The financial woes at General Motors could finally be catching up with its fuel cell vehicle development program. In a Web-based interview with the media Tuesday, CEO Fritz Henderson said the company may take a close look at what it spends on fuel cell development. When asked by the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle’s Matt Daneman [...]
Leftover Grease Powers University Bus and Research
April 17, 2009 By 11 Comments
At most college dining halls, they’ll fry just about anything. Wings, mozzarella sticks, fries and onion rings. Old shoe leather (wait, maybe that’s just a memory of how things tasted at my college dining hall.) All that frying leaves a lot of leftover grease and oil. At the University of Rochester, a group of students [...]
Connecticut and Massachusetts Could Get EV Charging Network
April 9, 2009 By 2 Comments
Hey, hold on a just a minute Chicago, San Francisco and Portland. Connecticut and Massachusetts want in on your race to be the country’s EV hotbed. Northeast Utilities wants to build a 575-outlet EV charging system in the Nutmeg and Bay States, The Hartford Courant says. The pilot project would take two years to complete [...]
Indy Speeds Toward Role as Hybrid Hub
April 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
While in spring time Indiana’s thoughts generally turn from high school hoops to auto racing, Indianapolis last week launched a more than $200 million plan to put the region on the lead lap of the race to be a leader in hybrid vehicle technology. The Indianapolis Star reports area business leaders are calling the effort [...]
GM to Work With San Francisco, Washington to Prep for Chevy Volt Launch
February 4, 2009 By 18 Comments
Before it brings its much ballyhooed Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid to American streets, General Motors Corp. is laying out a “roadmap” for getting metro areas ready for the arrival of plug-in vehicles. At the Washington Auto Show, the troubled automaker said it will collaborate with San Francisco and Washington D.C. to ensure that the proper [...]
Japan Airlines 747 Makes First Ever Flight on Camelina Biofuel
January 31, 2009 By 6 Comments
There’s another player in the race to make aviation biofuel: camelina. A Japan Airlines Boeing 747-300 took off from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Friday, with an engine powered by a biofuel made primarily from camelina, making JAL the first airline to test fly the fuel. The fuel was a mix of camelina (84 percent), jatropha, [...]
