Huge Electric Semi Would Transform Trucking

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Quite apart from being the most fuel-efficient way to haul goods on the highway, this highly computerized EV would turn the drivers job into a white collar job more akin to piloting a plane than driving a truck.

Here’s 10 other clever details in his eco concept…

XR3: 225 MPG Plug-In Hybrid Trike Headed for Production

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Robert Riley’s XR3 kit car is an amazing three-wheeled plug-in diesel hybrid. The trike gets a jaw dropping 225mpg on combined diesel-electric power and 125mpg when using only the 23hp diesel engine. And hey, it kinda looks like that Back to the Future car! Introduced back in June of 2008, the two-passenger car was designed [...]

15 Bikes Competing In Today's World First Electric Grand Prix

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Today’s the TTXGP – the Time Trials Xtreme Grand Prix. And don’t let that misspelled word fool ya. It’s going to be one heck of a ride! In fact, it’s going be the world’s first zero-carbon, clean emission Grand Prix. With twenty-three different electric bikes and sixteen riders, seven different countries will compete in this [...]

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Going the Distance: Ford Delivers First PHEV to Canada's Largest Electricity Producer

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Is 120 miles-per-gallon too much to ask from an American car company? Ford doesn’t think so. With the addition of the Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV) to its development line, Ford Motor Company is showing that it can dance with the best of them. The Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid uses high voltage lithium-ion batteries, which [...]

Shell Announces CE10 Cellulosic Ethanol Available NOW at Ottawa Station

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Today at Noon, a Shell service station in Ottawa, Ontario will quietly begin selling cellulosic ethanol blended into regular gasoline. The biofuel is made locally from wheat straw, and as far as we know is the first time cellulosic ethanol has been made publicly available. The new fuel will only be available for one month, [...]

Classic Metal, Post-Modern Motor: Meet The Electric Mustang

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The first car I fell in love with was a ’69 Mustang I saw at a car show almost too long ago to remember. It was red, it was clean, and it made the most delicious, delirious, devious sound when the owner cranked the 289 motor over. As much as I wanted to own a [...]

Yardney Teams Up With Coda Automotive to Manufacture Lithium-Ion EV Batteries

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Pawcatuck, CT – Connecticut based Yardney Technical Products, Inc. - who supplied NASA with batteries for the Mars Exploration Rovers (an all-electric vehicle, operating under the most challenging conditions imaginable) - and California-based Coda Automotive announced on Monday, June 8 that the two companies have entered into a joint venture (Coda Battery Systems LLC). Coda Battery Systems LLC [...]

Europe's First Clean Mobility Center Installs Electric Vehicle Charge Stations

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Diepenbeek, Belgium – On June 2, 2009, 365-Energy announced that the Katholieke High School of Limburg (KHLim) will begin deploying ChargePoint(TM) Network charging stations from the infrastructure manufacturer Coulomb Technologies as part of the first European Clean Mobility Center in Belgium. Coulomb’s international partner 365-Energy will provide the charging stations and manage the ChargePoint Network [...]