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1. UK begins major trial of electric cars

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Tuesday, 23 June 2009

   ... months. The majority are electric, with a small number being plug-in petrol/electric hybrids. A spokesperson for the Technology Strategy Board told TG Daily that information will be gathered on driving ...

2. 100 mpg automotive X PRIZE contest underway, 136 vehicles, $10M

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Friday, 10 April 2009

   ... actual final race taking place in May, 2010.The breakdown of entrants fall into the following fuel categories:32 - Fuel electric / battery36 - Hybrid (gas or diesel) / electric23 - Gasoline13 - Diesel11 ...

3. AT&T converting to natural gas on 8,000 fleet vehicles

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Wednesday, 11 March 2009

   ... spend $215 million over the next 10 years to replace 7,100 passenger cars in its fleet with hybrids and possibly other future fuel sources available by then. Natural gas Natural gas is a byproduct ...

4. Ericsson Plans 100 Solar-Powered Cellular Base Stations in Africa

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Wednesday, 25 February 2009

   ... new base stations will feature another twist: Each will replace one diesel generator with a bank of hybrid diesel-batteries designed by Ericcson to handle a large amount of charging and discharging. If ...

5. UPS deploys 300 natural gas mail trucks

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Tuesday, 24 February 2009

   ... diesel engines. UPS has been experimenting with a range of alternative-fuel vehicles, from electric vans to hydraulic hybrids. Last October, the company became the first shipper to join the U.S. Environmental ...

6. New low-cost nickel-based fuel cell could prove revolutionary

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Tuesday, 16 December 2008

     A new form of non-alkali membrane used in fuel cells could allow expensive and rare platinum to be replaced with nickel. If true, the market could soon be filled with much less expensive fuel cells and ...

7. UPDATE: Removing a major hurdle to wide acceptance of battery powered vehicles

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Opinion)

   Friday, 21 November 2008

   ... limited range. Another is expense. Most battery-only vehicles will get you about 75 miles, and hybrid solutions are very pricey. Still, 75 miles is enough to commute back and forth to work each day even ...

8. Shell Oil Company achieves 376.59 mpg in test car at Wood River Laboratory

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Tuesday, 04 November 2008

   ... in a stock family vehicle. Even hybrid vehicles, which began to gain quick popularity when fuel topped $4.00 per gallon in the U.S., do not achieve extremely high efficiency when running only on gasoline ...

9. Fresno’s hybrid garbage truck saves gas, but still smells

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Wednesday, 15 October 2008

     When you think of garbage trucks… oh sorry… refuse trucks, you think of big noisy and smelly vehicles, but Fresno is trying to fix all that with its plug-in hybrid truck.  Ok, so they can’t ...

10. Smart goes electric

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 29 July 2008

    ... and not just options that are simply not in reach for a mainstream budget. A Prius plug-in hybrid is scheduled for the 2010 model year and Chevrolet is preparing its Volt for the same time frame. Both ...

11. Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid coming in 2010

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 12 June 2008

      Good news or bad news? Well, that depends on your viewpoint. The Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid is expected to become the first affordable and mass-produced plug-in hybrid vehicle that will let you ...

12. Mississippi State wins Challenge X 2008

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 22 May 2008

    ... or secondary propulsion source. Penn State injected hydrogen into its vehicle’s diesel engine as an emissions abatement strategy. The University of California at Davis is the only team to use plug-in hybrid ...

13. Mercedes-Benz to use lithium-ion batteries in hybrid S-class sedan

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 29 February 2008

    Mercedes-Benz today announced its two first hybrid vehicles, both of which will be using conventional lithium-ion batteries, as opposed to nickel-metal versions that are used for example in the Toyota ...

14. A Porsche hybrid? Does that make sense?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 20 February 2008

    ‘Hybrid’ has become a very political term these days: Whether you like it or not and whether it is true or not, it implies low gas consumption, reduction of green house gases and clean(er) air. Most ...

15. Chicago Auto Show 2008: Riding the hybrid wave

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 07 February 2008

    If you haven’t visited a North American Auto Show in recent years, you’d be surprised to see how much these shows have changed: The dominating topic at the Chicago Auto Show 2008 are hybrid ...

16. Aptera's sub-$30K, 300 mpg car will be here in 2009

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 17 December 2007

    It's no joke, in Q4 2008 an all-electric Typ-1 will be sold in Southern California for less than $30K delivered.  With a 300 mpg hybrid coming close behind in 2009, the Typ-1 has the potential ...

17. Volvo rethinks the hybrid car

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 06 September 2007

    Volvo today unveiled its "ReCharge Concept", which could be a first glimpse at tomorrow's commuter car. Other than the hybrid vehicles today, the ReCharge uses the electric motor as the ...

18. MIT researchers demonstrate spark-free, efficient engines

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 23 July 2007

    ... power by making the combustion occur during the wrong stroke cycle. Professor Wai K. Cheng of MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering has partially fixed that problem by creating a hybrid engine ...

19. GE to show off hybrid locomotive

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 23 May 2007

    General Electronic will be unveiling its prototype hybrid electric diesel locomotive in Los Angeles Union Square tomorrow. Los Angeles (CA) – General Electronic will be unveiling its prototype hybrid ...

20. Nation's energy grid could power almost 185 million electric cars

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 11 December 2006

    A Department of Energy report shows that the U.S. energy grid could support up to 185 million electric or hybrid cars. The department believes a switch to the newer vehicles would clean up the environment ...

21. Yahoo's cooking oil-powered car to attempt land speed record

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 08 November 2006

    ... about alternative automotive fuels. The site showcases hybrid cars along with information about ethanol, biodiesel, natural gas and upcoming electric and hydrogen fuel cell cars. The event is sanctioned ...

22. University of Wisconsin creates diesel-hybrid SUV

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 09 June 2006

    ... is not really known to build the most fuel efficient cars around. What is special about this Equinox is that it is a hybrid vehicle, which combines an electrical engine to power the rear wheels and a diesel ...

23. Peugeot Citroen to sell diesel hybrids in 2010

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Wednesday, 01 February 2006

      French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen on Tuesday unveiled two demonstration vehicles powered by diesel-hybrid engines and said it wanted to sell tens of thousands of them annually from 2010. French ...