Archive for October, 2008
« Previous EntriesFord Smartgauge to be featured in 2010 Fusion and Milan Hybrids
Friday, October 31st, 2008Some new news out of Ford this week, with details about their new 2010 Fusion and Milan Hybrid models. In addition to the news that the first non SUV hybrid from Ford will get city mileage of 38 mpg (or 5 mpg better than the Toyota Camry Hybrid, which is what these cars are [...]
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That didn’t last long - Chrysler to drop Durango and Aspen hybrids
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Chrysler’s recently introduced hybrid SUV’s - the Durango and Aspen, are being discontinued only a month after they came out. It’s not because of poor sales of the hybrid models, which have been receiving good reviews, but because the gasoline only versions of the SUVs have been struggling. So much so that Chrysler is closing [...]
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Cascade Engineering’s SWIFT wind turbine now available in the U.S.
Monday, October 27th, 2008Cascade Engineering today launched their SWIFT Wind Turbine for sale in the US and Canada. The SWIFT turbine, which was originally designed by Scotland based Renewable Devices, is a unique small five bladed turbine designed to reduce noise. The five blades are surrounded by a “diffuser ring” that lowers the sound produced by the [...]
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Sharp Solar soon to bring thin film solar cell to US
Sunday, October 26th, 2008Sharp Corp., already one of the world’s largest producers of silicon solar cells, recently announced that they would be bringing next generation thin film solar cells to the US market in August 2009. The Sharp thin film modules are made with less than 1 percent of the amount of silicon used in traditional silicon [...]
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Mantra Energy wants to convert CO2 back into new fuel
Saturday, October 25th, 2008I received an interesting note from the Mantra Venture Group the other day. It had some really interesting things in it. One of their subsidiaries, Mantra Energy, has acquired the intellectual property for a process developed at the University of British Columbia called ERC (short for electro-reduction of carbon dioxide). What ERC does [...]
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Britain is the leader in offshore wind energy
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008The UK government has just announced that it has become the world’s top producer of electricity from offshore wind farms. The new windfarms will enable Britain to produce a total of 590 megawatts of offshore energy, which is more than Denmark’s 423 megawatts of offshore wind capacity. They took over first place with the [...]
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Cheaper hydrogen - Korean researchers find a way
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Researchers at Korea’s S&P Energy Research Institute have come up with a cheaper way to manufacture hydrogen, Gizmodo reports. The current electrolysis process takes about 4 to 4.5 kWh to produce one cubic meter of hydrogen gas, but the method that the Korean researchers came up with takes just 0.1 kWh to produce the same [...]
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2010 Prius pictures
Sunday, October 19th, 2008Several sites are showing “leaked” pictures of the 2010 Prius, with the original post coming from Priuschat. While the latest Prius was due to be revealed at the 2008 LA Auto Show, the new pictures got out early. Toyota has confirmed that the posted photos are indeed legit. Some other interesting tidbits are [...]
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European Union pledges 1 billion euros for the Fuel Cells and Joint Technology Initiative
Saturday, October 18th, 2008The European Union has announced that it is adding a billion euros into a project designed to coordinate all European hydrogen fuel cell research. The goal is to achieve mass-market rollout of hydrogen cells by 2020. The Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) will focus on four main areas:
Transportation and hydrogen refueling infrastructure
hydrogen production and distribution
reduce the [...]
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BYD Auto coming out with hybrid-electric car this fall
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008Chinese car company BYD Auto announced that they’re on schedule to start selling their F3DM plug-in hybrid-electric car in China by the end of this November. While there doesn’t appear to be many details out about the F3DM, the price will probably be around $22k (or 150,000 yuan). The car [...]
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