News tagged with fuel consumption
Toshiba launches portable fuel-cell for mobiles
(PhysOrg.com) -- For people fed up with their mobile telephone or iPod batteries running out, Japan's Toshiba Corp. announced Thursday the launch of a portable fuel-cell that can power up digital gadgets on ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 22, 2009 |
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UM Professor: Consumers 'key part of solution' to global warming
(PhysOrg.com) -- Consumers can have a major impact on the world’s efforts to reduce global warming, a major report has concluded.
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team unveils its new set of wheels
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Penn State engineering students recently took delivery of a 2009 Saturn Vue that will be used in an advanced vehicle technology engineering contest sponsored by the Department of Energy and General ...
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Clemson researchers study energy savings with electric cars and IntelliDrive technology
Clemson University researchers have been awarded a $470,000 National Science Foundation grant to study making plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) more efficient to reduce fossil fuel use.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Light electric motor spins out
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new Oxford University spin-out company, Oxford Yasa Motors, has been set up to commercialise lightweight electric motors developed at the Department of Engineering Science. The new technology ...
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Green but costly, hybrid buses far from mass production
Fuel-efficient and environmentally-friendly, hybrid buses starred at a public transportation congress in Vienna this week, but they still face a long road before becoming cost-effective on a mass scale.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 09, 2009 |
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New hull coatings for Navy ships cut fuel use, protect environment (w/Video)
New hull coatings being developed by the Office of Naval Research are showing promise in reducing the build-up of marine crustaceans - namely barnacles - on ships' hulls, optimizing vessel performance and dramatically reducing ...
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Non-toxic hull coating resists barnacles, may save ship owners millions
North Carolina State University engineers have created a non-toxic "wrinkled" coating for use on ship hulls that resisted buildup of troublesome barnacles during 18 months of seawater tests, a finding that could ultimately ...
May 28, 2009 |
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Obama to unveil dramatic new auto emissions standards
A new front in the battle against climate change will open Tuesday, when President Barack Obama unveils sweeping new auto regulations described as equivalent to taking 177 million cars off the road.
May 19, 2009 |
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Nanofarming technology harvest biofuel oils without harming algae
Algae is widely touted as the next best source for fueling the world's energy needs. But one of the greatest challenges in creating biofuels from algae is that when you extract the oil from the algae, it kills ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Saving energy and the environment with Flywheels
ECE researcher, Dr. Mark Flynn's high-speed flywheel motor controller is reducing fuel consumption and harmful emissions at ports throughout the world. Flynn's design has been incorporated into energy storage systems used ...
Apr 07, 2009 |
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New rocket aims for cheaper nudges in space: Plasma thruster is small, runs on inexpensive gases (Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Satellites orbiting the Earth must occasionally be nudged to stay on the correct path. MIT scientists are developing a new rocket that could make this and other spacecraft maneuvers much less ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Saving on fuel and safeguarding the environment with smart driving
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new system is using satellite navigation data to help car drivers develop smart, smooth and safe driving techniques that can help save an average of 15-25% in fuel, as well as contribute ...
Feb 16, 2009 |
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Mass production micro-hybrid technology set to cut emissions and fuel use in cars
The EUREKA (Belgium) i-StARS project is developing a compact, fully integrated and low-cost start-stop system for cars to replace conventional alternators in mass production. This second-generation starter alternator reversible ...
Jan 15, 2009 |
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