The Department of Energy’s proposed budget boosts research on energy efficiency and renewable energy sources but makes cuts in hydrogen fuel cell vehicles because the technology is many years from being practical. The DOE published details of its .4 billion fiscal 2010 budget request on Thursday, and Energy … [...]
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Growing plants to make electricity is a more efficient and environmentally sound way to power vehicles than biofuels, according to a study meant to spark a debate over energy policy. The study‘s authors modeled how far different classes of cars could go based on the available energy from a … [...] Solar company Konarka has developed a transparent solar cell that it hopes will be built onto electricity-generating windows. The Lowell, Mass.-based company on Tuesday said it has reached an agreement with Arch Aluminum & Glass to use Konarka’s plastic solar cells in building materials, including windows. A transparent … [...] EnerDel has signed an agreement to supply lithium-ion batteries for electric carmaker Fisker Automotive’s planned Fisker Karma. Indianapolis-based EnerDel announced the letter of intent on Friday, a few hours before state senator Evan Bayh is scheduled to dedicate a new production line for auto batteries. The supply deal is … [...] After pouring billions of dollars of federal money into fuel cell car research over decades, the US Department of Energy is cutting back on future spending. In the 2010 budget that the administration is submitting to Congress, Energy Secretary Stephen Chu proposed slashing more than 0 million from the Energy Department’s hydrogen program. That’s a [...] [...] BYD Automotive is a favorite of Warren Buffett In April China sold 1.15 million autos, up some 25 percent from last April. Unbelievably, more cars might be sold in China this year than will be sold in America. Fortunately, for US automakers, brands like GM’s Buick are top sellers in this barely emerging automotive market, so China [...] [...] Love it or hate it I’m a big fan of hybrid cars, obviously. Still, I think it is very important to address hybrid vehicle problems. Typically, most hybrid problems are not endemic to hybrids, per say, but shoddy manufacturing. Certainly, the weight of hybrid batteries coupled with low resistance tires has led to increased tire wire and [...] [...] Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, BMW BMW Clever concept – Click above for an image gallery Back in the summer of 2007, BMW and the University of Bath put their combined heads together and designed a vehicle called the Compact Low Emission Vehicle for Urban Transportation, or Clever for short. Using just three wheels and an engine that [...] [...] |
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