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Nissan makes huge improvements in green tech with new fuel cell stack

, Oct 14th 2011 Discuss [0]

One of the green technologies that could eliminate or greatly reduce the need for petroleum in the future is the fuel cell. The fuel cell is able to create power using reactions inside the cell. Fuel cell powered vehicles are green and produce no emissions. One of the companies that is working hard towards a fuel cell vehicle is Nissan and Nissan showed off its first fuel cell back in 2005. Read The Full Story

Gum goes high tech with Rev7

, Oct 13th 2011 Discuss [0]

When I was a kid, my brother and I were always chewing gum. My brother went on this gum bender once after watching the original Willy Wonka flick at school and started sticking his gum to the bedpost. At the time, we shared a room with a big queen bed and the gum managed to fall off the bedpost into my hair. Not fun times. Some of that gum remained adhered to the headboard for as long as we had that bed. Read The Full Story

Verizon and Sigma Designs release Z-Wave technology for the home

, Oct 12th 2011 Discuss [2]

It's time to get a newly minted handle on everything electronic in your home, here provided by Verizon and Sigma Designs through Z-Wave Control technology. This system will be called "Verizon Home monitoring and Control" and is now available in the USA to all Verizon customers. You'll be able to lock doors remotely, see your home via networked cameras, and adjust, set, and control your thermostats, appliances, and lights. All of this is done through a gateway device that will, over time, be enabled to work with Internet-based connections via iOS and Android. Read The Full Story

Chevy announces it will produce the Spark EV in 2013

, Oct 12th 2011 Discuss [0]

Chevrolet has announced that it intends to produce the all-electric Spark EV. The spark is a mini car and will be sold in limited quantities in select markets around the country starting in 2013. The Spark is an urban car, so I would expect it would be offered only in urban areas. Chevrolet isn’t offering a huge amount of detail on the car at this point. Read The Full Story

Ford Escape gets new fuel efficient engines for 2012

, Oct 5th 2011 Discuss [2]

Ford has announced that the Escape will be getting three four cylinder engine options in the 2012 model year with two of them being powerful and fuel efficient EcoBoost offerings. Like all the other EcoBoost engines in the Ford range the big draw is that they make power equal to larger engines, but use much less fuel. The Escape will be getting two EcoBoost options in 2012 along with a 2.5L Ti-VCT engine. Read The Full Story

Evolve motorcycles to launch three all electric scooters

, Oct 5th 2011 Discuss [1]

The car industry is going green at a fast pace with more hybrids and full EVs coming to market each year. The motorcycle industry is also going electric as well, but at as slower pace than the auto industry. A motorcycle company called evolve is talking up three new all electric motorcycles that are available now. The bikes are more like scooters than a traditional motorcycle and are meant for use in urban areas. Read The Full Story

NASA awards green aviation contest prize to Pipistrel

, Oct 4th 2011 Discuss [1]

Google sponsored a green challenge in aviation called the CAFE (Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency) Green Flight Challenge. There were a number of aircraft entered in the competition for a chance to win some significant money. The first place prize was $1.35 million and the second place prize was $120,000. The competition was very specific in how the aircraft must perform. Read The Full Story

Tesla Model S Sport EV aims at BMW M5 performance

, Oct 4th 2011 Discuss [0]

Yesterday I talked briefly about the tour that people who ordered the coming Tesla Model S were allowed to take of the Tesla facilities. Today there is some chatter going on around the web about another version of the Model S that is coming to market at some point. The other version is called the Model S Sport. Read The Full Story

Samsung announces miserly 1.25V Green DDR3 modules for low power servers

, Sep 15th 2011 Discuss [2]

Samsung has announced a new line of green DDR3 memory modules for ultra low power servers. The new RAM is offered in RDIMM modules and is designed for use in low-power enterprise server systems at 1.25V. The modules use 4Gb DDR3 components that are based on 30nm class process technology. The new RAM is more power efficient than 1.5V and the previous class leading 1.35V modules. Read The Full Story

Toyota debuts plug-in Prius Hybrid and hopes to sell plenty of them

, Sep 14th 2011 Discuss [3]

The Toyota Prius hybrid has been the most popular hybrid on the market for a long time. Much of the reason the Prius is so popular was that it was one of the first hybrids and the price is not out of reach for many buyers looking to save at the pumps. Toyota has long talked about a plug-in version for the Prius that would allow the driver to plug the car in at home and charge the batteries allowing the car to drive for at least a short distance on battery power alone. Read The Full Story

AT&T to use plant-based plastic in accessory packages

, Sep 13th 2011 Discuss [1]

The move to greener and more sustainable materials in packaging is going on all around the world. A bunch of the companies we are all familiar with are looking to use plastics that are based on plants and other renewable resources that also break down easily in landfills rather than plastics that can last decades or more in a landfill and are petroleum-based. Not long ago Pepsi announced that it would be using green plant-based plastic in its soft drink bottles. Read The Full Story

Coca-Cola Company to deploy electric delivery trucks to save fuel and go greener

, Sep 9th 2011 Discuss [4]

The Coca-Cola Company has announced that it will be using electric delivery trucks to serve urban markets in an effort to cut down on fuel costs and reduce the pollution that the company produces overall. Coke already operates one of the largest heavy-duty hybrid electric fleets in the country. The new eStar all-electric, zero emission trucks are part of the growing alternative fuel vehicle use that coke has started and by the end of the year 750 trucks will be in its fleet. Read The Full Story

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