Toyota Engineers Two New Flower Species to Offset Manufacturing Carbon
Toyota Flower PowerPR NewswireIf you think this vaguely Prius-shaped flower bed looks good, you should see the engineered flower freaks at the Prius plantToyota's rivals have long complained that the...
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Chemical Sensor AppDominic Hart/NASAA postage-stamp-sized sensor plug-in for your iPhoneCell phones have increasingly become mobile labs and tech tools for researchers, and now NASA has gotten in on...
View ArticleRoboticists Want to Make You an Electric Car Customized for Your Personal...
ChargeCarCarnegie Mellon UniversityLet's ride into the futureDrivers who want to know energy tradeoffs between gas guzzlers and electric cars may find some help at the ChargeCar project, where...
View ArticleFord C-Max Energi: A Car That Could Take Auto Electrification Mainstream
The Practical Plug-InCourtesy Ford Motor CoThe C-Max is available in conventional hybrid and plug-in versions; Ford expects the plug-in to account for 20 percent of U.S. C-Max sales.Plug-in cars save...
View ArticleDetroit Auto Show 2013: VW Shows Off A Plug-In SUV Concept
VW's Crossblue plug-in SUV conceptSeth Fletcher"If it goes into production…" So begins the second sentence of the press release for the Volkswagen Crossblue, a midsize SUV with a diesel plug-in hybrid...
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Cadillac ELRCourtesy GMIn January 2009, General Motors unveiled the luxury cousin of the Chevrolet Volt—the Cadillac Converj concept. Yet almost immediately, GM started sending mixed signals. One...
View ArticleThe Porsche Mission E Might Be A Concept Car, But Its 800-Volt EV Technology...
Credit: PorscheThe Mission E electric sports car that Porsche unveiled at the Frankfurt auto show is a concept, but the technology that it showcases is not just conceptual.Powering the Mission E is a...
View ArticleToyota Engineers Two New Flower Species to Offset Manufacturing Carbon
Cars The car manufacturer creates two flower species to help counter CO2 created by Prius assembly Toyota's rivals have long complained that the popular Prius hybrid has a less-than-green legacy due...
View ArticleNASA Scientist Converts iPhone into Chemical Sniffer
Gadgets A new plug-in iPhone device can detect airborne ammonia, chlorine gas and methane Cell phones have increasingly become mobile labs and tech tools for researchers, and now NASA has gotten in on...
View ArticleRoboticists Want to Make You an Electric Car Customized for Your Personal...
Cars Carnegie Mellon researchers have created a guide to customized car technologies for individual drivers Drivers who want to know energy tradeoffs between gas guzzlers and electric cars may find...
View ArticleFord C-Max Energi: A Car That Could Take Auto Electrification Mainstream
Cars The Ford C-Max Energi is a practical plug-in: It's roomy, affordable, and it gets 108 miles per gallon. Plug-in cars save gas and cut pollution, but at a cost. The Nissan Leaf has a maximum...
View ArticleDetroit Auto Show 2013: VW Shows Off A Plug-In SUV Concept
Cars It's got good numbers for a midsize people mover. We'll see if it actually goes into production. "If it goes into production…" So begins the second sentence of the press release for the...
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Cars The Cadillac version of Chevrolet’s plug-in hybrid is finally on its way. In January 2009, General Motors unveiled the luxury cousin of the Chevrolet Volt—the Cadillac Converj concept. Yet almost...
View ArticleThe Porsche Mission E Might Be A Concept Car, But Its 800-Volt EV Technology...
From Our Blogs: Speed Lab Porsche's new Mission E sports car concept uses an advanced system that operates at twice the voltage as today's EVs for faster charge times and lighter weight. Porsche...
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