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.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 12, 2012
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It may be hard to believe, but the beloved gasoline engine that powers more than 200 million cars across America every day didn't get its status because it's the most efficient engine. Diesel engines can be more than twice ...
Engineering
May 5, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If hydrogen is to ever play a role in powering vehicles on a large-scale, researchers must not only find a way to produce hydrogen, but also a safe method to store it. Currently, storing hydrogen requires ...
Whooshing down Highway 101 toward his home in Redwood City, Calif., from San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, Olivier Chalouhi was a happy man - the world's first buyer of the all-electric Nissan Leaf to take possession of ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 20, 2010
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The 2011 Chevrolet Volt beat back competition from Asian rivals including Nissan and Hyundai to win the Green Car of the Year award at the Los Angeles auto show on Thursday.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 18, 2010
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Amidst the din of roaring race car engines, one vehicle stood out for its sound of silence. With an electric motor, the inaugural "Deep Orange" car — the first concept car created by graduate students at the Clemson University ...
Engineering
Sep 23, 2010
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Toyota Motor said Friday that its hybrid vehicle sales in Japan had topped the one million mark and worldwide it had sold 2.68 million of the vehicles by the end of July.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 6, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has successfully demonstrated that its HEDGE (High-Efficiency, Dilute Gasoline Engine) technology, using cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and advanced ignition systems, ...
Engineering
Jun 30, 2010
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Most motorcycles in the world today use engines that burn gasoline, contributing to greenhouse gasses and adding air pollution to the surrounding area. Now two scientists in India have conceptually designed a new, cleaner ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 22, 2010
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A new study by the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology indicates that the use of E20 fuel, which blends 20 percent ethanol with gasoline, reduces the tail pipe emissions of hydrocarbons ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 29, 2010
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