Tag: car
member name: Sam Carana
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September 13, 2007 12:35 AM EDT --
How much surface does it take to supply solar energy? The image accompanying this article shows how much surface needs to be covered in theory by solar power facilities to generate enough electricity . . .
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December 09, 2007 07:11 AM EST --
The Tesla Roadster is an all-electric car with some very impressive specs:
- Acceleration 0 to 60 in under 4 seconds
- Top Speed of over 125 mph
- Range of 245 miles on one . . .
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December 25, 2007 04:39 AM EST --
The Lightning car company has released new electric cars in the UK. The electric Lightning GT and Sports versions are now available to pre-order. Reservations for the first cars (2008 delivery) . . .
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November 07, 2007 05:06 AM EST --
Would you like to get a cheap electric car? Project Better Place has raised more than $200 million in funding to source electric cars and batteries for a network of charging spots and battery exchange . . .
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January 28, 2008 03:21 AM EST --
The $10-million dollar Automotive X Prize (AXP) aims to inspire a new generation of viable, super-efficient vehicles in order to help break our addiction to oil and stem the effects of climate change. . . .
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February 17, 2008 03:46 AM EST --
Meet the sQuba, the car that travels over land and water, as well as swims under water. It was designed by Swiss Rinspeed Design Company.
Instead of a combustion engine, it has three electric motors, . . .
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April 20, 2008 04:24 AM EDT --
Last month, at the New York International Automobile Show, Mitsubishi displayed the i MiEV (i indicates it's a minivan, while MIEV stands for M itsubishi i nnovative E lectric V ehicle). Mitsubishi . . .
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September 01, 2008 06:31 AM EDT --
All-electric cars
Toyota has announced plans to launch an electric car. It will be an all-electric car (rather than a hybrid) and it will be a small car, limited to commuting or city driving, powered . . .
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June 07, 2009 04:27 AM EDT --
Fuji Heavy Industries will start selling the plug-in battery electric Subaru Stella in Japan from July 2009.
The Stella seats four, has a top speed of 100 km/h (62 mph) and can travel up to 90km . . .
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July 16, 2009 08:46 AM EDT --
In Canada, the Ontario government has announced that it wants to have one out of every 20 vehicles driven in Ontario to be electrically powered by 2020.
To help achieve that target, buyers . . .
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October 25, 2009 11:32 PM EDT --
The Green GT race car can travel at speeds of up to 200km/h (124mph). One page with technical specifications mentions that it can reach speeds of above 160 mph.
The car can travel . . .
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September 05, 2008 11:05 PM EDT --
Electric and Hybrid Cars: A History
By Curtis D. Anderson, Judy Anderson
199 pages - published by McFarland & Company (November 1, 2004)
This book describes and illustrates . . .
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November 25, 2008 12:49 AM EST --
As California recovers from wildfires , a study by researchers at University of California-Berkeley finds that global warming will have a broad and devastating impact on California's economy over . . .
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July 22, 2009 02:36 AM EDT --
The Hydrogen Initiative
Ex-President G. W. Bush loved photo opportunities that portrayed him as an advocate of hydrogen cars. The photo on the right shows Bush inspecting a scooter powered by solid . . .
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December 24, 2007 05:23 AM EST --
Can electric vehicles supply power to homes? The short answer is yes! Electric vehicles can be connected to the electric grid, not only to draw electricity from the grid (in order to recharge their . . .
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August 02, 2009 04:37 AM EDT --
Nissan has unveiled the Nissan LEAF Electric Vehicle (EV), a zero-emission car. The Nissan LEAF is a medium-size hatchback seating five adults, with a 24kWh lithium-ion battery pack that generates a . . .
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January 15, 2008 02:35 AM EST --
Electric vehicles can cut greenhouse gas emissions in two ways. They are clean and efficient. By acting as storage capacity, they can also make the electric grid more efficient.
Electric cars are . . .
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February 24, 2008 02:23 AM EST --
Electric vehicles can cut greenhouse gas emissions in two ways. They are clean and efficient. By acting as storage capacity, they can also make the electric grid more efficient.
Electric cars are . . .
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September 26, 2009 05:18 AM EDT --
As I discussed in What will power your next car? , solar/PV energy represented a meager 0.081% of the energy produced in the US in 2007, barely more than the 0.066% it produced back in 2000. Renewables' . . .
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May 22, 2008 07:32 AM EDT --
Rising Sun for Electric Cars
Originally published 04/22/08 (Earth Day)
by Roy Morrison in Policy Innovations
Earth Day 2008 is a time to ask: Is my sustainability work consonant . . .
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