" " Earlier this year in January, Australia's CSIRO Energy Technology divulged about a new battery for hybrid cars called UltraBattery. It is technically a lead-acid battery and supercapacitator in one....
created by EddieStarr | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 349 views | 9 recommendations | 5 comments
Wouldn't it be nice to have a car that runs on compressed air? The air pressure would replace compustion in driving the engine's pistons, and you'd have a car that's mean and clean. One company claims to be able to deliver on this promise within two years. The "106 mpg" bit...
Instead of walking into a dusty repair shop with tired furniture andold magazines in the waiting room, imagine an airy space decorated withplants, offering comfy seats, books and even some local artists ondisplay.No, it's not Joe's Garage, it's Luscious, woman owned and...
"Congress and the president have spoken: ethanol is America’s new renewable fuel.
Yesterday, President Bush signed into law energy bill H.R.6, which establishes a new renewable fuel standard in the United States...
created by claybodie | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 590 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Even though Al Gore just got the Nobel Prize, he is not the one who invented Traminette. Bruce Reisch of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (Cornell University)in Geneva (New York) is the man behind it. Jim Clarke looks at why Winemakers look to hardy hybrids...
Every time I see a new player added to the alternative-fuels vehicle market I cheer! We don't need a new car yet, but when we do I'd really like to be able to by a hybrid or EV. Unfortunately, most of what's out...
created by kimbere | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 594 views | 20 recommendations | 1 comment
These seem to be cropping up in several cities. I took a regular cab (no exec treatment for me) from Vancouver International airport, and the cab was a Prius that the driver had pimped out with street glow.Does your area have something like this?"If your next flight takes you...
"Let's start with shiny new Senator Jim Webb, giving the democratic response to President Bush's State of the Union address."Via Americablog:...[T]his is the seventh time the President has mentioned energy...
created by Wisco | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 317 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Anyone with a car has seen the upward drift of gas prices, which have jumped an average of 17 cents in the past two weeks. And the auto industry is watching that trend closely, rolling out a variety of more...
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Wow! Suddenly, Detroit seems to have gotten the message that Americans want hybrids as Ford announces a ten-fold increase in hybrid production by 2010. According to CEO Bill Ford, Jr., this mean that half of the company's models will have hybrid capacity at this point. Ford...
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