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Turkish students at Sakarya University have built a hydrogen car that gets 1,336 mpg. Well, sorta. Called the SAHİMO, the vehicle’s current range is about 353 miles on a quarter gallon of fuel (568 kilometers on 1 liter). It travels such an obscene distance with so little fuel due to the vehicle’s uber-light weight: it [...]
With announcements being made every day about new plug-in electric vehicles, it’s hard to keep track of what’s what. Well, that problem, in part, has been solved with the new plug-in vehicle tracker that has been launched by Plug In America. The tracker is updated monthly and includes highway-capable cars and trucks, 2 and 3 [...]
I have a guilty concscience. You see, even though I aspire for literary greatness one day (hey, we all need dreams) most of my jobs have involved menial, manual labor. Right now, that is landscaping in a fancy-pants Connecticut town where most of the people have more money than free time. But landscaping is a [...]
Electric transport and infrastructure company ECOtality has made a move to expand its manufacturing and distribution operations for electric vehicle charging systems in China by entering into a joint venture with the Chinese firm Shenzhen Goch Investment to establish a manufacturing base in China. In return for a $10 million investment, Shenzhen Goch Investment will [...]
California has ruled that all ocean-going vessels within 24 nautical miles of California’s coastline must now use cleaner burning diesel fuel; which by 2012 will have have reduced sulphur emissions by 95%.
More: Toyota to Launch Overpriced Plug-in Prius in 2012: $48,000 for a Minor Upgrade Cartoon by Jerry King.
Earlier this week, the world’s first piloted aircraft powered solely by hydrogen fuel cells, took to the skies above Hamburg Airport, Germany, producing zero carbon dioxide emissions. The Antares DLR-H2, jointly developed by the German aerospace centre DLR, Lange Aviation, BASF Fuel Cells and Denmark’s Serenergy, has a range of 750km (390nm) and can stay [...]
Editor’s Note: This is the first contribution to gas2.org by Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels. Mayor Nickels is President of the US Conference of Mayors and was awarded the E-Visionary Award by the World Electric Vehicle Association. For more, see electriccarrace.org. When it comes to electric transportation, Seattle has a significant advantage. Our city-owned utility, Seattle City Light, [...]
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