The UltraBattery , Cheaper to Build While Giving More Power to Hybrids // Cur...

" " 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....

Air Powered Car: "Coming in 2010"

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...

Not Joe's Garage, It's 'Luscious' and Woman Owned, in San Francisco

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...

Popular Mechanics: Ethanol Bill Bad News

"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...

Wine goes Hybrid...Any 'Traminette' in Your Cellar?

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...

An affordable, highway-ready EV for under $30,000?

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...

Boston Taxis go Green with PlanetTran

Drive (or be driven) responsibly. PlanetTran also started offering service in San Francisco a week ago.

High-End Hybrid: Eco-Friendly Executive Car Services

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...

Bush's Energy Plan: Drilling Your Way Out of a Hole

"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...

Teaching Evolution: EV Rental Cars, Hybrids Only

Save the world and save some money, do gooders of the world!

Hot Wheels At N.Y. Auto Show

"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...

sustainablog: Ford to Boost Production of Hybrids Tenfold

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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