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- LS9 Ultraclean Diesel (Green Diesel) Exceeds Fuel Specs
- Nissan Makes Crucial Step In Its European Zero Emission Mobility Program
- Element Lexington First Hotel in World to Install Electric Car Charging Station
- Green Diva’s Eco-Ride - Lexus 250h Test Drive
- Mercedes-Benz Confirms 526 HP Fully Electric Gullwing
- Biofuels to Remediate Ruined Radioactive Landscapes?
- Nissan to Launch Compact Hybrids
- Using Electric Vehicles to Create a Sustainable City of Berkeley
| LS9 Ultraclean Diesel (Green Diesel) Exceeds Fuel Specs Posted: 20 Jul 2009 04:39 PM PDT
The key to these tests are that they were conducted by a third party which makes me excited for the future applications of the fuel. Personally, I think many technology claims are bogus. Too many “breakthrough” technologies are never validated by a third party and they whither and die in a matter of months. |
| Nissan Makes Crucial Step In Its European Zero Emission Mobility Program Posted: 20 Jul 2009 02:52 PM PDT
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., within the Renault-Nissan Alliance, announced today that it will be building two European plants to manufacture its advanced lithium-ion batteries - each plant manufacturing a projected annual capacity of 60,000 units. With agreements between Nissan and Portugal and the United Kingdoms, the Renault-Nissan Alliance makes significant steps towards producing batteries for its European Zero Emission Mobility Program. Nissan will receive financial assistance from both countries’ respective governments, as well as other forms of support, in order to ensure that the plants will be located within the countries. The hope is that the two plants will have both immediate and long-term effects on the health of both national and regional economies by boosting jobs, pioneering the manufacture and sale of zero emission vehicles in Europe and contributing to the automotive industry. |
| Element Lexington First Hotel in World to Install Electric Car Charging Station Posted: 20 Jul 2009 02:36 PM PDT
The Element hotels are the testing ground for green design, practices and operations, and all hotels are LEED certified (the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design is a certification offered by the U.S. Green Building Council). In addition, the Element Lexington has preferred parking for those driving hybrids or all electric vehicles and also offers guests the ability to use bikes to get around town. |
| Green Diva’s Eco-Ride - Lexus 250h Test Drive Posted: 20 Jul 2009 12:12 PM PDT
I don't do this 'green diva' thing for the financial rewards (slim pickins these days), but there are times when a special event or product review opportunity comes along and I experience a sense of purpose and well, it is just flat out fun! This week is one of those times when I love being a green diva. The smart PR folks for Lexus found me and decided I should test drive this beautiful not-available-till-2010 HS 250h hybrid sedan. Unfortunately, I'm on lock-down at my office most days and couldn't get to the event in NY back in June. I whined a little by email with this sweet PR rep about how my man, Wayne drives a Lexus 400h and he rarely shares it. She indicated that the cars would be back on the East Coast in July and she could hook me up with a ONE WEEK test drive! I asked her to repeat that message and she confirmed that they were offering to drop off a car anywhere I needed them to and let me play with it for a week and then pick it up at my convenience at the end of a week. Hmmmmmm? I played along, but expected a catch, like a huge deposit or ransom to include one of my children or something. Apparently there are no catches and it's all real and I aim to give you a daily account of my experience in fostering this car that I will want to adopt at the end of this week . . . |
| Mercedes-Benz Confirms 526 HP Fully Electric Gullwing Posted: 20 Jul 2009 09:21 AM PDT
It’s official. Last week, German automaker Mercedes-Benz confirmed its intentions to build a fully electric version of the SLS AMG Supercar. The AWD car will have separate transmissions for both axles and electric motors at each wheel. With a combined power output of 392 Kw–which packs 649 lb-ft of torque–the car will get a jaw-dropping 526 horsepower. This will push the zero-emission car from 0 to 62 MPH in just 4 seconds! All of this is available the moment the motors turn. Are you drooling yet? I am. |
| Biofuels to Remediate Ruined Radioactive Landscapes? Posted: 20 Jul 2009 06:57 AM PDT
In a macabre When Life Deals You Lemons - Make Lemonade kind of news item: Researchers are considering that perhaps we could safely reuse radioactive land: to grow crops for biofuel. Growing food is still too dangerous in southeastern Belarus because the region is still so contaminated by fallout from Chernobyl that crops grown there cannot safely be eaten by humans for hundreds of years, until the radioactive isotopes decay. Yet 1.5 million mostly older people have not left, and some are in fact growing some grain on the contaminated land anyway. The radioactive material concentrates in roots and stalks, which they just plough back into the ground after harvesting. As a result; the soil is still almost as contaminated now as it was after the accident. Things could not be much worse there than they are now and the Belarus government is open to new ideas. So when an Irish company had the idea of remediating the soil by planting a biofuel crop, Belarus was more open to the idea than you might imagine: |
| Nissan to Launch Compact Hybrids Posted: 20 Jul 2009 04:44 AM PDT
Nissan has announced plans to sell compact hybrid vehicles based on its own technology in Japan, starting from 2011. The Japanese outfit intends to make a low-cost, compact powertrain featuring an integrated electric motor providing supplemental power to the main gasoline engine. Energy will be provided by high-performance lithium-ion batteries. According to Nissan the hybrids should be more than twice as fuel efficient as the equivalent gas-powered offerings. |
| Using Electric Vehicles to Create a Sustainable City of Berkeley Posted: 20 Jul 2009 02:00 AM PDT
Editor's Note: This is Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates' first post for Gas 2.0. Mayor Bates is the latest to join The Great Electric Vehicle Race. Last month, our city council adopted Berkeley's bold Climate Action Plan. This plan calls for systemic action, by all Berkeley residents and agencies to reduce our city's greenhouse gas (GHG) consumption by 80% below 2000 levels by the year 2050, and the investment in electric vehicle infrastructure will be a key method for achieving these larger goals. |
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