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Nissan announces first "commercial" lease of their X-Trail fuel cell vehicle

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:06:17 +0000

Image courtesy Nissan (Sacramento, CA, Nov 24, 2009) Nissan North America announced today he lease of an X-TRAIL Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV) to Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Co. This is Nissan's first commercial lease of an FCV in North America.&n... ...

reikiman posted 32 hours ago from 7gen.com

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The Nissan LEAF is touring America, and first deliveries are expected 1 year from now

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:51:06 +0000

Photo courtesy NissanThe Nissan LEAF was first disclosed to the public on Aug 2 and it is expected to be for sale on the market in late 2010. This fall and winter Nissan is taking the LEAF on a tour of the U.S. to raise awareness about this ve... Links: ...

reikiman posted 2 days ago from 7gen.com

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XOR Motors aims to offer an extraordinary folding electric scooter for the road

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:58:00 +0000

Photo courtesy XOR MotorsElectric vehicles offer vehicle designers more freedom to create differently shaped machines that could never have existed before that offer radically new capabilities. The XOR scooters by XOR Motors certainly fit that... Links: ...

reikiman posted 2 days ago from 7gen.com

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What's the Future of Passenger Railroad? (Interview with James McCommons)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:12:18 +0000

With the doom and gloom of climate change and the frightening post-peak oil reality, it's hard to understand why the US is so far behind the times when it comes to trains. Whatever happened to the days of cross-country landscapes zooming by from a sleeper car? Or how about just plain old common ...

Chelsea Green found this 2 days ago on planetgreen.discovery.com

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Study sees transit saving Californians' energy, cutting greenhouse gas

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:23:30 +0000

A new study says Californians could save billions each year and cut greenhouse gas emissions by developing neighborhoods within easy access of public transportation. The study – "Windfall for All: How Connected, Convenient Neighborhoods Can Protect Our Climate and Safeguard ...

The Oil Drum found this 4 days ago on sacbee.com

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Ideal Bite’s Top Ways to Score a Tax Credit

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:49:09 +0000

Tax season may be months away, but now is a great time to think about making energy efficiency improvements that will help you care for Ma’ Earth and get more back from the IRS. Ideal Bite’s Top Ways to Score a Tax Credit provide home and car efficiency upgrade incentives that ...

got2begreen posted 5 days ago from got2begreen.com

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Clean Truck Program Celebrates First Year Anniversary

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:28:56 +0000

Trucks in Southern California ports faced stricter regulations in the past year. This month marked the one year anniversary of the Clean Truck Program, which called for stricter standards on emissions and the end of diesel trucks in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Public officials ...

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Battery maker GP Batteries has bought New Vectrix and the Vectrix assets

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:33:02 +0000

Photo courtesy Vectrix Corp As expected GP Batteries has purchased New Vectrix and certain Vectrix assets. As noted in earlier reporting (Vectrix is dead, long live the New Vectrix?) New Vectrix was formed by GH Ventures and GP Batteries. That ea... ...

reikiman posted 5 days ago from 7gen.com

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What are the types of green transportation vehicles

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:56:40 +0000

PHEV image from the U.S. Department of EnergyElectric Vehicles: Electricity can be used as a transportation fuel to power battery electric vehicles (EVs). EVs store electricity in an energy storage device, such as a battery. The electricity powers t... ...

reikiman posted 7 days ago from 7gen.com

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Apparent management shakeup at Aptera, founders reportedly ousted

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:22:11 +0000

Photo courtesy Aptera Writing on Wired's Autopia blog Daryl Siry is reporting (on Nov 15) that over the weekend a management shakeup occurred at Aptera resulting in the ouster of two company founders and the firing of many people. The move is appa... ...

reikiman posted 8 days ago from 7gen.com

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New price for Brammo's Enertia electric motorcycle - $7,995

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:16:07 +0000

Enertia photo courtesy Brammo It seems some of the response to the Enertia motorcycle has been a jaw dropping to the floor. The old price was nearly $12,000 and perhaps in response to the dropping jaws Brammo announced on November 10 a major p... Links: ...

reikiman posted 13 days ago from 7gen.com

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Moving Sustainability Forward in Portland

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:51:44 +0000

At a meeting of the Portland Metro Climate Prosperity Project, efficiency was billed as an economic opportunity.

Ramsay Home found this 12 days ago on greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com

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Is Hesketh Motors signaling the rebirth of Vectrix?

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:48:56 +0000

Photo courtesy Vectrix a.k.a. Electric Scooter Wind Down, CorpThe Vectrix was the first highway capable production electric motorcycle when introduced in 2007. Unfortunately the company ran into financial difficulties (see: Why Vectrix is teet... Links: ...

reikiman posted 12 days ago from 7gen.com

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What are the types of green transportation vehicles

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:56:40 +0000

reikiman posted 7 days ago from examiner.com

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What are the types vehicles offering green transportation via alternative fueled or advanced technology?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:31:58 +0000

Electric Vehicles : Electricity can be used as a transportation fuel to power battery electric vehicles (EVs). EVs store electricity in an energy storage device, such as a battery. The electricity powers the vehicle's wheels via an electric motor. EVs have limited energy storage capacity, ...

reikiman posted 7 days ago from 7gen.com

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Can These 12 Fuel Options Change the World in 10 Years or Less?

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:54:10 +0000

Something’s gotta give. In a time of uncertainty about the future supply and demand for fossil fuels, a surge of activity in energy technology and the prospect of stricter emission regulations barreling down the pike, the global market for transportation fuels is poised for disruption. ...

Grist - the Latest from Grist found this 13 days ago on earth2tech.com

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