All Posts Tagged With: "hybrid"
The Daily Five: Friday, 18 December, 2009
Toyota’s first hybrid; Smart Grid Market Projected to Double; Surge in Electric Cars; No Health Impact From Wind Turbines; Solar Air Purifier
Toyota’s first hybrid from 1977 This cute little sportscar had a gas turbine connected to a generator that fed an electric motor with two speeds. The concept was a one-off model built for the [...]
The Daily Five: Thursday, 17 December, 2009
Networked EV Charging Stations; Solar Window Thermometer; 800hp concept hybrid; Mitsubishi i; Boston-Power Teams Up With Saab, Swedes for Electric Cars
First Networked EV Charging Station Installed in Canada Coulumb Technologies was due to open Canadian charging stations in the first quarter of 2009. It looks like they fell a little behind schedule, but the first [...]
The Daily Five: Monday, 14 December, 2009
Energy efficiency displays; Carbon Storage on Public Lands; Stoplight Timer for red lights; Honda P-NUT compact; Reduced-cost lithium-ion battery
Millions of homes to get energy efficiency displays The days of learning about your electricity consumption once a month are the on the wane. Driven by consumer interest in energy and utility smart-grid programs, home energy information [...]
The Daily Five: Friday, 04 December, 2009
Cheapest Car to Go Hybrid; Google to Move Into Clean Energy; CMT-380 plug-in diesel hybrid supercar; Boosting Biofuels; Thermeleon roof tiles
Tata Nano: World’s Cheapest Car to Go Hybrid Not sure if this is at all necessary, but hey – who am I to judge? If all goes according to plan, the ultra-cheap hybrid stands to [...]
Read Article | CommentsThe Daily Five: Wednesday, 02 December, 2009
Toyota Hybrid Sports Car; Hydro-Quebec; UKEco 60v Electric Scooter; Solar Powered Knit Hat; Vectrix lives again
Toyota Developing Mid-Engined Hybrid Sports Car Toyota may bring the MR2 back as a hybrid called the MR-S, and would employ a custom version of the Toyota Prius’ hybrid powertrain.
Hydro-Quebec’s Green Power Export Plans Hydro-Quebec’s move last month to boost [...]
GE Hybrid Water Heater Wins Popular Science Best of What’s New Award
A hybrid water heater? What’s that, you ask? Well, GE has made just such a product that utilizes heat pump technology in combination with traditional electric elements, which pulls heat from surrounding air and transfers it to the tank. This process creates the same amount of hot water as a traditional water heater, but [...]
Read Article | CommentsThe Daily Five: Monday, 09 November, 2009
Local, green electricity; Hypermiling Plane Gets 45 MPG; Hybrid Alarm Clock; Buffett’s Big Bet on Trains; Mod Lantern-Style Flashlights
Local, green electricity possible for most of the U.S. The Energy Self-Reliant States study found that 31 states have the potential to produce more renewable energy in-state than they currently use and that another ten could make [...]
The Daily Five: Friday, 23 October, 2009
Pedal Powered Water Purification Island; Algae a secret weapon; BMW Offers Plug-In Electric Diesel Hybrid; Earthship Makes Landfall in Nicaragua; UPS Trying New Hydraulic Hybrid Trucks
Pedal Powered Water Purification Island This people-powered water purification island, designed by Jakub Szczesny as part of the Synchronicity architecture and art festival in Warsaw, Poland, hooks up basic exercise [...]
The Daily Five: Thursday, 22 October, 2009
Nissan’s Recycling Plan for Electric Cars; Reuse Old Light Bulbs as a Flower Vase; 75 Chipotle Restaurants Get Solar Panels; Brazilians switch back to gas as ethanol prices rise; Hybrid Buses Get Cheaper
Brazilians switch back to gas as ethanol prices rise. Like we didn’t know this was going to happen eventually. Brazilian drivers in many [...]
The Daily Five: Wednesday, 21 October, 2009
Toyota launches new hybrid; Energy Star efficiency questioned; Chamber of Commerce hoax; Three-wheel vehicles eligible for federal funds; UC Berkeley to offer green tech program
Toyota launches new hybrid, Honda warms to electric Toyota Motor Corp is ramping up its push on gasoline-electric hybrids, launching a new model in Japan and taking on up-and-coming rival Hyundai [...]
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