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Charging stations for hybrid cars in works
Mar 9 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - David Burge El Paso Times, Texas - Motorists who own a hybrid vehicle or plan to buy an electric-powered car will soon get their own version of the gas pump. More...
AT&T Becomes Lead Customer for Ford Transit Connect Electric
Mar 09 - PRNewswire - Azure Dynamics Corporation today announced AT&T has agreed to purchase two of the first Ford Transit Connect Electric vans, the latest addition to AT&T's growing fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles. More...
SymPowerco Enters Phase II of Its Fuel Cell and HEV Projects
GARDNERVILLE, NV, Mar 08, 2010 -- MARKETWIRE - SymPowerco Corporation (PINKSHEETS: SYMW) CEO John Davenport today announced that the company has entered Phase II of its two concurrent prototype projects, the Flowing Electrolyte Direct Methanol Fuel Cell ("FEDMFC") Prototype Project and the Hybrid Power System Project for small Hybrid Electric Vehicles. More...
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Consumers Want Green Vehicles to Offer More Than Fuel Savings, Accenture Finds
Mar 08 - Business Wire - While interest in alternative vehicles may be growing, consumers do not see 'green' as the only purchasing factor and are demanding more from automakers, according to an Accenture (NYSE: ACN) study released today. More...
CEO coalition pushes for electric cars
Mar 06 - Richmond Times - Dispatch - A group of businessmen launched a coalition yesterday to urge the federal government to make a major investment in electric transportation, pointing to electric cars as the best way to confront the nation's dependence on imported oil. More...
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Economic and Environmental Impact of Abu Dhabi US$1billion CO2 capture and storage Project

Blogger Photo By Shehu Khaleel - UAE has one of the highest per capita carbon emission rates in the world given its massive use of fossil more...

MASDAR, A GLOBAL RENEWABLE ENERGY HUB

Blogger Photo By Shehu Khaleel - Looking at recent local and international commitments, it is our view that the world has reached a tipping point in more...

Gilbert Solar Town Hall meeting

Blogger Photo By Jim Stack - Gilbert Goes Solar With Arizona's First Solar Town Hall Meeting - Gilbert residents are invited to attend Gilbert's first FREE more...

Making Socio-Technical Architecture and “The Smart Grid Game” Mutually Reinforce Each Other

Blogger Photo By Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio -  Under the article Smart Grid: The Game, posted by Elisa Wood, I added the following comment:   I think that more...

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Proven at PJM: Vehicle to Grid (V2G) and Power System/Transportation Synergies

By Victor Udo
With the increasing environmental and economic costs of petroleum and growing acceptance of global climate change as a critical modern day problem, policy makers, engineers and business leaders are searching for alternative and sustainable energy more...
Filed Under Electric Vehicles

Driving Hybrid Buses

By Ken Silverstein
Dozens of cities and school districts are getting good marks for implementing hybrid buses that run on both diesel and electricity. In doing so, they are helping to commercialize a technology that proponents say will more...
Filed Under Electric Vehicles

Novel high performance steam engines - a better solution than FC and ICE?

By peter platell
During the 60's a growing concern about air pollution from cars ends up with an interest in steam engines for cars due to the inherent advantageous qualities to offer low exhaust gas emissions. The external more...
Filed Under Electric Vehicles

The Hydrogen Economy: An Objective Look
Part 1: Hydrogen as Transport Fuel

By Roger Arnold
The recent and apparently continuing surge in oil and gas prices has stimulated fresh interest in the hydrogen economy. But the concept is surprisingly controversial. "The hydrogen economy" encapsulates a vision of hydrogen as a more...
Filed Under Electric Vehicles

Greening the Auto

By Scott Cronk
The evolution of the auto industry to hybrid -electric vehicles, started in earnest when General Motors announced production plans for their “Impact” electric vehicle (later called the EV1). Soon thereafter, in the early 1990’s the more...
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