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- Nissan to recycle batteries from electric cars
- E-pollution this blog.This is an IT tech site. Just a reminder.Actually, no ...... it's a tech site, period. What do gadgets have to do with IT? What do cameras have to do with IT? It rather unfortunate that you can't find, or don't have, anything...
- Tags: battery, car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., electric car, IT Tech
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Nissan to recycle batteries from electric cars
- Nissan will work with Sumitomo to recycle batteries from Nissan brand electric cars. They say this will allow them to lower the price on their plug-ins. A new venture will be formed to recycle the lithium-ion batteries. In the hybrid and electric car field Nissan is hustling...
- Tags: Car, Electric Car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Battery, Plug-in, Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota Prius, FORD GOES ELECTRIC Ford Motor, Engineering, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- 'Mericans say: "Gimme a plug-in"
- Pay more, yes...Pay more than the gas price we would save over the life of the car, no. That's the issue now, you do not save more in the long run. Once we get to the point where we would merely break even, then I would seriously consider a plug-in.Electric...
- Tags: Plug-in car, car, plug-in, electric car, battery, commute, No.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- Honda, slow out of the electric starting gate
- GM won't launch the Volt next yearGM will be tits up in a year.
- Tags: Honda Motor Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-27
- Electric vehicle grants
- The feds are giving money to over four dozens industrial and research operations connected with the development of electric cars in the U.S. The total grants are nearly $2.5 billion. This is not like we have a major national commitment to electric cars. The $2.5 billion is...
- Tags: Car, Electric Car, Grant, Battery, Electric Vehicle, Engineering, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-13
- BusinessWeek article questions safety of batteries in electric cars
- BusinessWeek article questions safety of batteries in electric carsThey're not worried about the safety of the driverThey're worried about the safety of the jobs. As in other areas, as mechanical gives way to the cheaper, more reliable electronic, the need for all those mechanics and parts manufacturers will change forever.SENSATIONALISM!What...
- Tags: Engineering, What-If, electric car, BusinessWeek, car, battery
- Discussion threads 2009-07-26
- BusinessWeek article questions safety of batteries in electric cars
- Remember a few years back when flaws in lithium-ion batteries caused a spate of overheated products and even a few fires? Now, suppose that lithium-ion battery was running your electric car. That's the thesis behind this "what-if" article published by BusinessWeek. Could spark a whole new set...
- Tags: Car, Electric Car, BusinessWeek, Lithium-ion, Battery, Lithium-ion Battery, Engineering, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-07-26
- Newly nationalized General Motors goes online...any greener?
- Newly nationalized General Motors goes online...any greener?Tragic endIf GM had been allowed to conduct its affairs based on its own marketing expertise, I would have assumed it would do just fine, once the onerous union agreements were modified.Now, it appears to be doomed. The corporate management puppets are echoing...
- Tags: Government, Engineering, NOW IT, Volt, General Motors Corp., battery
- Discussion threads 2009-07-10
- Obama visits electric car center in L.A.
- I blogged earlier this week about China's plug-in car, already in mass production at a sales price of about $20K each. The Chinese electric carmaker, BYD, hopes to sell about 350,000 this year. All in China. President Obama and Southern California Edison SCE...
- Tags: Car, Electric Car, Barack Obama, Battery, Plug-in, Southern California Edison, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-03-20
- Electric cars level automaker playing field
- Chinese electric-hybrid maker BYD is ready to compete on the auto industry's newly level playing field. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Car, Electric Car, Automobile Company, Battery, General Motors Corp., BYD, Engineering, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-01-12
- Electric cars on the streets
- Electric cars on the streetsDonkey Power?Do you realize the size of the nuclear powered shovels required to clean-up the mess that many donkeys will leave behind?How much does it cost to replace the battery?Since you state the battery only lasts 18 months...Forget electric. Compressed AIR is the future.Heres why:-No...
- Tags: Engineering, compressor, battery, Electric Car, Compressed Air
- Discussion threads 2008-10-30
- Electrons driving us drivers and may juice up our future
- That's an eBox in the picture. Made by AC Propulsion, one of the four electric vehicle makers on the GoingGreen Panel, Davis, CA. Moderator, Jesse Deeter, Producer "Who Killed the Electric Car?". Tom Gage, CEO, AC Propulsion. They are...
- Tags: Electricity, Car, Vehicle, Battery, eBox, TG, GS, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
- The plot behind killing electric cars
- The plot behind killing electric carsGM doesn't sell REAL hybrids!The so called "Hybrid" pickups from GM only turn off the gasengine while stopped. No real electric propulsion. Dodge doesnot sell the diesel hybrid RAM pickup to individuals. The Sprinterhybrid is only in testing. Ford only has...
- Tags: Engineering, Saturn, Toyota Motor Corp., battery, electric car, hydrogen
- Discussion threads 2007-08-28
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- 2010 Lexus RX 450h
- Photo gallery:2010 Lexus RX 450hRemember that Seinfeld episode where George Costanza said, "I would drape myself in velvet if it were socially acceptable?" Well, sitting in the 2010 Lexus RX 450h is like being draped in velvet, and, with the economical hybrid drivetrain, it is socially responsible. Lexus vehicles show...
- Tags: Lexus
- Product reviews 2009-11-03
- Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficient
- RE: Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficientIt would require an encyclopedia simply to list all the turbine applications developed over the past century. What turbines continue to dislike, however, is speed alterations. Change their speed and you lose much of their efficiency. That's...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, gasoline engine, disk, diesel, combustion, turbine, battery
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- How the cordless Powermat charging system took my iPod touch hostage [review]
- Unnecessary..... POS if you ask me!Cordless charging will work only whenit will be standardized and built into the various devices.what about solar-charging wireless?i've heard it was on the drawing boards...has anyone refined this 'green tech' to the point where it can be relied on?Oh, well... The transformer is such an...
- Tags: Smart phones, hostage, iPod touch hostage, cordless Powermat, Powermat, Apple iPod Touch, Apple iPod, phone
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid
- Photo gallery:2010 Ford Fusion HybridThe problem with some hybrid cars is that they're often more hybrid than they are car. The 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid doesn't have that problem. Even without considering the gas and electric tag team happening under its hood, the Fusion is a well-put-together vehicle with an...
- Tags: Ford Motor Co.
- Product reviews 2009-09-03
- Electrics from Japanese carmakers
- Volt is not electricVolt should be considered as Hybrid. It has gasoline engine, Leaf is pure electrics. Volt is not electricVolt is propelled by an electric motor.The gasoline engine produces electricity for the electric motor, it does not propell the car. You could reason that "electric" cars...
- Tags: Engineering, Volt, car, gasoline engine
- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
- 230 MPG. 367 MPG. Pick a number and market it! Doubts are voiced.
- What difference does it make?I mean seriously, what if its only half that, its still better than anything you can buy today. As to the "hype", is this the first time you have heard marketing hype?Wow, Polarized Vote OptionsSeems like the vote options are either, "It's really good/the next...
- Tags: MPG, General Motors Corp., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Discussion threads 2009-08-14
- A feisty ride in the Chevy Volt
- "But the emperor is naked"Or maybe the title should be:"Don't confuse me with the facts, my mind is made up!"The media is just full of wonderfull stories about electric carsand how they will save Michigan, the auto industry, possibiliy the whole world,and so forth.Now maybe there is something brand new...
- Tags: Engineering, replacement cost, battery, car, Tesla, cell
- Discussion threads 2009-08-14
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