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1 December 2006 posted in Green 7 views
AutoblogGreen for 12.01.06 A hybrid tank poised to strike a Prius. Not exactly the image I expected to find at the EDTA Conference this week, but that's that I found. I also tried to find more information from the Ian Clifford, ...
Tags: prius, rick wagoner, electric car, rover 75, la times, hyped, car world, bio diesel, la auto show, energy storage, plug in hybrids, headline writers, autobloggreen, eestor, ultracapacitor, zenn motor company, energy breakthrough, australian students, drive vehicles, government solutions
6 October 2005 posted in Gadgets 7 views
Ford partners with Boeing and Northwestern Unversity in nanotechnology alliance Ford announced today that it was forming an alliance with Boeing and Northwestern University to develop nanotechnology for application in the transportation industry. Nanotechnology is a relatively ne ...
Tags: edc, bill ford, hydrogen storage, energy storage, corporate strategy, environmental design, engineering design center, evanston illinois, environmental sustainability, developing materials, design energy, new engineering, technological innovation, innovative projects, advances in technology, materials engineering, northwestern university, development efforts, nanotechnology, transportation industry
12 September 2005 posted in Trends 14 views
Another hydrogen pellet technology is announced Researchers at the Technological University of Denmark have announced the creation of another solid-state form for storing hydrogen. In this scheme, which differs significantly from hydride storage te ...
Tags: popularity, explosion, hydrogen, risk, producers, energy storage, catalyst, storage mechanism, hydride, ammonia borane, storage techniques, agricultural chemicals, high pressures, safe way, sea salt, technological university, solid state, university of denmark
11 August 2005 posted in Hybrids/Alternative 14 views
Hydraulic hybrids? An inventor by the name of Tom Kasmer is claiming that his Hydristor (a contraction of "hydraulic transistor") will revolutionize the auto industry. What? OK, let's take a step back. Basically, Kasmer ...
Tags: hybrids, auto industry, rwd, cvts, energy storage, hydristor, kasmer, hydrostatic drives, efficiency improvements, transmission efficiency, hydrostatic drive, drivetrains, construction world, transmission device, hydraulic motor, release mechanism, axle shafts, flywheel, differentials, power transmission
18 July 2005 posted in Trends 6 views
Study attacks use of ethanol as a fuel A study released from University of California-Berkeley finds that for every unit of energy yielded by ethanol, it takes 1.3 units to produce it from corn, and is nearly 3 times more expensive than ga ...
Tags: fossil fuels, underground water sources, ethanol producers, university of california berkeley, storage mechanisms, source of renewable energy, state subsidies, biodiesel production, significant improvements, energy storage, fuel additive, unit energy, fermentation process, unit of energy, rapeseed, mtbe, source of energy, energy sources, soybeans, free ride