News tagged with carbon motors

Puffin: the one-person electric aircraft (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA engineers have designed an extremely quiet one-person electrically powered aircraft that can hover like a helicopter and fly like a plane. The “Puffin” launches from an upright position ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 22, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (37) | comments 25 | with audio podcast report

Foldable robot scooter wows at Tokyo Motor Show

A foldable robot scooter controlled by a smart phone wowed visitors to the Tokyo Motor Show on Thursday as its makers unveiled what they hope will be the future of urban driving.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Yamaha unveils zero-emission electric motor scooter

Japan's Yamaha Motor unveiled on Wednesday a zero-emission electric motor scooter for city use that it said could travel five times farther than a gasoline model for the same cost.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 14, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 21

Honda beats Toyota to a sporty hybrid for US market

Honda unveiled a sporty new hybrid vehicle that will land in US showrooms this summer -- at least two years ahead of a similar prototype introduced by rival Toyota.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 12, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (10) | comments 5

Molecular freight: Synthetic nanoscale transport system modeled on nature

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just like our roads, there is a lot of traffic within the cells in our bodies, because cell components, messenger molecules, and enzymes must also be brought to the right places in the cell. One of these ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

New aerosol observing technique turns gray skies to blue (w/Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny, ubiquitous particles in the atmosphere may play a profound role in regulating global climate. But the scientists who study these particles -- called aerosols -- have long struggled to ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Designing the World’s First 'Purpose-Built' Law Enforcement Vehicle

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Georgia Tech Research Institute’s (GTRI) expertise in human-factors issues helped an Atlanta-based startup company create the world’s first vehicle designed specifically to meet the patrol ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Toyota's hybrid sales top 3 million units

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) said Tuesday it had sold more than three million hybrid vehicles, a key pillar of its earnings, thanks to the global popularity of the Prius model.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Powerful sportscars revived at Geneva Motor Show

Forget the people carrier and electric runabout: with the economic crisis over, the low, sleek and powerful supercar regained its place at the Geneva Motor Show, which opens to the public on Thursday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 04, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Toyota plant in Australia to build greener engines

(AP) -- Toyota will build a 300 million Australian dollars ($277 million) plant in Melbourne that will produce greener engines that deliver reduced carbon emissions, the company said Friday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hyundai-Kia's 3.28 bln dlr 'green' project plans

South Korea's Hyundai Motor and its affiliate Kia Motors Wednesday announced plans to invest 4.1 trillion won (3.28 billion dollars) by end-2013 to develop fuel-efficient cars and cut carbon emissions.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1