Vancouver Gives Green Light to Low-Speed EVs (2)
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CBC News. The Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada) city council has approved the use of low-speed electric vehicles on city streets. Under city bylaws, they will now be able to travel on Vancouver streets which have a posted speed limit of 50 km per hour [31 mph] or less, meaning they will be able to travel on most city streets. But staff remained concerned about the safety of the vehicles since they don’t meet the crash ...
Energy Banker Matt Simmons Warns on Threat of Gasoline Shortage (1)
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In an interview with WorldEnergy.TV, Matt Simmons, Chairman of Simmons & Company International, warned of the danger of a gasoline supply crisis to the US economy.Congress should realize we have two diseases crippling America today. While the financial crisis is like asthma or tuberculosis to the economy, a gasoline supply crisis could be terminal cancer. The government can print more money but gasoline is a hard asset. If we drain the pipelines, we won’t be ...
Alles gelogen – Mailer lügen mehr (2)
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Das ist jetzt wirklich die Wahrheit. Ich schicke das deswegen voraus, weil man sich im Netz dabei nicht sicher sein kann. Denn, so haben Charles Naquin von der De Paul Universität in Chicago, Terri Kurtzberg von der Rutgers Universität in New Jersey und Liuba Belkin von der Lehigh Universität in Pennsylvania herausgefunden, im elektronischen Schriftverkehr wird gelogen was das Netz hergibt. Vor allem in E-Mails wird gelogen, wie sonst nur im Bett: Ganze 92 Prozent ...
MidAmerican and Berkshire Hathaway Take 10% Stake in BYD (1)
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MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, a Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiary, will purchase 225 million shares, representing approximately a 10% interest, in China-based BYD Company Limited. BYD’s corporate focus is researching, developing, manufacturing and selling rechargeable batteries (Li-ion, Nickel batteries), automobiles, electric automobiles and related products. The investment is valued at 1.8 billion HK dollars, or approximately US$230 million.The two companies will hold a joint press conference on Monday in Hong Kong. We are thrilled to be ...
California Gasoline Consumption Down 4.8%, Diesel 11.0% in May 2008 (1)
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Gasoline consumption in California in May 2008 continued its downward trend, with Californians using 4.8% less gasoline in the month than during the same period the year before, according to figures from the State Board of Equilization (BOE). Diesel consumption in May 2008 was 11.0% below that of May 2007.Total gallons of gasoline used were 65.0 million fewer in May 2008 than in May 2007. On a month-to-month basis, Californians used 26.2 million gallons (2.1%) ...
Mitsubishi Motors to Make 2,000 i-MiEV EVs in 2009 (1)
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Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) will produce 2,000 i-MiEV electric vehicles in 2009, the year the model will be launched in Japan, President Osamu Masuko said Tuesday.The Japanese automaker will raise its annual output to 4,000 units in 2010 and then accelerate mass production, Masuko told Japanese reporters in Tokyo. Most of the vehicles will be sold in Japan for some ¥3 million (US$27,530) each. Mitsubishi will begin selling the electric vehicles at reduced prices in ...
50-State Jetta TDI and SportWagen Now on Sale in US (1)
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Volkswagen’s new 50-state compliant (US EPA Tier 2 Bin 5) diesel Jetta TDI sedan and SportWagen are now available for customer delivery. (Earlier post.) The Jetta TDI has an EPA fuel economy rating of 29 mpg city and 40 mpg highway. VW commissioned third-party certifier, AMCI, to test the Jetta TDI and found it performed 24% better in their “real world conditions,” achieving 38 mpg in the City and 44 mpg on the Highway. Buyer ...
Ich maile also bin ich – E-Mail-Studie 2008 (1)
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Haben Sie eine Ahnung wie viele E-Mails täglich versandt werden? Sicher nicht. Ich ja auch nicht. Und genau weiß das sowieso keiner, aber es gibt Schätzungen. Immerhin: Das IDC etwa schätzt, dass an jedem Werktag 35 Milliarden E-Mails verschickt werden. Radicati wiederum geht von 1,1 Milliarden E-Mail-Nutzern, 1,4 Milliarden aktiven E-Mail-Accounts und sogar 171 Milliarden verschickten E-Mails pro Tag aus. Betrachtet man allein die elektronische Geschäftspost erhält danach jeder vernetzte Arbeitsplatz rund 126 Mails pro ...
Volt Teasers (1)
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GM released a set of photos of portions of the production Volt design in conjunction with a presentation by Bob Boniface, Director of Design for Chevrolet Volt, at the Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Michigan.The production design differs from the original show car based on work done to optimize the aerodynamics of the vehicle to ensure meeting the 40-mile all-electric range target. “The show car surface as tested could not have confidently delivered on ...
NREL Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record at 40.8% (2)
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Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have set a world record in solar cell efficiency with a photovoltaic device that converts 40.8% of the light that hits it into electricity. This is the highest confirmed efficiency of any photovoltaic device to date, according to NREL.The inverted metamorphic triple-junction solar cell was designed, fabricated and independently measured at NREL. The 40.8% efficiency was measured under concentrated light of 326 suns. ...
Vista: Free Windows Vista Themes (31)
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The Life Rocks! blog rounds up seven gorgeous Windows Vista themes which are free to download. Pick your favorite, dress up your desktop, then show it off in the Lifehacker Desktop Show and Tell Flickr Group. (At first glance I'm smitten by Maxclear, pictured. You?)
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Some themes for Windows Vista that might deserve a second look, or install.
Free Windows Vista Themes [Vista] (2)
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The Life Rocks! blog rounds up seven gorgeous Windows Vista themes which are free to download. Pick your favorite, dress up your desktop, then show it off in the Lifehacker Desktop Show and Tell Flickr Group. (At first glance I'm smitten by Maxclear, pictured. You?)
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Tym razem wpis zsynchronizowany w czasie, czyli 8.8.2008 o godzinie 8.08 (nie wiem czy uda mi się dokładnie trafić). Spot związany z igrzyskami, po wielu reklamach i akcjach związanych z działalnością organizacji obrony praw człowieka, tym razem komercyjny akcent, Adidas z serii Impossible is Nothing (podesłał Marek Miller). Spot ze stajni TBWA Chiny. Bardzo podoba mi się ten leciutki, fortepianowy motyw muzyczny, jakże odmienny od tego co widać na filmie, te tłumy chińczyków i jakże ...
Report: Toyota Focusing on Metal-Air Cells for Next-Generation Battery Technology (2)
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The Nikkei reports that Toyota’s newly established department for battery research (earlier post) is focusing on metal-air cells as the next-generation battery technology for its vehicles. In June at Toyota Environmental Forum in Tokyo, Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe said that the company was setting out to develop an innovative next-generation battery that far outperforms lithium-ion batteries. Watanabe was referring to what’s known as a metal-air battery, according to Toyota Executive Vice-President Masatami Takimoto. In this ...
KERS Stumbles on Fast Path to F1 2009 Season (1)
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Several recent incidents have highlighted the development challenges associated with some of the Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) under development for the 2009 F1 racing season.The Red Bull factory was evacuated last week as a precaution after a battery vented, and a BMW mechanic suffered an electric shock. In a column for ITV, retiring F1 Red Bull driver David Coulthard said: As has been well documented elsewhere, there are concerns about isolating the electrical charge ...
DuPont Danisco and University of Tennessee Partner to Build Cellulosic Ethanol Pilot Plant (1)
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DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC (DDCE) and the University of Tennessee (UT) Research Foundation, through Genera Energy LLC, are partnering to construct a pilot-scale biorefinery and R&D facility for cellulosic ethanol in Vonore, Tenn. The pilot facility will develop the commercial package for DDCE’s cellulosic ethanol technology.DuPont and Genencor, a division of Danisco A/S, formed the 50-50 global joint venture DuPont Danisco in May to develop and commercialize a low-cost technology solution for the production ...
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