Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2009

Researchers at Ohio University have developed a new technology that accomplishes the direct conversion of urine and urea to pure hydrogen via electrochemical oxidation with an inexpensive nickel catalyst. Hydrogen production from urine. Credit: RSC. Click to enlarge. A report on the work led by Professor Gerardine G. Botte was published in Chemical Communications , a journal of the UK Royal Society of Chemistry.

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JULY 29, 2009

Either Way They Are More Dangerous To Your Future Than Any Terrorist. You wouldn’t know it from the mainstream media, your elected representatives or the folks at the US Chamber of Commerce, but we’re currently in the most threatening crisis our civilization has ever faced. Sure, if you’re a regular Creative Greenius reader you’re already hip to the news, but that only puts you in very enlightened and highly entertained minority.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JULY 24, 2009

Want to build an electric car, but don't have 10K to spend on the project? Forklift salvage is the way to go!

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 22, 2009

I’m probably going to seem a little Nissan-centric this month, what with their imminent big announcement August 2nd. But also because I, along with a few other Plug In America members, spent the better part of the past three days meeting with about ten of Nissan’s advanced planning team. They invited us to come to their Los Angeles facility and participate in a wide ranging series of discussions, marketing seminars, and even a drive over to Santa Monica to see what a normal day drivi

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DIY Electric Car

JULY 12, 2009

London belongs to one of the largest cities in the world. It's transport also belongs to the one of the most developed. London's undergrounds is one of the most developed in the world but also one of the oldest in the world counting over a 100 years. There is also an excellent network of overground trains and if we think of it all of these are powered by massive electric drives.

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JULY 12, 2009

Yesterday was our local EV organization's big annual event called EV Awareness Day. We held it at Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland. I gave a press event with the Mayor Sam Adams and two VPs from local power companies (PGE and Pacific Power). Probably one of the coolest things about the show is that a Tesla Roadster showed up unexpectedly!

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Creative Greenius

JULY 1, 2009

I initially gave Exxon/Mobil till 2020 to get out of Torrance and clean up their toxic mess here in my town. But now that I’ve found out they’re still lying and covering up their role in climate change and the size of their own carbon footprint, I’m going to have to get tougher with them. Some people just cannot be negotiated with and need a swift, hard kick in the ass.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 29, 2009

Huh? Autocar.co.uk is reporting: "Toyota's iQ-based electric car, due to be launched in 2010, will get its own body style to create a stand-alone model which will become Toyota’s first all-electric car" (emphasis added.) I'm pretty sure I just stepped out of my 2002 Toyota RAV4 EV. With 69,000 miles on the original battery, it still gets over 100 miles per charge.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

We’ll finally get to see the new Nissan August 2nd. (That’s Tokyo time, it’ll still be the 1st here.) I assume they’ll have the name finalized by then, too. I’m kind of excited to see this car, having tested the drivetrain in the Nissan Cube. The drivability was similar to my RAV, but quicker. Since the Cube is 200 lbs heavier than the final body of the EV, it should be a bit quicker still.

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DIY Electric Car

JULY 31, 2009

I have purchased a 1995 Mazda b 2300 small truck with the intent of converting it into an EV. Purchase price was $ 650.00 with a blown motor on 7/15/2009, the seller bought this truck at an auction, untested, just to discover that it has a serious problem, blown piston ,rings, or valves, who knows, it did run but smoke, whooiee!!! it has new paint and a fairly clean interior, 4 speed trans/w overdrive, manual windows, manual steering, and drove fairly well, I was afraid on the test drive that it

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Electric Cars are for Girls

JULY 31, 2009

Why does one select AC over DC drive for electric cars? I see both kinds of kits offered but I don't understand why one would choose.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2009

Ape Calessino Electric Lithium. Click to enlarge. Piaggio has introduced the refreshed 2009 range of the Ape Calessino, including a new electric version powered by lithium-ion batteries. The three-wheeler Ape has been on sale for more than 60 years, and has sold more than 2 million units in five continents. The Ape Calessino Electric Lithium is powered by the AEnerBox system from Archimede Energia , including a liquid-cooled, 222V, 6.88 kWh Li-ion battery pack built with 3.7 V, 31 Ah cells and a

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Creative Greenius

JULY 20, 2009

These great kids down under are taking part in a ‘flash mob’ on the steps of the Sydney Opera House, dancing as a creative protest at the Power Shift 2009 youth climate summit. They have only three very reasonable demands: Green Jobs for our generation, A Power Shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy, 50% by 2020 carbon pollution reduction targets for Australia.

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Green Cars News

JULY 27, 2009

There are a vast number of upstart car companies emerging on the West Coast of the USA at the moment, but Coda Automotive is determined to establish itself as more than just one of the pack. The company has completed an agreement with UQM Technologies which will see the latter supply its UQM PowerPhase 100 electric propulsion systems to the electric car company for a period of 10 years.

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JULY 29, 2009

Tesla Roadster Visits Las Vegas July 27th-28th during Renew America Roadtrip by Stan Hanel, Editor of "Watts Happening" Newsletter for LVEVA Michael Craner and Madushini “Maddy” Gunawardana are 21 st century trailblazers. He is an electrical engineer who works on patent law issues. She is a medical student, who plans to study international medical law.

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DIY Electric Car

JULY 29, 2009

Buddy David came over again. We got all the bolts except for one off the tranny on the passenger side. That one bolt is the only thing keeping the engine in (except the engine mounts themselves). If anyone has tips, secrets etc for hard to remove bolts, now would be a good time to share. I would be most appreciative. We gave up on that bolt and went to the rear.

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JULY 29, 2009

I'm considering getting a 98 Saturn SL1 (I can get the basic car for about $1000.) My idea is to put a small electric generator on a.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2009

The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1 team scored the first win for a KERS-equipped car at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix. According to the McLaren synopsis, driver Lewis Hamilton benefited from KERS to charge down to the first turn alongside Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel. He out-braked Mark Webber to briefly hold second before losing traction at the exit and ceding the place back into Turn Two.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 19, 2009

FOLLOW ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE. As our planet’s atmosphere overheats because the greenhouse gas firewall we’ve built by burning fossil fuels works so damn well, there is one secret weapon we can all still whip out if we want to fight back and try to save ourselves from frying. It’s not sexy and it doesn’t make a bunch of old school, balding, white, male, carbon collaborators stinking filthy rich, so it’s no wonder they’ve done every evil and despicable thing in

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Green Cars News

JULY 28, 2009

@ Doc__Brown We’re still waiting for the Flux Capacitor to become affordable. Great Scott! in reply to Doc__Brown #. Tags: Latest news.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

JULY 28, 2009

Lloyd Reece VP of the LVEVA here. The Tesla arrived at the Springs Preserve yesterday July 27 and was quite impressive. I got a short but very fast and smooth ride in the car with Michael at the wheel and this is one great car. Las Vegas is in the middle of an excessive heat warning (temp. over 112 degrees) but the Tesla Roadster is COOOL!! Two of our long standing members Jan Himber and Al Sawyer escorted the Tesla in from St.

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DIY Electric Car

JULY 27, 2009

I've never been confident that I'd succeed with this project. However, until now, I could have the car (or what's left) towed away. I'm about to drop the rear axle. At that point, I'm not sure it can be moved. I suppose there are ways to move wrecks. Still I have the sense of getting in deeper and deeper.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2009

Long-term discharge curve of the newly developed lithium-air cell. Source: AIST. Click to enlarge. Researchers at Japan’s AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) are developing a lithium-air cell with a new structure (a set of three different electrolytes) to avoid degradation and performance problems of conventional lithium-air cells.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2009

The UK is planning to invest £1.1 billion (US$1.8 billion) in first big electrification of its rail network since the late 1980s, involving the London to Swansea and Liverpool to Manchester lines. This will result in the first electric main line trains running in Wales. Electrification on UK Rail Network. Source: DfT. Click to enlarge. Work will start immediately and for Liverpool-Manchester will be completed within four years and for London-Swansea within eight years, although stages in between

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2009

The US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development approved Fiscal Year 2010 funding legislation that, among other elements, would provide $27.398 billion for the Department of Energy—$1.109 billion below the President’s budget request—including $190 million for the continuation of the Hydrogen R&D program, which the administration had terminated.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2009

Opel’s LPG range. Click to enlarge. Opel is now offering five dual-fuel LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas)-powered Corsa, Meriva, Astra station wagon and Zafira models with a wide performance range, expanding its line of ecoFLEX models with alternative propulsion. The Opel LPG models can run on gasoline or LPG—the switch happens automatically, but can also be made by pressing a button.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2009

Toyota’s Prius was the top-selling car in Japan in June for the second month in a row, with sales of 22,292 units—3.58 times June 2008 results of 6,231 units— according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA). The Prius became the country’s top-seller in May for the first time, with sales of 10,915 units, which was up more than twice year-on-year from 5,079 units in May 2008.( Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2009

The agreement was signed in Rome by Zhang Fangyou, Chairman of GAC Group, and Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat Group, in the presence of the President of the People’s Republic of China, Hu Jintao, and the Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi. Click to enlarge. Fiat Group and Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd. (GAC Group) signed a Framework Agreement to establish a 50/50 joint venture for the production of cars and engines for the Chinese market.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2009

Total energetic debt of 1 MJ of biodiesel and its distribution within the production chain. According to the study, only the wet extraction on low-N grown algae has a positive balance. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge. Biodiesel production from microalgae, while looked upon as an environmentally advantageous source of fuel, suffers from several drawbacks at the current level of technology that can jeopardize the overall energetic balance, according to a life cycle analysis (LCA) by a team of resear

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2009

Time series of annual mean values of cloud and climate quantities averaged over the NE Pacific. (A) COADS cloud data. (B) ISCCP cloud data. (C) COADS SST data. (D) Hadley Centre SLP data. Clement et al. (2009), Science. Click to enlarge. Low-level stratiform clouds—which play an important climatic role because of their net cooling effect on the global climate—appear to dissipate as the ocean warms, thereby enhancing the warming (i.e., a positive feedback), according to a new study of the NE Paci

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2009

Exposure to ozone at levels currently deemed safe by the NAAQS clean air standards can have a significant and negative effect on lung function, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis. The results are published in the 1 August issue of the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., CEO of Synthetic Genomics Inc (SGI), will be the keynote speaker at the 2009 Algae Biomass Summit. The Algae Biomass Summit is the official conference of the Algal Biomass Organization ( ABO ) and takes place this year 7-9 October in San Diego. SGI recently announced a $600-million alliance with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company to develop next generation biofuels using photosynthetic algae. ( Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2009

Guardian. Nissan is developing an inductive charging system capable of transmitting power wirelessly over longer distances, and is exploring scaling it up for use with its electric car. Traditional magnetic induction, such as used in an electric toothbrush or electric transformers, uses conductive coils to transmit power wirelessly over very short distances.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2009

One of SDG&E’s converted PHEVs. Click to enlarge. The third phase of a SDG&E multi-year in-use study on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles showed that plug-in hybrids offer significant improvements in gas mileage and reductions in emissions when compared with standard hybrid-electric and gasoline internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. ( Earlier post.

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