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The VW Nils is one of the high points of the IAA 2011 – but there was one issue unaddressed by concept art and initial press releases. The first images didn’t really give an impression of internal comfort. Auto Motor Und Sport conducted a practical test to see whether it would be cozy or claustrophobic.
Happy Thursday! Only one more day until the weekend, and there is some pretty cool green tech stuff making its way across the web. In this morning’s roundup, a post-apocalyptic EV, Kia will focus on electric, plug-in, and fuel cell vehicles, and a train car turned into a mobile garden.
Bill Buchholz has built one of the most unique looking experimental diesel powered cars on the road. A one-time contender for the $10 million dollar Automotive X Prize, Dirigo is made of fiberglass and wood, Western Red Cider to be exact, and has gotten up to 99 miles per gallon (mpg); 89 mpg and 92 mpg recorded in events and competitions throughout the United States.
One hundred and twenty-five University of Tennessee, Knoxville, students have begun riding electric bikes(e-bike) around their large, hilly campus thanks to cycleUshare, the nation’s first automated e-bike sharing system.
Researchers at Penn State University claim to have developed a process which shows “that pure hydrogen gas can efficiently be produced from virtually limitless supplies of seawater and river water and biodegradable organic matter” … which is, of course, a fancy way of saying “poopy water”.
Another day, another round of green news from around the web, and today we’ve got some real interesting stuff. Making the rounds around green news websites this morning; a huge airship that could replace trucks in the Arctic, GM and Chinese automaker SAIC ink an EV deal, and the world’s oldest pair of Levis jeans.
Japan is extraordinarily determined to ensure acceptance of electric vehicles. Its most recent push came in the form of a team-up between Terra Motors and the JACLA (JApan Car Life Assist) aimed at driver’s ed students nationwide. 300 driving schools throughout the country received large plasma displays solely for the purpose of running ads for electric scooters.
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