Archive for October, 2009
Green Car Congress: US Ethanol Demand Continued to Exceed …
US ethanol production in August was 727500 barrels per day (b/d), according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA)β an increase of 80000 b/d from August 2008. EIA also reports fuel ethanol imports of 38.7 million …
Battle for jobs: States look to power up electric car-battery …
Battle for jobs: States look to power up electric car – battery industry – UM’s Tom Kinnear quoted. via usatoday.com
Ford teams up with Azure for battery-electric Transit Connect …
FoMoCo announced today that it has teamed up with Azure Dynamics Corporation to deliver a pure battery electric Ford Transit Connect …
Future May Involve Getting Paid to Charge Your Plug-in Vehicle
An oversupply of renewable energy can be charged in car batteries and used during peak demand.
Air Cars: Fuel For Free (Well Almost) | Clean Diesel
Jules Verne would be right at home with today’s emerging car technology. Although compressed air technology was used in pneumatic locomotives and trams in the.
Williams announces Cosworth deal, driver news to follow | James …
So if you had a KERS that compressed air , you could compress quite a lot of air , not increase the car weight too much (compressing more air into a given volume will increase weight) and you should be able to release it in a sufficient …
FleetMag.com- Article – Time is now for electric car
βThe battery of today is capable of doing things that the battery of 10 years ago was not capable of,β he said. Where the task of supplying enough energy for a car’s wildly varying power needs was once impractical, it’s available today …
A closer look at the Saab Police Car – part II – Saabs United
‘1: 90% of the cases they don’t need that extra power that the petrol engine gives compared to the ethanol (if any)’. Due to the extra equipment the police cars are quite heavy so the performance is generally not that good. …
Why growing virgin vegetable oil to burn is crazy – Last News from …
The chief executive of Blue-NG implies he’s greener than the Greens β but the argument for his grotesque trade falls flatWhat makes more sense, burning virgin vegetable oil in car engines, or burning it in power stations?