The GSMA, a trade group representing more than 750 GSM mobile operators across 218 countries, has launched a plan to help mobile operators in developing markets go green. The organization announced Thursday the Green Power for Mobile initiative, which will help the industry use renewable energy sources, such as solar, … [...]
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The solar power installation at Applied Materials’ headquarters is further evidence that companies looking to go green should think blacktop. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based maker of gear for making high-tech products announced Friday that it has completed the installation a pair of solar power systems that together can produce 2…. [...] Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Zap Zap’s been having a pretty good last few weeks. There was the groundbreaking at the Kentucky plant and now we hear that August electric vehicle sales set a new record. According to a new release from Zap (pasted after the jump), the company sold 7,000 worth (unaudited) of vehicles in August, compared [...] [...] Filed under: EV/Plug-in, On Two Wheels, USA Jay Leno often gets to try some pretty sweet rides but this week’s featured machine was cool AND green. It’s not the first electric two-wheeler to drop by the the late-night comedian’s automotive haunt but the Zero X electric off-road motorcycle is arguably the coolest. As Jay explains in [...] [...] Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Mitsubishi The latest expansion of Mitsubishi’s electric car program will be made official today in Iceland. The small North Atlantic nation will join the test efforts for the Mitsubishi iMiEV during 2009. Iceland’s president Olafur Ragnar Grimsson will be signing a memorandum of understanding with the Japanese automaker to bring the diminutive EV [...] [...] Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Legislation and Policy Not long ago, several important companies with interests in the utility and energy businesses created the GridWise Alliance. The group, which recently added fifteen new members (still no CA Edison), announced a meeting next week in Washington D.C. to discuss smart grids, how they can help us reduce [...] [...] Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Legislation and Policy, Daimler Have you ever traveled around with a plug adapter for different wall sockets? The need for a car version of these adapters, albeit in a much larger scale, is what BMW’s Klaus Draeger and Daimler’s Thomas Weber discussed at the 2008 World Automotive Congress of [...] [...] Filed under: Economy, Hybrids/Alternative, Sedans/Saloons, Green, Volkswagen, First Drive 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDIclick above for high-res gallery The state of California has the toughest vehicle emissions regulations in the world in its LEV II (and the corresponding national Tier 2 Bin 5) standards. Those rules treat all engine types the same regardless of what fuel they use. [...] [...] |
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