News tagged with hybridization

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

Delphi gasoline-injection engine technique rivals hybrid's edge

(Phys.org) -- Running a diesel like engine on gasoline is something Delphi is doing in notable fashion. They claim they are on to a promising way to enjoy an engine that gives the vehicle owner high efficiency ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 40 | with audio podcast report

Towards hybrid quantum systems

EU-funded scientists made advances in the development of a hybrid quantum system (HQS) by combining different quantum technologies.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Modern hybrid corn makes better use of nitrogen, study shows

(Phys.org) -- Today's hybrid corn varieties more efficiently use nitrogen to create more grain, according to 72 years of public-sector research data reviewed by Purdue University researchers.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Japan, Kazakhstan to jointly develop rare earths: report

Japan will jointly develop rare earths with Kazakhstan as part of its efforts to secure supplies of the key minerals now controlled by China, a newspaper said Sunday.

Technology / Business

created Apr 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mobile lab takes hybrid electric vehicle technology on the road

Take some galvanized nails, vinegar, soda pop and copper wire, piece them together just right, and what do you get? A battery.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

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

Honda will recycle rare-earth metals from batteries

(Phys.org) -- Honda Motor Co. this week made news with its announcement of a recycling breakthrough. The car maker, which manufactures hybrid vehicles, will start recycling rare-earth metals from the nickel-metal ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

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, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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?

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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

China sets up rare earths industry group

(AP) -- China has set up a rare earths industry association to fend off trade complaints and help regulate the sector that is critical to global high-tech manufacturing.

Technology / Business

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Faster computational methods could simulate the power and signal integrity of next-generation electronic systems

The overall performance of modern computers and communications networks is dependent on the speed of electronic components, such as transistors and optical switches, as well as the quality of the wire network ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Japan, US, EU discuss rare earth supply security

(AP) -- Officials from the United States, the European Union and Japan are pledging to work closer together on ways to ensure secure supplies of strategically vital rare earths and other critical materials.

Technology / Business

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Apps could fence in free-range Internet: US study

The free-ranging Internet is under assault by mobile applications that connect people exclusively to content kept in "walled gardens" online, according to a US study released Thursday.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Hybridisation

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