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- Swiss Zinc-Air Battery Company, ReVolt, Chooses Portland, Oregon For US Headquarters - Wants $30M in Stimulus Funding.
- Don’t Like Biofuels? Bet You Can’t Beat Retaliation by Blowpipe!
- Well Duh: Relaxed Regulations and Exploding Speculation Cause Wildly Fluctuating Gas Prices
- 150 MPG “Algaeus” Plug-In Prius To Cruise Coast-to-Coast On Algae Fuel
- Electric Vehicles Mass in Palo Alto
- One For The Funnies: Electric El Camino
- Tokyo’s Taxis Get Green Light to Test Better Place’s Battery Swap Stations
| Posted: 01 Sep 2009 02:38 PM PDT
Setting its sights on the burgeoning US market for car batteries, cutting-edge Swiss zinc-air battery company, ReVolt, has decided to take advantage of Oregon’s generous business tax credits for development of next generation car technologies. Announcing that it has selected Portland, Oregon as the location for its US headquarters and manufacturing center, ReVolt said it expects to create as many as 250 new jobs there. The partnership represents a coup for Oregon and Portland in the race to be the future electric car capital of the world. |
| Don’t Like Biofuels? Bet You Can’t Beat Retaliation by Blowpipe! Posted: 01 Sep 2009 01:32 PM PDT Native Malaysian tribespeople are taking to traditional methods of battle — including the use of blowpipes — to combat the destruction of their homeland to satisfy the exploding worldwide demand for palm oil.
The rate at which virgin tropical rainforests are currently being cleared to plant palm plantations to supply the ravenous growth of worldwide palm oil demand is staggering: In Indonesia alone 4.4 million acres of rainforest disappear each year. Given that one American football field is roughly one acre, that’s just about 4.4 million football fields. Truly staggering. Together, Malaysia and Indonesia account for 80% of worldwide palm oil production, but they also contain more than 80% of the remaining virgin rainforests in Southeast Asia. Unfortunately, the only remaining lands in Southeast Asia that are also the best for palm oil production are these vast swaths of virgin rainforest. |
| Well Duh: Relaxed Regulations and Exploding Speculation Cause Wildly Fluctuating Gas Prices Posted: 01 Sep 2009 12:06 PM PDT But from an another point of view, are wild oil price fluctuations really all that bad?
In my experience, it doesn’t take a higher degree and advanced knowledge of oil economics to see that rampant speculation is behind the crazy swings in oil prices we’ve seen in recent years. Even so, it’s a topic that economists and pundits have debated ad nauseum. In what may be one of the most exhaustive analyses of the issues surrounding the murky field to date, Rice University researchers from the Baker Institute for Public Policy have released a new policy paper — “Who is in the Oil Futures Market and How Has It Changed?” — aimed at setting the record as straight as can be. |
| 150 MPG “Algaeus” Plug-In Prius To Cruise Coast-to-Coast On Algae Fuel Posted: 01 Sep 2009 12:03 PM PDT
In an effort to drum up attention and support for their algae-based biofuel, Sapphire Energy has announced they will conduct a coast-to-coast journey in their “Algaeus” plug-in hybrid. Part electric hybrid, part biofuel vehicle, Sapphire claimes the Algaeus will get 150 miles per gallon from its hybrid/biofuel drivetrain. The Algaeus will visit 10 cities, starting in San Francisco on September 8th and ending in New York City on the 18th. |
| Electric Vehicles Mass in Palo Alto Posted: 01 Sep 2009 12:01 PM PDT
On Saturday, I spent four hours in the blistering August heat of Palo Alto, California exploring the world of electric cars at the 37th Annual Electric Car Rally and Show. Sponsored by the Electric Automobile Association, Silicon Valley Chapter, the event offered a wide variety of vehicles, people and philosophies. I also enjoyed a remarkably tasty spicy chicken taco and two enormous icees. With all the excitement over the $109,000 Tesla sports car and news of the upcoming Nissan Leaf, a four-door sedan for more regular folks, you might wonder what you can do today, without breaking the bank. The answer is, folks have been thinking about electric cars for a long time and converting them to 100 percent battery power. |
| One For The Funnies: Electric El Camino Posted: 01 Sep 2009 10:49 AM PDT
I’ve always held a certain affinity for the El Camino. It makes no apologies for what it is; niether car nor truck nor particularly attractive. But it lasted a long time and plenty of people purchased one. With the body of a truck but the handling of a car (sorta) many unfair stigmas came to be attached with the El Camino. But just like the original El Camino did back in its heyday, Tom Leitschuh’s El Camino is breaking conventions by going 100% electric. Say what? An electric El Camino? It seems almost too outlandish to believe, but its true. |
| Tokyo’s Taxis Get Green Light to Test Better Place’s Battery Swap Stations Posted: 31 Aug 2009 07:13 PM PDT
Better Place, based in Palo Alto, California, has gotten the green light from the Japanese government to move forward on installing its battery swap stations for use by Tokyo’s taxi fleet. The company said it has received an undisclosed financial investment from the Japanese government for its “Tokyo pilot project,” which is intended to validate the feasibility of the battery swap stations by installing switchable batteries into the world’s first four completely electric taxis. According to the company, they will partner with Tokyo’s largest taxi operator, Nihon Kotsu, for the project that was commissioned by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s Natural Resources and Energy Agency. The project is slated to begin in January 2010 and is a direct result of the successful battery switch demonstration earlier this year in Yokohama. |
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