Archive for the 'batteries' Category
Mar 9, 2010 – Clifford Krauss reports in The New York Times on “The Lithium Chase.”
“For many years, few metals drew bigger yawns from mining executives than lithium, a lightweight element long associated mostly with mood-stabilizing drugs. Suddenly, the yawns are being replaced by eurekas. As awareness spreads that lithium is a crucial ingredient for [...]
March 10th, 2010 | Posted in AUTOMOBILES / CARS, GOVERNMENT, GREEN COMPANIES, INVESTMENTS, batteries | No Comments
Mar 4, 2010 – A new train from Siemens will make transport at airports faster and more flexible. Airval — a driverless train that runs on tires — has a top speed of 80 kilometers per hour. The train’s transport capacity can be increased from 1,000 to 30,000 passengers per hour and per direction: If [...]
March 4th, 2010 | Posted in AUTOMOBILES / CARS, ENERGY CONSERVATION, GREEN COMPANIES, INVESTMENTS, batteries | No Comments
Mar 4, 2010 – At the Geneva Motor Show (March 4 to 14) Siemens will present more key components for electric mobility. The company will present an integrated charging system and, at the stand of Ruf Automobile GmbH, a “dual motor” concept in a new version of the eRuf Greenster electric sports car. Electric mobility [...]
March 4th, 2010 | Posted in AUTOMOBILES / CARS, GOVERNMENT, GREEN COMPANIES, INVESTMENTS, batteries | No Comments
Mar 1, 2010
Technology partnership for a new electric vehicle suited to the Chinese market
New brand to be created by Daimler and BYD
Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG: “We continue to push ahead as a global leader in electric [...]
March 3rd, 2010 | Posted in AUTOMOBILES / CARS, GOVERNMENT, GREEN COMPANIES, batteries | No Comments
Feb 25, 2010 – Todd Woody reports in The New York Times, “A Silicon Valley company is claiming a breakthrough in a decades-old quest to develop fuel cells that can supply affordable and relatively clean electricity. Google, Bank of America, Wal-Mart and other large corporations have been testing the devices, which will be formally introduced [...]
February 25th, 2010 | Posted in BIOFUELS, GOVERNMENT, GREEN COMPANIES, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT, UTILITY COMPANIES, batteries | No Comments
Feb 19, 2010 – Earlier this month the NRDC, “The Earth’s Best Defense” [Who are they?] of NYC had full page ads donated by Peter Morton [Who is he?]. The NRDC is Natural Resources Defense Council & its Trustee’s include well-know actors, actresses, celebrities, wealthy businessman, etc. The ad was directed to US Senators & [...]
February 19th, 2010 | Posted in BIOFUELS, COAL, ENERGY CONSERVATION, FUEL CELLS, GEOTHERMAL, GOVERNMENT, GREEN COMPANIES, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT, GREEN ENERGY INSTALLERS, HYDROELECTRICITY, HYDROGEN, INVESTMENTS, NATURAL GAS, NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS [NGOs], NUCLEAR, OIL COMPANIES, SOLAR POWER, UTILITY COMPANIES, WASTE CONVERSION, WAVE POWER, WIND POWER, batteries | No Comments
Feb 15, 2010 – Todd Woody and Clifford Krauss report in The New York Times, that “If electric cars have any future in the United States, San Francisco may be the city where they arrive first.
The first wave of electric car buying is expected to begin around December when Nissan introduces the five-passenger Leaf. The [...]
February 15th, 2010 | Posted in AUTOMOBILES / CARS, GOVERNMENT, GREEN COMPANIES, INVESTMENTS, UTILITY COMPANIES, batteries | No Comments
Feb 10, 2010 – In the few months that have passed since the contracts were signed for The EV Project (US Department of Energy Grant DE-EE0002194) the forward momentum has been constant as we ramp up the largest–ever rollout of electric vehicle infrastructure. Through this five-state, 11-city pilot we are essentially creating five laboratories in [...]
February 10th, 2010 | Posted in AUTOMOBILES / CARS, GOVERNMENT, batteries | No Comments
Feb 1, 2010 – The Florida Council for Economic Outreach welcomed Bren-Tronics Energy Systems, Inc. (BES) to Alachua County. BES will create 15 jobs with an average wage of at least $40,000. This comes in the midst of economic uncertainty amid a continued push toward clean energy independence.
The existing facility and machinery, located at Phoenix [...]
February 1st, 2010 | Posted in AUTOMOBILES / CARS, GOVERNMENT, GREEN COMPANIES, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT, batteries | No Comments
Feb 1, 2010 – The Concept ActiveE achieves entirely CO2-free mobility. But this achievement does not hinder incredible performance. The ActiveE will go up to 100 miles on one charge, depending on conditions and can accelerate from 0-60 in under 9 seconds.
The style of the all-new vehicle is similar to that of the 1 Series, [...]
February 1st, 2010 | Posted in AUTOMOBILES / CARS, GREEN COMPANIES, INVESTMENTS, batteries | No Comments
Jan 27, 2010 – Nelson D. Schwartz reports in The New York Times about the new round of funding for “Better Place, the closely watched start-up that hopes to create vast networks of charge spots to power electric cars, is set to receive a vote of confidence on Monday, in the form of $350 million [...]
January 27th, 2010 | Posted in AUTOMOBILES / CARS, GREEN COMPANIES, GREEN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT, INVESTMENTS, batteries | No Comments
ECOtality, Inc. (OTCBB: ETLE) will provide a preview of its first generation of internet-based software for advanced electric vehicle charging. The software, developed by eTec (Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ECOtality, will be on display this week at the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) conference held in conjunction with the Washington Auto [...]
January 26th, 2010 | Posted in AUTOMOBILES / CARS, ENERGY CONSERVATION, batteries | No Comments
Jan 12, 2010 – ECOtality, Inc. (OTCBB: ETLE), a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, announced that it has established a new, wholly-owned subsidiary, ECOtality Australia Pty Ltd. The Company, headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland, will market and distribute battery charging equipment to support on-road electric vehicles (EV), industrial equipment, and electric airport ground [...]
January 13th, 2010 | Posted in AUTOMOBILES / CARS, GOVERNMENT, GREEN COMPANIES, INVESTMENTS, batteries | No Comments