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Solar Impulse bathroom mystery solved TreeHugger (Today) - The flights stretch on for 18 hours or more. So what does the Solar Impulse pilot do when he has to, you know, go?...
New Henkel polyolefin-based hotmelt can shave off up to 2.2kg of vehicle weight Green Car Congress (Today) - Henkel Corporation’s automotive group introduced TECHNOMELT XPO 1050, a polyolefin-based hotmelt that can bond a wide variety of interior-related substrates without the need for pretreatment of the plastic surface. Used in the development of a number of interiors applications, including door panels, rear package...
Noble Energy makes another natural gas find offshore Israel; total gross mean Levant gas resources now estimated at 38 Tcf Green Car Congress (Today) - Noble Energy, Inc. announced a natural gas discovery at the Karish prospect offshore Israel. The discovery well was drilled to a total depth of 15,783 feet (4,811 meters) and encountered 184 feet (56 meters) of net natural gas pay in high-quality lower Miocene sands....
Uruguay launches first BYD battery-electric buses; projecting 500 by 2015 Green Car Congress (Today) - Buquebus and CTS Auto S.A., in partnership with Chinese automaker BYD Ltd, introduced the first battery-electric 12-meter rapid transit bus in Uruguay and the region. The BYD electric bus, powered by two in-wheel electric motors capable of a cruising speed of more than 88...
City of Springfield, Illinois converts 24 vehicles to propane autogas Green Car Congress (Today) - CleanFUEL USA has partnered with the City of Springfield, Ill., to convert 24 police patrol cars and pickup trucks to clean burning propane autogas. We estimate our fuel savings in the first year alone to be more than $82,000. Transitioning our fleet to propane...
Total sanctions €1B modernization project for Antwerp production Green Car Congress (Today) - Total has approved a €1-billion (US$1.3-billion) modernization project for its Antwerp production facilities, Total’s largest European refining and petrochemical platform. Two major projects will be implemented in the near future: A new refinery upgrading complex, consisting of a solvent de-asphalting unit and a mild...
Chevrolet Spark EV to lease for as low as $199 per month; MSRP $27,945 pre-incentives Green Car Congress (Today) - Spark EV. Click to enlarge. Chevrolet announced a low-mileage lease on the new 2014 Spark EV 1LT (earlier post) for as low as $199 per month for 36 months, with $999 due at lease signing including security deposit (tax, title, license dealer fees extra),...
Reduced Summer Shutdown To Answer Demand For Ford’s Products hybridCARS (Today) - Ford is seeing a strong demand for many of its products, including its hybrids, and will increase production accordingly. Ford said it will add an additional 200,000 units of annual straight-time capacity this year. In addition, Ford said it will produce an extra 40,000 units...
Electric Vehicle Charging Station Project Launched In Upstate New York hybridCARS (Today) - ChargePoint and National Grid unveiled May 22 the first of what will be many electric vehicle charging stations funded through a $1 million award from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The ChargePoint EV charging station, which can charge two cars...
First Group Of UK Dealers Confirmed For BMW i EVs hybridCARS (Today) - BMW UK revealed its network of dealers that will supply and support BMW i, the company’s new sub-brand featuring electric drive systems and premium mobility services. From launch, 46 sales agents across the UK will offer the BMW i range. Each will have specialist technical...
Tesla Repays DOE Loan Nine Years Early hybridCARS (Today) - Tesla Motors announced yesterday, May 22, that it has paid off the entire loan awarded to the company by the Department of Energy in 2010. In addition to payments made in 2012 and Q1 2013, Tesla said May 22′s wire of almost half a billion...
Tesla replays DOE loan nine years early (updated with Chrysler comment) Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Flush with its recent $1.02 billion fundraising, Tesla Motors has paid off the entire loan awarded to the company by the US Department of Energy in 2010. In addition to payments made in 2012 and Q1 2013, today’s wire of almost half a billion...
Tesla replays DOE loan nine years early (corrected with Chrysler comment) Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Flush with its recent $1.02 billion fundraising, Tesla Motors has paid off the entire loan awarded to the company by the US Department of Energy in 2010. In addition to payments made in 2012 and Q1 2013, today’s wire of almost half a billion...
Infiniti luxury electric sedan needs more wireless charging Autoblog Green (Yesterday) - Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Infiniti While we had been told it was coming in 2014, the exact release date of the production version of the Infiniti LE concept might just might hinge on something you can't see and that the Japanese automaker can't control:...
Video: You Had Me At Rocket Bike Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - I think you’ll agree that the 163 mph, hydrogen-peroxide rocket bike in that picture up there fits Gas 2′s Jo Borras-stated mission perfectly. Watch as French bicyclist François Gissy sets a new speed record, below, and then marvel at what a pathetic ‘fraidy-cat you...
Tesla replays DOE loan nine years early Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Flush with its recent $1.02 billion fundraising, Tesla Motors has paid off the entire loan awarded to the company by the US Department of Energy in 2010. In addition to payments made in 2012 and Q1 2013, today’s wire of almost half a billion...
Toyota increases lithium-ion battery production 6x to upgrade Prius TreeHugger (Yesterday) - Toyota has been rather slow to adopt lithium-ion technology compared to some other automakers, but it seems like they want to catch up....
Weird Ride Wednesday: Compressed Air Cars Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - The search for an alternative fuel source other than oil should leave no idea untested. Still, there are some ideas with more potential than others, and some alt-fuel concepts are just plain strange. Compressed air vehicles have been around for around 150 years, but the...
Tesla to repay $465m Department of Energy loan 9 years ahead of schedule TreeHugger (Yesterday) - Tesla Motors, famously called a "loser" by Mitt Romney, is on quite the winning streak these days....
Henkel and KrausMaffei collaborate on new process for production of fiber composite automotive components Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Adhesives, sealants and surface treatments company Henkel and KraussMaffei, one of the world’s leading makers of manufacturing and processing machinery for plastics, have collaborated to develop a new polyurethane matrix resin for the resin transfer molding process (RTM) that will speed up the production...
ECOtality introduces new Blink HQ line of home EV chargers Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - ECOtality, Inc. introduced Blink HQ, a new family of home electric vehicle (EV) charging products. Blink HQ includes a free membership to the Blink Network of 4,000+ publicly available charging stations and a $100 charging credit with purchase. Blink HQ. Click to enlarge. The...
Novomer demonstrates large-scale production of polypropylene using waste CO2 Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - In a project funded in part by the US Department of Energy (DOE), Novomer Inc. has completed the first successful large-scale production of a polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polymer using waste CO2 as a key raw material. By using CO2 that would otherwise be emitted...
Fisker To Be Saved By Lutz And Wanxiang? hybridCARS (Yesterday) - Fisker’s saga is far from over and businessmen around the world are hovering over its Karma. We heard news not long ago that Detroit-based VL Automotive, in which ex-GM executive Bob Lutz is involved, is planning on selling V8-powered Fisker-bodied vehicles. According to news agency...
Formula E Adds Bangkok Venue, Reveals Latest Race Car Design Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - For electric racing fans, there is no event more anticipated than the inaugural Formula E season, which kicks off next year. Several world-class cities have already been selected to host these contests of speed, and most of the schedule is already determined. This week though...
ChargePoint, National Grid, and NYSERDA launch electric vehicle charging station project in upstate New York Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - ChargePoint and National Grid unveiled the first of more than 80 electric vehicle charging stations in New York, funded through a $1-million award from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The ChargePoint EV charging station, which can charge two cars...
Roland Berger E-Mobility Index finds government subsidies for and projected sales of xEVs declining worldwide Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - The Q1 2013 index (top) shows that the 7 top automotive nations have seen their competitive positions shift since 2012 (bottom). Source: Roland Berger. Click to enlarge. Despite maturing technology and better cost structures, worldwide production forecasts for electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid...
Student-Built Karmann Ghia EV Driving From Kansas To D.C. On Tweets Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Can the power of social media literally propel a car halfway across the country? That’s the hope of a group of high school students who converted a Karmann Ghia into an EV, with plans to drive it from Kansas City to Washington D.C., but with...
Fisker Karma Prices Plummet On Used Car Market Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - The not-quite-bankrupt Fisker Automotive is struggling to stay afloat, and affluent buyers of the beautiful plug-in hybrid know it. While hundreds of lining up for a supercharged V8 conversion, other owners are divesting themselves of their Fiskers on the used car market, taking a huge...
CALSTART to evaluate Navitas Systems’ military-grade Li-ion 6T batteries in Class 8 highway trucks Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Navitas Systems LLC, which earlier this year acquired substantially all of the assets of bankrupt A123 Systems’ former Ann Arbor, Michigan-based government business, including US military contracts, has signed a contract to supply prototypes of its upcoming 6T lithium-ion battery (earlier post) for use by...
Australian techno-economic analysis of renewable aviation fuels identifies research priorities to lower the high costs Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - A techno-economic analysis of renewable aviation fuels by Australian researchers has found that, based on currently available long-term reputable technological data, biorefineries producing biofuels from microalgae, oil seeds of the Pongamia tree, and sugarcane feedstocks would be competitive with crude oil prices at $1,343,...

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