: Zero-emission concept vehicle designed to run on rechargeable batteries. With the number of cars on the road on a steep rise, traffic congestion problems are set to increase and by the year 2020, driving a car on a street would nearly be impossible. Whangaparaoa student Harry Henriksen sees a solution ...
  16 hours ago

• Eco Cars: Solar and wind-powered Lamborghini Countach EV offers a self-sufficient ride

  
  Ecofriend — Authority: 129
  Eco Factor: Concept electric car harnesses solar and wind energy for power. Electric cars being developed today are considered great for the environment, since they don’t pollute the atmosphere with harmful gases. However, if electricity generation is taken into consideration, which is mostly produced in ...
  17 hours ago

• Blade Electron Getz-Based EV Passes Australian Crash Testing

  
  The Motor Report: Auto News And Reviews — Authority: 444
  BASED IN CASTLEMAINE, Blade Electric Vehicles retrofits Hyundais Getz with an electric motor. The result is an electric car named the Blade Electron, and more than 20 have been sold so far.Driven by a Lithium-Ion Phosphate powered electric motor, the upfitted Electron offers a primary range of 100 kilometres and can ...
  20 hours ago

• Common Sense Not Required: Idiots Designing Cars + Hybrid Vehicles My Career With Chrysler: Evan Boberg

  
  The Ebooks Review — Authority: 129
  Editorial Reviews Review Boberg’s missive will either have them laughing, crying, or reaching for a gun. — Automotive Design and Production, August 2004Our recommendation …, is to buy the book. It’s inexpensive and eye-opening, and it’s a good read as well. — Allpar.com July 2004 Author Reveals [...]
  1 day ago

• Smart Grid projects pick up huge funding boost

  
  Green cars: latest news — Authority: 484
  The advancement of the US Smart Grid has taken another significant step forward after the US Department of Energy agreed to award $620million to projects across the country aimed at advancing Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. In total, 32 projects will benefit including those focusing on large-scale ...
  1 day ago

• Mercedes and Rolls-Royce to Roll Out Green Luxury Cars?

  
  New articles on eBoom — Authority: 134
  rolls-royce_phantom_tungsten.jpg If you prefer your ride to be sleek, super-sophisticated and ultra-luxurious, you’re in luck! Two automakers may be adding eco-friendly vehicles to their line of luxury in the near future. Mercedes-Benz Vision S 500 Plug-in Hybrid Concept:
  2 days ago

• The Volt’s Blind Taste Test

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Visit link: The Volt’s Blind Taste Test
  2 days ago

• Ford is Retraining Automotive Engineers for Electric Car Work

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 716
  Photo: Courtesy of Ford A Partnership with the University of Detroit Mercy We always hear that electric cars are coming, but someone has to actually design and build the things. There are lots of automotive engineers out there, but only a small portion of them have any experience or training with electric cars. Thats ...
  2 days ago

• Video: Chevrolet Volt will make ‘chirping’ sound to alert blind pedestrians

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 588
  General Motors and the National Federation of the Blind are cooperating are teaming up to identify a safe level of sound to alert pedestrians without sight that a silent-running electric or hybrid vehicle is present. “We are confident electric vehicles can produce a safe and acceptable level of sound to alert blind ...
  2 days ago

• UK firm to develop electric vehicle transmissions

  
  Green cars: latest news — Authority: 484
  A UK-based transmission technology specialist has received a huge boost after it was awarded a project by the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board to develop a high efficiency two-speed transmission for electric vehicles. The project has been awarded to Antonov Plc, in association with Jaguar and MIRA, and ...
  2 days ago

• Green Update–>Quiet Cars, 1 Series Hybrid, Benz Bash, GM, and AMP

  
  The CarGurus Blog — Authority: 134
  Before we get into the techy stuff, a report from Japan claims that hybrids and electrics are too quiet, so the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is considering whether to put beepers on the cars to keep pedestrians safe. The policy would require that when vehicles are running at speeds less than 20 ...
  3 days ago

• Report: Tesla Has a Factory For the Model S

  
  Autopia — Authority: 751
  Tesla Motors is close to finalizing a deal to build the Model S sedan in an old NASA assembly plant in the Los Angeles suburb of Downey, the mayor said. Tesla Motors has for months been searching for a factory in which to build the car. Downey Mayor Mario Guerra told the Long Beach Press-Telegram the city ...
  3 days ago

• Answering Your Questions About the Chevy Volt

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 908
  We asked readers to send us any questions they had about the Chevrolet Volt hybrid car.
  3 days ago

• Low-Carbon Fuel Rules

  
  Tesla Motors Club Forum — Authority: 141
  Technology Review: Low-Carbon Fuel Rules Not sure by which amount, but this should make EVs in California more affordable. Or, if the money goes to the Utilities, give them an incentive to actively support the charging infrastructure, and/or lower the rates for charging. I wonder how exactly this will work. ...
  3 days ago

• Electric motorcycle racing – now that’s where it’s at

  
  CrunchGear — Authority: 796
  We might be seeing the start of a new form of motorsport. Electric motorcycles have really been at the cutting edge of development recently , and it’s going to be really interesting to see exactly what happens. In fact, the governing body of the MotoGP series is in the process of organizing some races. There ...
  3 days ago

• John DeCicco, University of Michigan

  
  Lou Ann Hammond on carlist.com — Authority: 108
  John M. DeCicco Senior Lecturer, University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment Carlist was at an event held by BMW Corporation, where DeCicco talked about CO2 emissions. DeCicco talked about CO2 and had some great slides to illustrate the importance of decreasing CO2 emissions. According to ...
  3 days ago

• Electrification Coalition

  
  Tesla Motors Club Forum — Authority: 141
  Video from the Launch event: Electrification Coalition | Events Quote: Press conference followed by political roundtable moderated by New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman (several videos automatically loading one after the other, each 10 min) CEOs of Nissan, FedEx, Utilities, ...
  3 days ago

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