Electric Car Blogging

Aurora Biofuels on Wednesday said that it has completed a successful trial of growing algae for biofuels and named former Royal Dutch Shell executive Robert Walsh CEO.

The company has been running a test at growing algae in two outdoor ponds–each about as big as an Olympic-size swimming pool–in Florida …
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Tesla Motors has begun offering its Roadster electric vehicle for the Canadian highway, the company announced Wednesday.
Tesla said in a statement that driving a Tesla Roadster in Canada can be thought of as even more kind to the environment than in other places since the bulk
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Originally posted at Planetary Gear
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NEW YORK–There’s a long way to go to make consumer electronics an environmentally sustainable industry and sometimes the best path isn’t always clear.

Panelists and attendees at the Greener Gadgets conference here last week discussed the many ways that manufacturers could claim a greener product–a recycling program, less …
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Although Mitsubishi is testing the iMiev electric car in fleets throughout the world, official production isn’t intended to start until 2010. To meet its production goals, Mitsubishi is adapting the car to different world markets. At the Geneva auto show, Mitsubishi showed off a prototype that meets …
Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
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The Greenster sports old-school style on the outside, but green-school tech on the inside.
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RUF Automobile and Siemens Corporate Technology, the research arm of Siemens, debuted their all electric car concept at the Geneva Motor Show this week.
The Greenster, like its name suggests, is designed to …
Originally posted at Planetary Gear
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Starting on Wednesday, CNET News is running a three-day special report on the green-tech industry in which we examine its progress to date and its prospects.

We focus particularly on the electricity grid and the growing role of IT in energy and environmental sustainability.

The central question at play is …
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The AirPod is a three-seat and three-wheel car that runs on compressed air.
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Among the plethora of alternative fuels being put forth to replace oil, the most odd might seem simple: air. But MDI International, based in Luxembourg, showed off a car at the 2009 Geneva auto show …
Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
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