The modified Hummer might only burn one gallon of diesel every 60 miles, but it'll also burn a bunch of natural gas and/or hydrogen. Overall efficiency will...
... Toyota's HSD is best suited for ICE-dominant designs while PHEVs tend to be battery-dominant. I'm sure HSD's software complexity causes the PHEV group some...
The HSD is also not that complex, after all you have an engine coupled to a motor and a generator through a planetary gear system, nothing more. It can work...
A 60% ownership would tend to make them chose Panasonic EV Energy above another company but if the future of the Plug-in Prius is at stake they are more likely...
Check out this ad info on Altairnano's battery. http://www.altairnano.com/markets_energy_systems.html (there is a link to a .pdf specsheet on the right) Is...
... People are waiting for Altair to actually sell their miracle batteries to customers. Or to at least provide cells to unaffiliated third parties for...
A new and so far unannounced offensive with the purpose of filling the Danish roads with electric vehicles may be a strong element in the Danish governments...
Toyota Executive Vice President Masatami Takimoto told The Associated Press recently that the company hasn't marketed the feature aggressively because battery...
$2 per watt hour is $2,000. per Kwh. That would make them $52,000. for the same pack as in a Rav-4 EV and there may still be a calender life issue. No one ...
Planet Earth is not the USA, and you do not own it. The USA is not alone in the environment problems. In fact the USA is the one country who is the most...
As usual, the northern Europe countries set the benchmark. I hope they succeed, and I wish we had similar initiatives in my country. :( I wonder what cars are...
Interesting. Note however, that this is a battery for use when the car is idling instead of using the regular 12v one. The power requirements are far from...
Same news at this link but with more context informations: http://www.carlist.com/autonews/2005/autonews_188.html The interesting paragraphs are: Larry Burns,...
... PHEVs are a solution to the USA's $400 billion oil import problem. They may help some other countries, but will clearly hurt others. It would be...
TORRANCE, California (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp on Friday detailed plans to study U.S. consumer demand for a version of its hot-selling Prius hybrid that...
Laying aside the health issues, Diesel suffers from another problem. It is now higher in price for much of the year than gasoline. There is also a supply...
Excuse me? Apart from 1 or 2 countries like Great Britain, diesel is on pair or far cheaper than gasoline here in Europe. In Portugal diesel sells for around 1...
But what if we run those diesels on vegetable oil... The fuel could be free, and at least it won't be petroleum. ... problem. It is now higher in ... ...
Hello, I've just found this forum in my search for a plug in hybrid. I tried searching around for a while without much luck, so please forgive me if I'm...
You are overlooking several factors that support diesel. First, refining capacity. Diesel is basically #2 home heating oil, plus dye, to prevent people from...
Chevy Hybrid SUV wins "Green Car of Year" - An eight-passenger sport utility vehicle, the Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid from General Motors Corp, won the "Green Car...
Diesel engines are more efficient then gasolines engines but are still very bad in efficiency overall compared with electric motors. This means that engine use...
Why install more refinery capacity when there is no more oil to refine? Crude oil production has been flat for about 2 years now, even record prices cannot...
Interesting post. Does that yield per acre consider the high oil yielding crops, as opposed to those grown basically for food? Phil ... This ... some ... ...
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