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- EcoBoost: Ford’s Near-term Answer to Lowering Emissions Without Forfeiting Performance
- Biofuels Breakthrough: Making Fuel From Air With Engineered Microbes
- Report: Twitter Squatters are the Ire of Hyundai, GM and Volkswagen
- Ferrari Confirms Hybrid All-Wheel Drive System For 2014
| EcoBoost: Ford’s Near-term Answer to Lowering Emissions Without Forfeiting Performance Posted: 10 Nov 2009 11:26 AM PST
Editor’s Note: Corey Weaver is a Ford Technical Expert and EcoBoost's project leader. One of the great challenges for automakers today is determining which technology or group of technologies will be the most effective in increasing fuel-efficiency and lowering greenhouse emissions - while still meeting the performance, quality and price car-buyers expect. The array of choices available and under development is significant, ranging from turbo charging, direct injection, six speed transmissions, electric power assist steering, weight reductions, electrification, bio fuels and hydrogen fuel cells. We know there is a viable future for some of the most advanced technologies, but we also recognize not all of them are market-ready or affordable for consumers. Even advanced technologies take time to gain widespread acceptance. For instance, despite mainstream acceptance of hybrid technology, hybrids remain less than 3% of the market. |
| Biofuels Breakthrough: Making Fuel From Air With Engineered Microbes Posted: 10 Nov 2009 11:13 AM PST
In what could be a major breakthrough, Joule Biotechnologies announced that it has directly produced fuel from the plentiful carbon dioxide in the air around us using highly engineered photosynthetic microbes. |
| Report: Twitter Squatters are the Ire of Hyundai, GM and Volkswagen Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:20 AM PST
I’ve got to say, this story strikes home with me; I’ve been repeatedly ignored by Twitter’s “customer service” every time I’ve tried to engage them about parked twitter handles. Now it appears that some major auto manufacturers are considering legal action to get Twitter to deal with username squatters in an attempt to protect their brand names. |
| Ferrari Confirms Hybrid All-Wheel Drive System For 2014 Posted: 10 Nov 2009 09:12 AM PST
I am extremely vocal on the topic of electric cars, especially when it comes to their performance potential. Instant torque is very, very fun—to say the least—and makes a lot more sense on the racing circuit than internal combustion engines (at least in short bursts). Makers of high-end exotics are starting to pick up on this trend, though Ferrari is (as far as I know) the first supercar maker to confirm it will be adding and electric-hybrid to its lineup. Of course, they claim this is to improve handling and not fuel efficiency. But hey, I’ll take what I can get from the prancing horse. |
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