Electric Car Blogging » Green Tech http://www.electriccarblogging.com Electric Car News, Hybrids, Alternative Fuel and Everything in Between Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:26:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Energy Secretary Chu: Win a Nobel, save world http://www.electriccarblogging.com/2009/05/energy-secretary-chu-win-a-nobel-save-world/ http://www.electriccarblogging.com/2009/05/energy-secretary-chu-win-a-nobel-save-world/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 06:09:37 +0000 admin http://www.electriccarblogging.com/2009/05/energy-secretary-chu-win-a-nobel-save-world/ CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the Department of Energy plans to establish research centers modeled on Bell Laboratories to spark the development of disruptive energy inventions.

Chu delivered the Compton lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Tuesday, where he told academics and local green-tech business people …

]]> http://www.electriccarblogging.com/2009/05/energy-secretary-chu-win-a-nobel-save-world/feed/ 0 Can’t wait until 2012 for an EV from Ford? Convert one now. http://www.electriccarblogging.com/2009/05/cant-wait-until-2012-for-an-ev-from-ford-convert-one-now/ http://www.electriccarblogging.com/2009/05/cant-wait-until-2012-for-an-ev-from-ford-convert-one-now/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 05:07:25 +0000 admin http://www.electriccarblogging.com/2009/05/cant-wait-until-2012-for-an-ev-from-ford-convert-one-now/ This 2007 Ford Mustang has been converted to an electric vehicle by start-up Plug-in Motors.

This 2007 Ford Mustang has been converted to an electric vehicle by start-up Plug-in Motors.

(Credit: Plug-in Motors)

A fully electric passenger vehicle from Ford is still a couple years away, but in the mean time, Plug-In Motors –a Missouri-based start up– has been developing the process and technology to …

Originally posted at The Car Tech blog

]]> http://www.electriccarblogging.com/2009/05/cant-wait-until-2012-for-an-ev-from-ford-convert-one-now/feed/ 0 Transparent plastic solar cells fitted into windows http://www.electriccarblogging.com/2009/05/transparent-plastic-solar-cells-fitted-into-windows/ http://www.electriccarblogging.com/2009/05/transparent-plastic-solar-cells-fitted-into-windows/#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 00:55:01 +0000 admin http://www.electriccarblogging.com/2009/05/transparent-plastic-solar-cells-fitted-into-windows/ 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 …

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The study‘s authors modeled how far different classes of cars could go based on the available energy from a …

]]> http://www.electriccarblogging.com/2009/05/study-bioelectricity-bests-biofuels-on-miles-per-acre/feed/ 0 DOE to slash fuel cell vehicle research http://www.electriccarblogging.com/2009/05/doe-to-slash-fuel-cell-vehicle-research/ http://www.electriccarblogging.com/2009/05/doe-to-slash-fuel-cell-vehicle-research/#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 00:55:01 +0000 admin http://www.electriccarblogging.com/2009/05/doe-to-slash-fuel-cell-vehicle-research/ 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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