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Solar Power in Public Transportation

Dean Dowd on January 26, 2010
Solar-powered mass transit is key to U.S. energy sustainability. Did you know that one full city bus can keep 50 or more cars off ...

Solar scooters in Rio de Janeiro

Yvonne Flavin on January 22, 2010
We're hearing a lot of talk about electric cars but not so much about two-wheeled vehicles. Those of us who live and work in ...

2010 - year of the electric car and a little food for thought

Philippa Martin-King on January 12, 2010
The 2010 Detroit and LA motor shows have a concentration of electric cars. These are either hybrid, where they are differentiated into two categories of ...

Robot electric taxis

Philippa Martin-King on December 7, 2009
According to Der Spiegel  a new European Union-funded project will see the introduction of driverless Taxis at Heathrow, "cyber cars" in Rome and an automatic ...

Standardization essential for electric car development

Yvonne Flavin on November 20, 2009
At the IEC 73rd General Meeting, which took place last month in Tel Aviv, a special workshop was held on "e-mobility". Called "International Standards for ...

Plug standardization for electric cars

Yvonne Flavin on October 22, 2009
The technology news website CNET.com has reported that the SAE J1772 charging system and coupler is to be voted the standard connection for plug-in ...

Electric cars drive to centre stage at IEC meeting in Israel

Jonathan Buck on October 20, 2009
The IEC is holding its annual general meeting in Tel Aviv this week with more than 1000 experts from 60 countries. High on the agenda ...

A bright selection of electric vehicles

Jose Vaz Pinto on September 14, 2009
Prepared by Stephen Clemenger for EV World and you can view it at: http://evworld.com/library/...

Solar Roads Ahead ? Perhaps, with a power grid!

Jose Vaz Pinto on September 14, 2009
New and innovative solar applications are in surge need and this can be very powerful ! From their website : http://www.solarroadways.com/ Watch an interview ...

Zero-emission cars: no longer an electric dream

Yvonne Flavin on August 3, 2009
Nissan, the Japanese automobile manufacturer, has just presented its first electric car, which could make it the first firm to mass-produce this kind of vehicle ...

UK to electrify major railway line

Philippa Martin-King on July 28, 2009
Interestingly, while in the UK last week, I learnt that the British Deaprtment for Transport had announced a large-scale electrification programme for one of its ...

Continuously variable transmission for the hybrid car

John Assam on July 20, 2009
The 2010 Toyota Camry Hybrid sedan offers high quality and reliability of the petrol powered Camry together with increased fuel efficiency. The Toyota Camry Hybrid ...

Solar Mobility

SolarPanels 4u is pleased to anounce it will be marketing the First Solar Mobility Scooters. This will enable disabled users far more freedom and less ...

Impact of EV to the Utility sector

Erwin Smole on March 29, 2009
PricewaterhouseCoopers published a study about the impact of EV to the Austrian Utility sector. Main findings for 20% EV (1 Mio vehicle): - 3% more generation ...

Practical Application of Electric Vehicles

Shinichi Nishidate on March 3, 2009
Mitsubishi Mortars Co. had press-showed the development of Electric Vehicles for Europe on March 2 nd .    http://media.mitsubishi-motors.com/pressrelease/e/corporate/detail1904.html ...

Repost: Universal mobile phone charger unveiled as industry gets greener

Raphael Briner on February 17, 2009
Universal mobile phone charger unveiled as industry gets greener • New device will include a 50% reduction in standby energy consumption • Solar-powered phones set for launch ...

The Better Place proposal Car 2.0

Jose Vaz Pinto on January 16, 2009
Shai Agassi is making the auto world go around ! Lets hope they will succeed ! --> http://www.betterplace.com/ Electric Changes Everything When we break the ...

Could running your own hybrid vehicle actually contribute energy?

Philippa Martin-King on October 6, 2008
A recent article which appeared on engadget, talks of the new type of electric V2G vehicle, the Vehicle-to-grid. The University of Delaware research centre explains ...

Honda Looking to "Super" Lithium-Ion Battery for Future Hybrids

Kristen Lee on August 13, 2008
One common complaint about batteries currently used in hybrid electric vehicles is that they're only powerful enough for small, light vehicles.  As early as ...

Better Batteries for Hybrids!

Kristen Lee on May 16, 2008
Friends have told me that owning a Prius hybrid from Toyota can be a great alternative to gasoline only vehicles, but you'd better be ...