Used electric car batteries could provide cheap household power
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 | Eco Factor: Discarded car batteries to store power during off-peak hours. Japanese automaker Nissan believes that owners of electric cars might soon be able to power their homes using discarded electric car batteries. On an average a battery at the ... |
Video: GM releases short clip touting Volt's superiority over other electric vehicles
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 | Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Chevrolet , Green Daily Chevrolet Voltage video - Click above to watch video after the jump Chevrolet Voltage released its latest clip, titled "What makes the Chevrolet Volt a better electric vehicle?", which unsur ... |
New Technology Promises to Cut Cost of Plug-In Hybrids by a Third
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 | AFS Trinity Power Corporation's fast, plug-in hybrid SUV came closer to commercialization today as the company announced it has been awarded an historic patent for its Extreme Hybrid drive train that combines ultracapacitors and other power electron ... |
Obama drives the Volt... all of 10 feet
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 | Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Manufacturing/Plants , Chevrolet , GM , Green Daily During his stop today at the General Motors ' Detroit-Hamtramck facility where the production Chevrolet Volt s will soon roll off the line, President Obama did so ... |
Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid supercar officially headed for production
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 | Eco Factor: Low-emission car powered by a hybrid engine. The Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid supercar that let Porsche buff up its green credentials has officially received the green light for production. Shown for the first time as a concept at this spri ... |
GM will increase Volt production by 50% - to 45,000 units - in 2012
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 | Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Manufacturing/Plants , Chevrolet , GM , Legislation and Policy , USA President Obama toured the General Motors ' Detroit-Hamtramck facility where the automaker will build (can we say "is building" yet?) the Chevrol ... |
Mercedes-Benz introduces new Vito E-Cell van
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 | Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Mercedes Benz Mercedes-Benz Vito E-Cell - Click above for high-res image gallery Mercedes-Benz has just launched series production of its Vito E-Cell van for the European market. The Vito is claimed to be the first electric ... |
Dissent Magneto Sport shape-shifting trike is powered by electric motors
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 | Eco Factor: Zero-emission vehicle powered by a hydrogen/electric hybrid engine. Auto designer Ryan Jacobson believes that the auto industry has spent too much improving conventional technologies to suit the future. With new technologies constantly b ... |
Porsche confirms 2011 launch of Panamera S Hybrid
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 | Filed under: Hybrid , Porsche , Green Daily Porsche Panamera - Click above for high-res image gallery Buried within Porsche's recent announcement regarding its plans to test three electric Boxsters , the company openly confirmed that the launch of t ... |
Coulomb Technologies Unveils First ChargePoint America EV Charging Stations in San Jose
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| Coulomb Technologies has installed its first Networked Charging Station for electric vehicles in San Jose, California from its $37 million ChargePoint America program ( earlier post ). ChargePoint America will offer hundreds of free stations for pub ... |
Seat Flexus concept electric car for future urbanities
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 | Eco Factor: Zero-emission vehicle powered by an electric engine. The urban world of tomorrow not only needs vehicle that are powered by clean energy, but need them to be compact so that they don’t use up much space on the overly crowded highways. Au ... |
Electric Lamborghini Rompighiaccio concept glows green in luxury
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 | Eco Factor: Zero-emission concept car powered by electricity. The Lamborghini Rompighiaccio concept by designer Denis Archambault tries to break the thought that super cars can’t be ecological. The vehicle takes inspiration from the snow sculpts cre ... |
Porsche Board OKs Development of 918 Spyder Plug-in
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| The Supervisory Board of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has approved the development of a production model based on the Porsche 918 Spyder plug-in concept, introduced at the Geneva Auto Show and at Auto China in Beijing earlier this year. ( ... |
Hyundai, Kia electric vehicles to get power from SK Energy's lithium-ion batteries
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 | Eco Factor: SK Energy’s lithium-ion batteries to power upcoming EVs. We have already seen many trendy cars making a breakthrough in the world of EVs and can expect electric cars to dominate the transportation industry in the near future. Keeping thi ... |
Cessna Engineering a 100% Electric Aircraft
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 | Cessna is flying into the future of aviation ahead of their competitors with plans to build and release a 100% electric aircraft. They’ve coupled with Bye Energy, Inc., a company that specializes in all-electric planes, to build an engine for their p ... |
Custombike concept, a two-wheel hybrid muscle car for the road
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 | Eco Factor: Stylish bike concept powered by thermal and electric engine. Stylish, powerful, aesthetically appealing and huge are the words that come to my mind when I think of this muscle hunk. Dubbed the “Custombike concept,” this dazzling bike is ... |
BMW reportedly banned from claiming zero-emissions in ads
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 | Filed under: EV/Plug-in , BMW , Green Daily BMW ActiveE concept - Click above for high-res image gallery BMW's latest advertisement for the its ActiveE electric concept vehicle appears to have crossed the fine line between acceptable and misleading. ... |
Cessna collaborates with Bye Energy to develop electric Skyhawk
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 | Eco Factor: Zero-emission proof-of-concept aircraft to be powered by electric engine. With over 43,000 Skyhawk single-engine airplanes already delivered by Cessna , the company is looking for several improvements in the aircraft, specifically in its ... |
