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Husqvarna Shows New Solar/Battery Automower At CES Husqvarna is showing its new Automower Solar Hybrid at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The Solar Hybrid is a fully robotic lawn mower powered by a combination of batteries and a solar panel.... |
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Study Concludes That Climate Change Alone Could Erode US Improvements In Ground Level Ozone Events Resulting From Reduced Emissions Differences in the average (June-August) MDA8-O3 mixing ratios (ppbv) in the surface layer (984-934 hPa) corresponding to (a) climate change under present emissions; (b) A2 emissions change under present climate; (c) climate change under A2 emissions; (d) B1 emissions change...... |
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REVA Introduces Li-ion EV And Fast Charge Station Reva Electric Car Company (REVA), the maker of the REVAi electric city car (G-Wiz in the UK) (earlier post) has launched the Lithium-ion powered REVA L-ion in Europe.... |
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US DOE Releases Marine And Hydrokinetic Technology Database The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program has developed and released a database that provides up-to-date information on marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy in the United States and around the world.... |
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GM Presents 2010 Cadillac SRX Crossover; New 3.0L Direct-Injected E85 Engine As Standard The new direct injection 3.0L E85 capable engine in the SRX. Click to enlarge. GM presented the new 2010 Cadillac SRX Crossover, featuring a new design and more-efficient engine choices. The new SRX, a mid-sized luxury crossover, will debut at...... |
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GreenShift Receives $375K State Grant For Algae Bioreactor Development GreenShift Corporation has received a grant award of $375,000 to further the development of its algae bioreactor, licensed from Ohio University. (Earlier post.)... |
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Volvo Powertrain To Incorporate Clean Air Power Natural Gas Dual-Fuel Technology Into Volvo Truck Engines The Dual-Fuel diesel-gas cycle. Click to enlarge. Volvo Powertrain has signed a Letter of Intent with Clean Air Power Ltd. to incorporate UK-based Clean Air Power’s Dual-Fuel natural gas technology (earlier post) into Volvo Truck engines. Clean Air Power’s Dual-Fuel...... |
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Report: Suzuki Shelves Plans To Develop Large Vehicle For Global Market The Nikkei reports that Suzuki Motor Corp. is deferring plans to come up with a larger automobile for the global market and open overseas factories.... |
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Philippine DOE To Accredit 5 Biofuels Plants Within Year Business Mirror. The Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) will accredit five biofuels-manufacturing facilities within the year. The country’s Biofuels Act of 2006 mandates a 2% coco methyl ester-diesel blend and a 5% ethanol and gasoline blend starting February.... |
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FDK To Begin Mass Production Of High-Capacity Li-Ion Capacitors; Automotive And Renewable Energy Applications The EneCapTen large capacitor. Click to enlarge. FDK Corp. will begin mass production of its line of lithium-ion capacitors (LIC) as early as spring. The company will install new production lines at its factory in Kosai, Shizuoka Prefecture, with a...... |
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Minnesota Legislature To Consider Low Carbon Fuel Standard StarTribune. The Minnesota state legislature will consider a bill implementing a low carbon fuel standard, similar to the one in California (earlier post), during the coming session.... |
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UK Evaluating Intelligent Speed Adaptation Systems For Road Safety And GHG Emissions Reduction Summary results of impact of ISA systems on CO2 emissions. Click to enlarge. The UK government’s Commission for Integrated Transport (CfIT) and the Motorists’ Forum (MF) recently issued a joint report evaluating the impact of implementing an Intelligent Speed Adaptation...... |
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Devil In The Details: NASA Satellite Joins The Search For Carbon Sinks And Sources by Jack Rosebro Artist’s visualization of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) in orbit approximately 483 miles above the Earth’s surface. Source: NASA. Click to enlarge. NASA is preparing for next month’s launch of its Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO), a 441...... |
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US Department Of Interior Opens 190M Acres Of Federal Lands For Geothermal Development The US Department of the Interior (DOI) recently made more than 190 million acres of federal lands available for leasing and potential development of geothermal energy resources.... |
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Hertz Launches Car Sharing Service Hertz, the world’s largest general use car rental company, in December launched the “Connect by Hertz” car sharing club, the only global car share club offered by an international car rental company, with neighborhood parking in London, New York City...... |
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GM And Chrysler Each Receive $4B In Bridge Loans GM and Chrysler have each received $4 billion in federal bridge loans. (Earlier post.)... |
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DOE To Resume Filling Strategic Petroleum Reserve The US Department of Energy plans to take advantage of the recent large decline in crude oil prices, and has issued a solicitation to purchase approximately 12 million barrels of crude oil for the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to...... |
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Short-Term Bailout In Works For Think According to a report by Norway’s NTP, a short-term financing package that combines loans from the private sector, government and possibly owners is almost ready to come to the aid of Think, the Norway-based electric car maker. Think halted production...... |
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EnerDel Applies For $480M In US Loan Funds To Expand Li-ion Manufacturing Capability; Targeting Capacity For 1.2M HEV Packs Annually By 2015 EnerDel, the lithium-ion battery subsidiary of Ener1, has applied for US$480 million in low-interest loans under the $25-billion Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Incentive Program (ATVMIP), which is administered by the US Department of Energy (DOE) (earlier post). If granted, the...... |
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Maruti Suzuki Becomes First Indian Car Manufacturer To Display Fuel Economy Labels SIAM’s fuel economy label. Click to enlarge. Maruti Suzuki India Limited, the India subsidiary of Suzuki Motors, is the first Indian automaker to comply with the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers’ (SIAM) Voluntary Labeling Program. The program, announced in September...... |
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Reducing Carbon Loss In Fields Where Stover Is Removed For Cellulosic Ethanol Michigan State University researchers are finding that farming practices such as planting cover crops and adding manure and compost can reduce carbon loss in fields where corn stover is removed for production into cellulosic ethanol.... |
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Coral Calcification Dropping On Great Barrier Reef At Rate Unprecedented In 400 Years Researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science report that coral calcification throughout the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) in Australia has declined by 14.2% since 1990, predominantly because extension (linear growth) has declined by 13.3%. The data they adduce suggest...... |
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China Vehicle Fleet Reaches Nearly 170M In 2008 Gasgoo. The total number of motor vehicles in China—including cars, motorcycles, trucks and other motor vehicles, hit 169.88 million vehicles in 2008, up 6.33% from 2007.... |
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3rd Quarter 2008 Gasoline Use In California Declined 6.1%; Diesel Use Dropped 10.4% The California State Board of Equalization (BOE) released gasoline and diesel consumption figures for September and complete figures for the third quarter of 2008. The third quarter of 2008 marked the tenth consecutive three-month period to show lower gasoline consumption....... |
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Ford ’s New Active Park Assist Leverages Electric Power Assisted Steering; Nearly 90% Of Ford Lineup To Have EPAS By 2012 Ford’s Active Park Assist. Click to enlarge. Ford is introducing a new Active Park Assist technology on its 2010 Lincoln MKS flagship sedan and new Lincoln MKT seven-passenger luxury crossover. Available in mid-2009 as an option, Active Park Assist uses...... |
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Jaguar Introduces New 3.0L Diesel For European Market The new AJ-V6D. Click to enlarge. Jaguar is introducing a new 3.0-liter diesel engine—the AJ-V6D Gen III—in two power levels in its XF Diesel S sedan for the European market. The new V6 engine, derived from the 2.7-liter diesel, improves...... |
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Beijing Implementing Plan To Remove Heaviest Polluting Vehicles Gasgoo. Beginning 1 January, Beijing is implementing a plan (earlier post) to ban vehicles that do not meet the Euro 1 emissions standard, which was adopted in China in 1992.... |
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Lawson To Add 150 Mitsubishi I MiEVs To Corporate Fleet Nikkei. Convenience store chain operator Lawson Inc. plans to add 150 Mitsubishi i MiEV electric vehicles to its fleet in the summer of 2009. The company may add as many as 1,600 i MiEVs eventually, according to the report in...... |
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NASA Study Links Severe Storm Increases And Global Warming The frequency of extremely high clouds in Earth’s tropics—the type associated with severe storms and rainfall—is increasing as a result of global warming, according to a study by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.... |
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UK Met Office Forecasts 2009 To Be One Of Top 5 Warmest Years On Record Despite Cool Pacific Warmest 50 years, color-coded by period. The inset shows the entire data range from 1850. Click to enlarge. Climate scientists at the UK’s Met Office and the University of East Anglia forecast the 2009 global temperature to be 14.44 °C—more...... |
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