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Now this is encouraging. The New York Times ' Lindsay Brooke just tested a prototype 2011 Chevy Volt, but in a way that no one else has yet: with the battery completely drained. The Volt is a full-on electric car, but also with a small gas engine on board. Unlike with a hybrid, the Volt's gas ...
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New York
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Ah, Times Square: For native New Yorkers, it's
simply a crowded place to be avoided at all
costs, but marketers know it as a premium locale for launching a splashy campaign. Yesterday Duracell unveiled its Smart Power Lab there for the second year ...
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New York Finds Good Use for Tourists: Generating Electricity
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Get ready, hybrid-lovers, because Mercedes-Benz has some exciting debuts coming to the L.A. Auto Show, which will be open to the public December 4 to13. For one, it will show the F-Cell, an electric car that's able to make its own power, for the first time in North America. The Mercedes-Benz ...
Energy/Transportation
Mercedes
Auto Industry
A new bioplastics factory by a company called Metabolix will officially open this December. Metabolix, founded by MIT biology professor Anthony Sinskey and his former postdoc, Oliver Peoples, will utilize MIT-patented technology to manufacture bioplastic from corn. The plant will have the ...
Energy/Transportation
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California regulators have passed the nation's first television
energy efficiency standards that, by 2013, will cut electricity
consumption by almost half, the New York Times reports. Manufacturers must produce new models that use 33 percent less ...
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California Approves Energy Efficiency Rules for TVs
If you're going to monitor your home's electricity use, you need products that are simple to operate and deliver meaningful results. That's what Toronto-based Zerofootprint is offering with the TalkingPlug . This device plugs into a standard outlet and delivers results wirelessly to the ...
Energy/Transportation
Algal sources are perhaps best known as for ethanol production in the biofuels industry. It was proven though, that they could also be a source for another alternative fuel - hydrogen. A research team comprised of scientists from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Oak Ridge National ...
Energy/Transportation
Mitsubishi announced that the first 25 full-production i-MiEV electric cars have arrived at Bristol's Royal Portbury Docks, after a six-week journey by sea from Japan. The cars are scheduled to hit the road on December 12th as part of a West Midlands-based government trial. The i-MiEV is an ...
Energy/Transportation
Japan
For a truly connected, energy-efficient home, consider the Ecobee iPhone or iPod Touch app , which launched today in the iTunes Store. This app lets you control your Ecobee Smart Thermostat from anywhere, just as if you were at home. All you need is a Wi-Fi network. Did you leave for vacation ...
Energy/Transportation
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas became the first healthcare facility in the world to achieve LEED ( Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ) Platinum Certification. Among its various characteristics, the hospital contains 47,000 tons of recycled Mueller airport runway ...
Energy/Transportation
Texas
Energy Efficiency
Imagine that adding energy-saving solar panels to your home was as simple as adding shingles, and that they integrated with the standard asphalt shingles you're already using. Imagining this is all you can do, since Dow's Powerhouse Solar Shingles will be available (in limited quantities) in ...
Energy/Transportation
Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute has converted a box with wheels--I mean, a Scion xB--into an electric commuter vehicle, in a test that could drive a community-based approach to designing EVs. The new project, called ChargeCar and headed up by Illah Nourbakhsh , explores how EVs could be ...
Energy/Transportation
Konarka , a company known for its flexible photovoltaics, along with Arch Aluminum & Glass will soon launch a pilot project that could lead to a new development in the building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) industry.
For the project, an existing Arch office in Tamarac, Fla., will be ...
Energy/Transportation
Mark your calendar. On Monday, Mercedes-Benz will be launching the ML450 Hybrid -- the first European full hybrid vehicle in the U.S. This sporty SUV will offer two electric motors and a 275-hp V6 gasoline engine that work together to deliver 21 miles per gallon in city driving, and 24 mpg ...
Energy/Transportation
Mercedes
Hybrid Energy
We're starting to see environmentally friendly cell phones like the Samsung Reclaim and, at least overseas, the Blue Earth . But what about cell phone towers? In an attempt to answer that question, Helix Wind has announced it is beginning trial runs in southern California to see if two small ...
Energy/Transportation
Wind Power
Wind Turbines
California
But will they take it higher? The North American International Auto Show has just announced that the main floor of the 2010 show will feature the debut of a 37,000 square foot Electric Avenue. What this means--besides the fact that this song will be stuck in your head all day--is that the show ...
Energy/Transportation
Michigan
A new electronics trade-in program by online cell phone and home services retailer Wirefly was recently launched. Unlike the old trade-in initiative that only accepted old cell phones, this revamped program accepts a multitude of electronic devices. These include GPS devices, MP3 players, ...
Energy/Transportation
Don't toss that digital camera, says Kodak. The photography giant is partnering with Recycling for Charities to reduce electronic waste. When consumers buy a Kodak EasyShare M320 camera bundle (available exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club), they'll get instructions on how to pass their old ...
Energy/Transportation
Get ready for the first wave of smart appliances. General Electric has begun distributing a hybrid hot water heater that hooks into smart electric meters. That makes GE the first company to sell a smart appliance in the U.S., according to the New York Times . "Smart" is one of those words that ...
Energy/Transportation
New York
iControl , a Palo Alto-based startup, has unveiled ConnectedLife Energy Management , a proposal for a home security system that doubles as a way to automate home energy consumption management. The idea is to get broadband companies and other providers to either offer a standalone energy ...
