Cleantech Center Starts Over Nov 7, 2009
A spokeswoman for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said that the mayors office is also in talks with possible replacements, including solar and electric car manufacturers. The CRA, depending on the outcome of the current negotiations, could start from scratch and begin anew the process to attract tenant-builders or tenant-developer teams, Estolano said. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
FDA launches its attack on cigarettes Nov 7, 2009
Do you ever stop and ask yourself what happend to the electric car. The taxes they eran off every box of smokes is enough for them to keep it legal, but to apease the masses who want to point the finger away from them, they have to point it at someone else. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Obama inspired Nov 6, 2009
Page last updated at 08:56 GMT, Friday, 6 November 2009. Bon Jovi: 'We're not supposed to be here. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Must Saving the Planet Cost a Fortune? Nov 6, 2009
So car brakes that charge an electric car become a "regenerative brake device having a driving wheel, an electric motor and a battery," or a wind turbine becomes "a power house and vanes rotating in the wind." The more complicated the wording, the more likely that a patent will be granted. Indeed, it can take a patent expert up to three days to assess two three-page patents for overlapping claims. (BusinessWeek)
F1 designer unveils electric car Nov 6, 2009
An electric car created by ex-McLaren Formula One designer Gordon Murray has been unveiled ... The most expensive part of any electric car is the battery, he added. (BBC News -- Technology)
Nissan taking feedback from emerging markets Nov 6, 2009
Nissan also realised that charging up infrastructure is as crucial to the electric car as fuel bunks to gasoline cars ... I believe electric cars will grab 10% market share by 2020 ... My reasons for confidence are the internal surveys Nissan carried out: 8% of car owners in the US say electric cars are their first choice while the figure for Japan is 9. (India Times)
Space pile-up 'condemned dinos' Nov 6, 2009
F1 designer unveils electric car. US hits China pipes with tariffs. (Yahoo News -- Dinosaur & Fossil Discoveries)
Looking ahead Nov 6, 2009
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French minister bids to calm row Nov 6, 2009
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* Yulon Motor set to offer Pandas to local motorists Nov 5, 2009
An analyst said the deal is a prelude to expanded cooperation between the two companies to tap the electric car market in China ... Through cooperation with Geely Automobile, Yulon is hoping to tap the electric car business and gain access to the bigger car market in China, Angela Chuang (zg), an analyst at Capital Securities Corp (sq), said yesterday ... The electric car market is not likely to really take off without big subsidies from governments on both sides, the source said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Family Wind Turbines Gain Momentum in Denmark Nov 5, 2009
Next, they want to replace one of their vehicles with an electric car ... We dont use very much electricity during the night, and of course, this electricity can, as well, be used to charge the batteries on the electric car. (National Geographic)
China electrifies urban transit Nov 4, 2009
Xiamen King Long Motor, a subsidiary of Xiamen King Long United Automotive Industry, partnered with Dongfeng Electric Car Technology Group in 2004 to produce two hybrid electric bus models, with one, the XMQ6125GH, already involved in trial operations in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province. Zhongtong Bus & Holding, Anhui Ankai Automobile, and First Automobile Works (FAW) Group are leading China in the development of battery-powered electric buses. (Asia Times Online)
Climate Change And Copenhagen Nov 4, 2009
Electric Car In Peril Financial woes and cheap oil could jeopardize Detroit's electric car. Barack Obama Wins White House Senator John McCain concedes after networks declare Senator Obama winner of popular vote. (Forbes -- Business)
Al Gore: "I am optimistic" Nov 4, 2009
So what better opportunity to up the humor quotient than by bringing on Rush Limbaugh and giving him the opportunity to hit a cardboard cutout of former Vice President Al Gore with an electric car ... Limbaugh participated in a time trial Leno's doing with the Ford Focus, an electric car; along the course, there are certain obstacles -- like a Gore dummy. (Salon)
GM Board To Meet, Decide Fate Of Opel, Vauxhall Nov 3, 2009
One example was Frank Weber, an engineer at GM's Volt electric car project whom the company said was being transferred to Opel's Ruesselsheim headquarters in Germany. Going through with Magna is the "risk avoiding approach" for GM, Dudenhoeffer said. (CBS News -- World)
Rev up the new, out with the old Nov 2, 2009
There is no mention of that date being extended under the revised NAP and the Government is offering a slew of incentives and exemptions to manufacturers to establish hybrid car and electric car assembly. If and when there are takers, its going to take some time before you can dream of cheap hybrids. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Nissan Consults Lawyers, Scores `Minor Miracle' With Unclaimed Leaf Name Nov 1, 2009
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- After tackled technical restrictions on its first electric car involving range, battery life and temperature fluctuations, it still had to come up with a name ... 5 billion) developing electric cars to compete with Toyota Motor Corp.s Prius and s Insight hybrids ... Stricter emissions regulations are spurring introductions of electric cars. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Daily guide to television and radio Oct 31, 2009
Who Killed the Electric Car. 8 p.m. (PLGR). (Boston Globe)
Green Building Experts Gather In Salinas Oct 29, 2009
-- More eco-friendly news comes just a day after Salinas announced an electric car company will be making its home in the cities. A panel of green building experts gathered in Salinas Wednesday to talk about a new green housing development and to tour the new green-certified community pool. (KSBW 8, CA)
Green Reva is red rag for some Americans Oct 27, 2009
India's electric car Reva is receiving a torrid welcome in US after an announcement last week that it would be manufactured in upstate New York by an American collaborator ... one New Yorker snippily asked in the local press, after Bannon Automotive, a Long Island electric car firm of uncertain provenance, said it would build Reva's electric cars at a yet to be determined site near Syracuse at an event attended by the governor David Patterson. (India Times)
Hong Kong air pollution equals record high... Oct 25, 2009
The city's first locally-developed electric car debuted on Friday but the MyCar has only been approved for use on roads with a speed limit of up to 50 kilometres per hour (30mph), severely limiting its use, the South China Morning Post reported. Copyright AFP 2008, AFP stories and photos shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. (The Drudge Report)
Hong Kong air pollution hits record set in 2000 Oct 24, 2009
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India's Reva Plans NY Electric Car Site Oct 24, 2009
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- An Indian car company has chosen upstate New York for a factory to build a new generation of electric cars for North America, a state official said Thursday. The Reva Electric Car Co. will work with Bannon Automotive, a new electric car company in Freeport, N.Y., to assemble a three-door plug-in hatchback, the NXR, at a site in the Syracuse area, according to the official, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the announcement hadn't been made... (KSBW 8, CA)
Reva may sport made-in-US tag Oct 23, 2009
NEW DELHI: Bangalore-based electric car maker, Reva Electric Car Company may become Indias first auto company to make its vehicles in the US, by asembling its next generation NXR smart car in New York. Reva has roped in a New York-based electric car maker Bannon Automotive, in a joint venture to assemble its three-door plug-in hatchback, banking on emerging demand for environment-friendly cars ... It likely to set up America's first assembly plant for electric cars. (India Times)
Electric battles hybrid Oct 22, 2009
A Nissan employee with the 'Leaf' electric car ... From a super-skinny Nissan electric car that leans when going around bends, to a lightweight Toyota sports car and a Daihatsu vehicle with a design based on a basket, Japanese makers showed off their visions of the future ... While hybrids are still a big feature, electric cars are competing for attention at this year's show as technological breakthroughs in rechargeable batteries bring mass-produced zero emission cars closer to reality. (iAfrica.com)
Foreign automakers skip Tokyo car show Oct 22, 2009
Toyota Motor Corp., the world's No. 1 automaker, is showing a plug-in Prius, which travels longer as a pure electric car. A regular Prius hybrid delivers better mileage by switching between a gasoline engine and an electric motor. (MSNBC -- Business)
Electric promise Oct 21, 2009
CHINA'S LONG-RANGE ELECTRIC CAR ... BYD says that its new E6 electric car due out before the end of the year will do 250 miles (400km) on a single charge ... If these claims are accurate and if BYD can persuade either the Chinese government or a Chinese city to install a network of the fast chargers, then this large hatchback could be the vehicle that makes the breakthrough for electric cars. (BBC News)
Search site aims to rival Google Oct 20, 2009
China's long-range electric car. Compensation for night-shift work. (Yahoo News -- Internet and WWW)
Beautiful, Safe, Affordable--And It Gets 100 Mpg: X PRIZE Picks Next Round of Automotive Contestants Oct 20, 2009
The event featured five of the surviving designs, from both the "mainstream" and "alternative" tiers of the contest: a modified Ford Focus hybrid from the West Philly Hybrid EVX high school team; the OptaMotive Surge three-wheeled electric car with a motorcycle engine; ZAP. s three-wheeled electric Alias; the two-seater Tango electric car, intended for commuters; and AMP's (Advanced Mechanical Products) retrofitted Saturn Sky electric sports car. (Scientific American)
Q&A: Alternative Energy Oct 19, 2009
OPEC's price manipulation killed the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corp in 1985, the electric car (see the California ZEV mandate) in the 1990s, and took the "wind" out of the Pickens Plan's sails in 2008. At $45 a barrel for oil NO Alternative fuel is economically viable and OPEC KNOWS IT. (CBS News -- Sci/Tech)
Renewable-energy wave hits Hawaii Oct 19, 2009
Hawaii is one of the sites where Better Place, an electric car service provider, wants to set up its infrastructure, while Lockheed Martin Corp. is developing a 10-megawatt project that will test ocean thermal energy conversion off Oahu. The state also boasts tests of wave-power buoys and at least two firms doing research and development on algae-to-oil projects. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Stock Rally of 503 Percent Puts OPEC to Shame Oct 16, 2009
Look no further than Detroit, where even GM is producing an electric car to compete with Toyota Motor Corp.s Prius hybrid. emerged from the 1970s oil shocks way ahead of the pack in the area of energy efficiency. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Full Story » Oct 16, 2009
Reel Impact is Planet Green's new Saturday night documentary block, which is making its splash with enviro classics like the Emmy-award winning An Inconvenient Truth, Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man, Who Killed the Electric Car, and The 11th Hour, narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio. Reel Impact is also featuring groundbreaking new works such as No Impact Man and The Last Beekeeper, as well as Split Estate. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
China claiming lead on climate Oct 14, 2009
" The 2009 Hurun Rich List, released yesterday, appeared to underscore his point. It showed that Wang Chuanfu, the founder of the car maker BYD, which has produced China's first plug-in electric car, is China's richest man with a fortune worth $US5.1 billion ($5.6 billion). It also showed that the Australian citizen, Shi Zhengrong, at Suntech, has plummeted from No. 7 to No. 59 as his competitors flood markets with cheap solar energy products. Professor Jiang's team modelled a "baseline"... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Controversial Bush-Era EPA E-mail Released Oct 14, 2009
In another 50 years or so it will be possible for the average single-family home, which is well-insulated (sorry that gets rid of all the old junk housing built back in the 1910's with no insulation) to generate all the power that it needs ON SITE. Passenger cars will be electric and MIT has already released several studies that show costs for powering an electric car are about 1/3 on a per-mile basis than from fueling it from gasoline. And right now, do you know what the LOWEST... (CBS News)
Britains Mighty Electric Car Market Oct 13, 2009
Britains Mighty Electric Car Market. Britains Mighty Electric Car Market ... And a national electric charging system should be set up so that 240,000 electric cars can be on the road by 2015, rising to 1. (Slate)
GREEN THING: Latest quirky electric car design... Oct 13, 2009
Peugeot draws inspiration from the 1940s for its latest quirky electric car design ... It may not give you 'The Drive of Your Life', as its makers Peugeot may try to claim, but the latest micro electric car is creating huge excitement in the automotive industry ... Future's bright: The Peugeot BB1 could revolutionise the electric car industry if if it makes it to production. (The Drudge Report)
Abu Dhabi Fund Buys Into Banco Santander Brasil Oct 12, 2009
It also owns 4 percent of San Carlos, California-based electric car producer Tesla Motors. The Abu Dhabi government controls Aabar through a majority stake owned by its state-run International Petroleum Investment Co.. (ABC News -- Wire)
Michigan governor Granholm meets frustration in quest to bring jobs Oct 11, 2009
She has won solar and wind energy, electric car batteries, and movie production jobs. About 10,800 of the new positions came from overseas companies, according to her office, the fruits of visits to seven countries. (Boston Globe)
2010 Prius remains benchmark Oct 10, 2009
At least until new technologies like lithium-ion batteries and the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car hit the road next year, buyers and other automakers should accept that fact. Resistance is futile. (AZCentral -- Business)
China's electric car revolution Oct 9, 2009
Nonetheless, there are some challenges in developing electric car technology ... Indeed, a major concern with electric cars is the amount of time it takes to recharge a battery (even the most advanced batteries take an hour to recharge at best) ... Geely Automobile, China's largest privately owned car firm, has announced the upcoming release of its EK-1 model, the first of its new EK series of fully-electric cars, at the end of the year. (Asia Times Online)
Car Wars electric debut Oct 9, 2009
A Nissan employee with the 'Leaf' electric car ... France launched the "battle of the electric car" on Thursday as it unveiled plans to invest 1 ... The electric car plan comes just a couple of weeks after Borloo said France would invest more than 7-billion (about R74-billion) to develop freight transport by rail and reduce road traffic. (iAfrica.com)
Toyota May Avoid Future Prius Delays With Panasonic's Takeover of Sanyo Oct 8, 2009
formed a partnership with to work on batteries for its electric car, while is buying batteries from Johnson Controls-Saft, a joint venture between U.S.-based Johnson Controls Inc. and Frances Saft Groupe SA. ... It also plans a low-cost hybrid, smaller and cheaper than the Prius, as well as an electric car in 2012. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Mean and green Oct 8, 2009
Toyota, the pioneer of petrol-electric hybrid cars, has said it aims to launch an electric car in the United States by 2012 ... Toyota's smaller rival Nissan plans to roll-out the world's first mass-produced electric car next year. (iAfrica.com)
'Cash-back hybrid' could yield extra income Oct 7, 2009
Imagine an electric car that puts its big batteries to work as a cash register for you, not just to turn the car's wheels ... The cash-back hybrid idea underscores one of the big challenges of the new era of renewable energy and electric cars ... Instead of having to burn more natural gas, Wellinghoff says utilities could reverse the electron flow into all the plugged-in electric cars and hybrids that might be charging at the time. (AZCentral -- Business)
Men Are From Volt, Women Are From Leaf Oct 7, 2009
When (MTLQQ) began advertising its extended-range electric car, the , earlier this year, it probably expected comparisons to the well-established Toyota Prius ... However, a big part of the Volts aggressive advance marketing is the argument that if you are like most people, you rarely drive more than 40 miles a day anyhow, so you can use the Volt as if it were an all-electric car. (Slate)
Have your HDTV and be green, too Oct 6, 2009
You can buy an electric car, use recycled plastic and paper, wash your hair with biodegradable shampoo and refrain from burning garbage. But how can a high-definition TV fit into a green lifestyle. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Tesla Motors plans house calls for repairs Oct 6, 2009
Electric car maker plans to send mechanics to customers' homes or offices for repairs. The San Carlos-based carmaker will charge owners $1 per mile for house calls, with a minimum $100 per trip charge. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
PC batteries to power cars! Oct 4, 2009
The new technology will likely enable Panasonic to make electric car batteries at half the cost of lithium-ion batteries that are developed solely for electric cars, since it can use existing battery plants and production expertise, the company said. Mitsubishi Motors Corp's i-MiEV, the world's first mass-produced electric car, sells for 4. (India Times, India)
Paging Dr. Tesla? Automaker to Make House Calls Oct 4, 2009
Electric carmaker Tesla Motors to begin offering house calls for service and repairs ... Taking a cue from house-call services like Best Buy's Geek Squad, electric carmaker Tesla Motors is launching a maintenance plan where mechanics travel to owners' homes or offices to perform repairs and tuneups ... Tesla, which makes the $109,000 Roadster electric car, said the plan is convenient for customers who won't have to bring their vehicle to a showroom, while cutting costs by making a large network... (ABC News -- Business)
Oregon to get 2,000 electric car stations Oct 3, 2009
Oregon to get 2,000 electric car charging stations - Pacific Business News (Honolulu) ... Oregon to get 2,000 electric car charging stations. (Pacific Business News, HI)
France launches 'battle of the electric car' Oct 2, 2009
France launches 'battle of the electric car ... PARIS (AFP) - France launched the "battle of the electric car" Thursday as it unveiled plans to invest 1 ... The electric car plan comes just a couple of weeks after Borloo said France would invest more than seven billion euros (10 billion dollars) to develop freight transport by rail and reduce road traffic. (Yahoo! Asia News)
A Short Introduction to Oil Prices and Oil Inventories Oct 2, 2009
I have before me two electric car reproduced ads, Pope Motor Car Co. 1905, and Baker Electric Vehicle Co. 1909. The accompanying text tells us that by 1910 battery cars could go 75 miles at 25 mph on a charge. (Energy Pulse, CO)
Let's Get Going: Smart Meters Go Global Oct 2, 2009
For example consumers are only going to accept a new plug-in electric car that must communicate with smart grids, say for charging management, as long as the car works with any smart grid they might travel to ... When the electricity grid system starts crashing more often from the inevitable growing energy consumption demand down the road, and from the grids inability to handle more renewable source generators, and the charging of massive numbers of electric cars, what level of public... (Energy Pulse, CO)
Honda president warns of weak dollar 'danger zone' Oct 1, 2009
President and Chief Executive Takanobu Ito also said Honda Motor Co. was planning a small electric car for the U.S. market as a way to clear California's strict emissions standards. But he said Japan's No. 2 automaker was in no hurry to introduce the electric vehicle, and work on it had just begun. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Cowlitz PUD officials approve rate increase Oct 1, 2009
rvneighbor wrote on Sep 30, 2009 4:14 PM:" The Cowlitz PUD produces a newsletter that is with your bill each and every month- I ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ IT TO KEEP ABREAST WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE PUD. Included is information covering dates/times of board meetings. They also publish information relevant to rates and rate increases (March 09 front page). In the May 2009 issue, front page, the senior management DID NOT take raises this year, even tho they could have. In the August issue, page 2,... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Viewpoint: Forget Remaking the Auto Industry Sep 30, 2009
First, take the entrepreneurs people such as co-founders Elon Musk and Marc Tarpenning of electric car maker. The theory is that entrepreneurs can quickly integrate new technologies (mostly electric propulsion systems) and cobble together cars from outsourced design and components. (BusinessWeek)
SHH Reviews Superman/Batman: Public Enemies Sep 30, 2009
Kal-El is virtually INVULNERABLE to and weapon or violence as long as he sun bathes on the beach every once and a while, because Superman is basically a SOLAR battery, kind of like the cars that General Motors destroyed because the Electric Car is a THREAT to the Fossil Fuel Barons and Gasoline Kings and Queens like the Bush Family. Posted by: fijianbrownguy on September 28, 2009 at 03:01:29. (ComingSoon.net)
Back affordable cars Sep 30, 2009
In fairness, Ford Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co. and Tesla split 8 billion on an electric car development project. However, EcoMotors and XP Vehicles, both American companies, asked for 20 million and 40 million each, have been turned down. (Longview Daily News, WA)
US official: China could lead in electric vehicles Sep 30, 2009
BEIJING: China's fast-growing electric car producers could take the lead in the global industry if the United States fails to invest heavily in the technology, a U.S. energy official said Wednesday ... Beijing is promoting electric car development to curb surging demand for imported oil, which communist leaders see as a strategic weakness, and in hopes of taking a leading role in a promising industry ... General Motors Corp. and other U.S. automakers are developing electric cars and GM and an... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Bethesda Green opens incubator Sep 26, 2009
com, a historic conservation nonprofit called The Menare Foundation Inc., an electric car charging station maker called E-Car Solutions Inc., a green transit software developer called Movement Gti and an enviroscience consumer products research firm called Savenia LLC.. Bethesda Green is also spearheading a partnership with Earth Aid Enterprises LLC to track residents energy consumption, costs and impacts on the environment in an effort to help them cut each down. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Nissan to invest $1B in electric car plants in Nashville region Sep 26, 2009
Electric car investment may top $1B - Nashville Business Journal ... Electric car investment may top $1B ... Nissan s operations in Middle Tennessee where the automaker is investing $1 billion to build a lithium-ion battery plant and modify its existing facility to build a mass-market electric car are poised for a dramatic shift. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
A123 Systems Goes Public With a Splash Sep 25, 2009
-based A123 Systems makes lithium-ion batteries, the technology chosen to power General Motors' highly anticipated electric car, the Chevy Volt. A123 lost out on the contract for the Volt but was picked to build batteries for Chrysler's next generation of electric cars. (ABC News -- Wire)
'Solar corridor' planned between SF and LA Sep 24, 2009
An electric car gets recharged at a Rabobank in Salinas. and N.A. said Tuesday they plan to create a solar-power enhanced, fast-charge electric car charging corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
The Deadly Silence of the Electric Car Sep 24, 2009
A team of engineers developing the Leaf, the forthcoming electric car from Nissan and a front-runner in the race for a mass-market electric car, have recently been presenting their ideas for artificial noises to government officials and focus groups ... But if electric cars are to be equipped with sound, there is little agreement over what the sound should be, how loud it ought to be and whether manufacturers should be allowed to create their own distinctive audio tracks ... Officials with the... (CBS News)
