News tagged with energy vehicles
Electric-powered van to make trans-Africa trip
An electric-powered van launched a trip Thursday to cross eastern and southern Africa, in an expedition designed to showcase the endurance of the vehicles and promote green energy use.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 10, 2012 |
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Electric mass mobility for urban environments
Electric vehicles powered by electricity from renewable energy sources are an attractive option for mobility within the urban area and beyond. However, previous approaches lead to vehicles that either are ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 02, 2012 |
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Mechanical motion rectifier leads to better energy harvesting
(Phys.org) -- Mechanical energy is all around us, whether in the form of a vehicle's vibrations, ocean waves, or vibrating train tracks. However, much of this energy is irregular and oscillatory - for example, road bumps ...
Apr 25, 2012 |
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China's dream of electric car leadership elusive
(AP) -- China's leaders are finding it's a lot tougher to create a world-beating electric car industry than they hoped.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 24, 2012 |
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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.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Clean energy could lead to scarce materials
As the world moves toward greater use of low-carbon and zero-carbon energy sources, a possible bottleneck looms, according to a new MIT study: the supply of certain metals needed for key clean-energy technologies.
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Listening to the radio even with an electric drive
To enable radio reception in electric vehicles, manufacturers must install filters and insulate cables, since electrical signals will otherwise interfere with music and speech transmissions. Now, using new ...
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Cheap natural gas makes inroads as US vehicle fuel
Natural gas, whose price is at record lows thanks to a shale drilling boom, is gaining traction as an alternative energy in the United States, with automakers jumping on the bandwagon.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Calif. settlement will fund car charging network
(AP) -- An energy company accused of artificially inflating the cost of electricity, leading to California's power crisis a decade ago, agreed to pay a $120 million settlement that will fund 10,000 electric car charging ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 23, 2012 |
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Hydrogen power in real life
Since 2009, a hydrogen powered street cleaning vehicle has been undergoing testing on the streets. The project is intended to take hydrogen drives out of the laboratory in order to gain experience on using ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Portable chargers, boosters to ease green car woes
Chevrolet Europe's president Susan Doherty drives to work every day in an electric car, and thanks to a recharging station at work, she never worries about running out of power.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 11, 2012 |
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New method to examine batteries -- MRI from the inside
There is an ever-increasing need for advanced batteries for portable electronics, such as phones, cameras, and music players, but also to power electric vehicles and to facilitate the distribution and storage of energy derived ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Feb 12, 2012 |
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China's drive for 'green' cars hits roadblocks
Foreign and domestic car makers are struggling to sell environmentally friendly vehicles in China, the world's largest auto market, even as Beijing pumps billions into clean energy.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Powering electric vehicles with sunlight
The Riverside area will become a leader in powering electric vehicles from the sun under a $2 million award to the Center for Environmental Research and Technology at the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Karma hybrid car offers earth-friendly luxury
Technology lovers stopped and stared as the world's first high-performance hybrid luxury sedan glided silently down a street outside the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 12, 2012 |
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