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- Report: France Wants 2 Million Electric Cars On Its Roads By 2020
- Update: Breakthrough Biodiesel Process Now Running At Commercial Scale
- Seven Weeds That Could Power Your Car
- Hyundai Enters The Green Auto Market With a Bang | IAA Frankfurt Auto Show
| Report: France Wants 2 Million Electric Cars On Its Roads By 2020 Posted: 30 Sep 2009 03:50 PM PDT
French energy minister Jean-Louis Borloo will announce a plan on Thursday for the country to invest 1 billion Euros ($1.46 billion US) in the infrastructure needed to encourage the adoption of electric cars. That investment will buy 4.4 million charging stations, upgrade the power grid, purchase a government fleet of electric cars, and provide subsidies to EV buyers and auto manufacturers. France hopes that this amount of investment will be enough to get 2 million electric cars on its roads within 10 years. |
| Update: Breakthrough Biodiesel Process Now Running At Commercial Scale Posted: 30 Sep 2009 02:09 PM PDT
Just about this time last year I reported on the very promising and innovative Mcgyan® biodiesel process. It was one of the most popular stories gas 2.0 ran that year, and rightly so: the breakthrough seemed to deliver the possibility of making biodiesel in mere seconds from start to finish, reducing costs by half the price of other biodiesel, producing no waste, using no chemical reactants, and using any animal fat or vegetable oil as a feedstock. At the time the company in charge of the project, Ever Cat fuels, had only succeeded at making a small-scale pilot operation of 50,000 gallons per year. But, as of 2 days ago, the process has been completely commercialized. |
| Seven Weeds That Could Power Your Car Posted: 30 Sep 2009 09:52 AM PDT
With the attention on first generation corn ethanol fading, the next big thing on the sustainable fuel horizon is nonfood biofuel crops. Within that category, inedible weeds are taking a front-row seat due to their relatively low demands on water, pesticides, and herbicides, and their reduced need for tilling and other mechanized soil prep. Some weeds with biofuel potential can also thrive on contaminated soils, absorbing and cleaning pollutants in a process called phytoremediation. |
| Hyundai Enters The Green Auto Market With a Bang | IAA Frankfurt Auto Show Posted: 30 Sep 2009 09:51 AM PDT
Much has been written about the launch of the Hyundai i10 concept, the company's first foray into the electric car market. It's an impressive car and the underlying technology trumps many other competitors. For example, there's the Li-Poly battery which Hyundai claim will charge almost twice as fast as the Li-Ion battery championed by Renault and other manufacturers. Of course, this assumes you have an industrial outlet with enough amps to provide the power fast enough. However, the Hyundai i10 is more than a standalone electric car. It is part of a range which the company has obviously thought about long and hard before bringing it to market. |
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