News tagged with electric hybrid vehicle

Converting cars to all-electric is catching on, but slowly

Does that old Honda in your driveway need a valve job? Transform it with an electric conversion. A team at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh has come up with a kit to make your 2001-2005 Civic a zero-emission battery ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 7

Fuel efficiency tops wish list of new-car buyers

Fuel efficiency was the most important car-purchase factor for 37 percent of those surveyed in the new Consumer Reports National Research Center car-owner survey.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Beijing auto show to unveil cleaner cars

Carmakers at the Beijing auto show are due to unveil scores of clean energy vehicles as they try to convince Chinese customers to swap gas-guzzling SUVs for cleaner but slower and pricier options.

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created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Location key to green benefits of electric vehicles

Apparently, location, location, location is the latest twist on electric vehicles and the environment: Whether an electric car such as the Nissan Leaf protects the atmosphere from greenhouse gases depends on where it's charged, ...

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created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

The most fuel-efficient hybrid and electric cars

Which are the most fuel-efficient hybrid and/or all-electric cars available to consumers today?

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created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Flexible, paper-based supercapacitor could improve performance of hybrid electric vehicles

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists know that using supercapacitors in conjunction with batteries could greatly increase the fuel economy of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) due to the fact that supercapacitors can ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 5 | with audio podcast feature

NREL releases report on testing electric vehicles to optimize their performance with power grids

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have released a technical report that could help improve the performance of electric vehicles (EVs) and the efficiency of the electric ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

With changes, the grid can take it

Over the next two decades, the U.S. electric grid will face unprecedented technological challenges stemming from the growth of distributed and intermittent new energy sources such as solar and wind power, ...

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created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Toyota taking orders in Japan for Prius plug-in

Toyota will begin taking orders Tuesday for the plug-in version of its hit Prius hybrid, announcing efficient mileage and a relatively affordable starting price of 3.2 million yen ($41,000), which comes down with green vehicle ...

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created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds benefits of plug-in vehicles depend on battery size

Thinking about buying a new plug-in vehicle? You may want to check the size of its battery first.

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created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Volt: GM's car of the future?

The Chevrolet Volt is many things: an attention grabber, a potential cure for an oil dependent nation - the list goes on.

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created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (7) | comments 17

GM, LG partner on electric vehicles

General Motors and LG Group will jointly design and engineer electric vehicles, the companies said Thursday.

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created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers improve performance of iron-based catalysts

Having pioneered the development of the first high-performance iron-based catalyst for fuel cells, researchers at INRS recently achieved a second major advance. They developed a new and improved iron-based catalyst capable ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

NHTSA looking to implement new noise enhancement rules for electric vehicles

(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced on July 7, that it plans to implement new regulations requiring electric vehicles to emit some as yet undesignated "noise" to warn ...

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created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

Study predicts L.A. will be a top market for electric vehicles

Los Angeles will be a U.S. leader in the market for electric vehicles, with such vehicles accounting for nearly one out of every 10 automobiles purchased in the city in 2015, according to a new study published by the UCLA Luskin Cent ...

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created May 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0