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Archive for January, 2007

Green Cars At The LA Car Show

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

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The GM Volt concept car on display.
Last week I attended the LA Car Show, which some may find strange, given the fact I believe cities should be essentially car-free. However, I do recognize that cars and trucks have a place in rural [...]

Unveiled: Aptera Typ-1 100% Electric and Series Hybrid Vehicles

Friday, January 19th, 2007

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Ever since we first saw the Aptera, we’ve been waiting for this: today, the company officially pulled the curtain back the Typ-1, the funky three-wheeler with jaw-dropping efficiency stats. After some speculation about diesel engines and parallel hybrid modes, about how the prototype would hold up in a crash, here’s the real deal.

Aptera will be available in two models: all-electric and series hybrid. The electric version is slated for delivery in 2008 with the hybrid model to follow (for more on the difference …

New Record Set for Storing Hydrogen in Material for Fuel Cells

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

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Though we’re likely still a long ways off that vaunted hydrogen economy, it’s been encouraging to witness the string of breakthroughs in storage and production technology that have taken place over the last few months. Now a team of scientists from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, have created a new class of hydrogen storage materials that could make the development of high-performance fuel cells a possibility in the near future.

Physicists Adam Phillips and Bellave Shivaram took up a proposal originally made by Taner Yildirim of the National Institute of Standards and Technology - who had calculated that a material made out titanium and…


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