News tagged with hybridization
Nissan says to sell Leaf electric car for under 30,000 euros
Japanese carmaker Nissan announced on Monday that the company's Leaf electric car will be sold in Europe for under 30,000 euros (37,105 dollars) after various government incentives.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 17, 2010 |
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Engineering Students Bring Home Trophy In Hybrid Vehicle Competition
Building a Formula Hybrid race car from scratch made for a whirlwind spring semester for eight students at the Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering. Little did they know that their efforts ...
May 14, 2010 |
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Telekom Austria turns phone boxes into car recharging stations
If you've run out of juice for your environmentally friendly electric car, a recharge may be only a phone call away, literally, under a new scheme unveiled by Telekom Austria here Tuesday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 04, 2010 |
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Lower wages, lack of job opportunities means more Americans delaying 'adulthood'
Despite living in an age of iPads and hybrid cars, young Americans are more like the young adults of the early 1900s than the baby boom generation: They are living at home longer, are financially insecure and are making lower ...
Apr 27, 2010 |
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Japan to launch 'space yacht' propelled by solar particles (Update)
Japan is to launch a "space yacht" propelled by solar particles that bounce off its kite-shaped sails, the country's space agency said Tuesday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 27, 2010 |
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Is There a Micro-Supercapacitor in Your Future? Don't Bet Against It
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Berkeley Lab scientist was a key member of a team that developed a unique new technique for integrating high performance micro-sized supercapacitors into a variety of portable electronic ...
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Argonne helps the grid get smart
President Barack Obama has called for one million plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) to hit the road by 2015. If the demand for PHEVs skyrockets, a flood of new electric cars could strain America’s power ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 25, 2010 |
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The world's fastest supersonic car's lift problem fixed
Engineers designing the world's fastest car believe they have found a solution to stop the car taking-off.
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Sanyo sets up solar parking lots for electric bikes
Japanese electronics giant Sanyo said Tuesday it had opened two "solar parking lots" in Tokyo where 100 electric hybrid bicycles can be recharged from sunlight-powered panels.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 16, 2010 |
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Japan auto, power giants target global electric car standard
Four Japanese auto giants and the country's largest power company joined forces Monday to set up a common system to recharge electric cars, with the aim of creating a global standard.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Electric avenue: Electric cars on a two-way street?
Think of it as the end of cars' slacker days: No more sitting idle for hours in parking lots or garages racking up payments, but instead earning their keep by helping store power for the electricity grid.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Kia unveils plug-in hybrid concept car
Kia Motors America introduced its new Ray plug-in hybrid concept vehicle Wednesday that is designed to travel up to 50 miles on one battery charge.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 10, 2010 |
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New ORNL system provides hybrid electric autos with power to spare
An advancement in hybrid electric vehicle technology is providing powerful benefits beyond transportation.
Feb 04, 2010 |
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Supercomputing time awarded to design transformational lithium air battery
The Department of Energy announced today that 24 million hours of supercomputing time out of a total of 1.6 billion available hours at Argonne and Oak Ridge National Laboratories have been awarded to investigate materials ...
Jan 27, 2010 |
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Green jobs grow slowly
Last year, Randy Hagen, president of Solar Skies Mfg in Starbuck, Minn., laid off four of his 14 workers after orders stalled for the rooftop solar collectors he makes. Government rebates promised last year under the Obama ...
Jan 22, 2010 |
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