News tagged with hybridization

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

Lithium-ion battery with new chemistry could power electric vehicles

(PhysOrg.com) -- While car companies race to develop electric and hybrid electric vehicles, one of the biggest challenges they face is finding a suitable energy storage system. Lithium-ion batteries, which ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 21, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (32) | comments 57 | with audio podcast feature

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

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

Scientists watch a next-generation ferroelectric memory bit switch in real time

For the first time, engineering researchers have been able to watch in real time the nanoscale process of a ferroelectric memory bit switching between the 0 and 1 states.

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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

500 years ago, yeast's epic journey gave rise to lager beer

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the 15th century, when Europeans first began moving people and goods across the Atlantic, a microscopic stowaway somehow made its way to the caves and monasteries of Bavaria.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

With secondhand gene, 'freaky mouse' defeats common poison

Over millennia, mice have thrived despite humanity's efforts to keep them at bay. A Rice University scientist argues some mice have found two ways to achieve a single goal -- resistance to common poison.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Progressive Automotive X-Prize runner-up car gets 207.5 MPGe

(PhysOrg.com) -- After coming in second to team Edison2 in the Progressive Automotive X-Prize competition last summer, team Illuminati, makers of the car named "Seven" have demonstrated that their vehicle ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 09, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 19 | with audio podcast report

Volkswagen's XL1 said to be world's most economical car

(PhysOrg.com) -- Volkswagen has unveiled its new, prototype super-efficient hybrid vehicle, the XL1, at this week's Qatar motor show. The car has been under development for a decade and Volkswagen claims it ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 28, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (34) | comments 22 | with audio podcast report

GRIN plasmonics: A practical path to superfast computing, invisibility carpet-cloaking devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- Berkeley Lab researchers have carried out the first experimental demonstration of GRIN plasmonics, a hybrid technology that opens the door to a wide range of exotic applications in optics, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 24, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (20) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Chevy Volt's official mileage: 93 mpg on electric

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) official mileage ratings of the Chevrolet Volt have been released and show the car will be capable of 93 "miles per gallon equivalent" when running ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 25, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (14) | comments 27 | with audio podcast report

Human-electric hybrid car expected next year (w/ Video)

A human-electric hybrid vehicle, the "Imagine PS," capable of 100 kph (60 mph) on the flat and 50 kph uphill, is expected to be commercially available next year.

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 17, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (23) | comments 16 | with audio podcast weblog

Plugless Power soon to arrive for electric and hybrid vehicles

(PhysOrg.com) -- Evatran, a company from Virginia in the US, has developed a working prototype of a plugless induction charger for electric and hybrid vehicles, and demonstrated the system at this week’s Plug In ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 30, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (14) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

Lithium market could bloom as tide goes out on oil

Lithium is not much to look at. It's a soft and light, silver-white metal known for its use in mood stabilising drugs. But the 25th most abundant element on earth could, one day, help cure the world of its ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 23, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (14) | comments 20

Hybridisation

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