Masdar City rapid transit auto-pods are here [w/video]
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Transportation Alternatives, Middle East
Masdar City trackless Personal Transportation System – Click above to watch the video after the break
Nothing says ‘the future’ quite like auto-pods, except maybe flying ca…
McLaren Talks Tech, Sustainability in Formula 1 Racing
The upcoming 2011 Formula Season promises to be one of the sport’s most competitive, with a renewed emphasis on KERS hybrid technology (which disappeared from the sport in 2010). There’s more green-washing going on in motorsports’ highest echelon, h…
California ARB begins second year of grants for hybrid trucks and buses
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has initiated the second year of grants totaling $19 million for hybrid vehicle technology that significantly reduces smog-forming and greenhouse gas emissions.
The Hybrid Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Progra…
UK study concludes cumulative global sales of EVs could reach 30M units by 2050, or 1.5% of projected global car parc; decisive global action required
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German truck driver on trial for incest
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All Electric Porsche e-Boxster is a Rolling Laboratory
Porsche has delved into the hybrid sports car market with unmatched gusto among specialty car makers, and its latest development is the all-electric e-Boxster. This rolling laboratory will help Porsche engineers how electric car affect lives.
Actually,…
After Hours: Marriott up, FedEx falls in late trading
Marriott International Inc. shares climbed Monday evening after the company posted a rise in quarterly profit and said it plans to split into two businesses, while FedEx Corp.
The interesting thing about the Toyota iQ electric car
2 degress of hybrid seperation?
EVs and hybrids sitting in a tree
With just 65 miles of EV range, the tiny iQ plug-in electric subcompact seems completely underwhelming. Compared to the compact Nissan Leaf, for instance, the iQ isn’t just smaller, but …
Elevance Renewable Sciences licenses molybdenum and tungsten metathesis catalysts from XiMo
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Phillips Industries Assembles Kits With Popular QWIK-FIT Air Fittings
Phillips Industries has put together two new combination kits holding their most popular QWIK-FIT Push-to-Connect Composite Air Fittings.