1. European Group Presents Guidelines for Bike-Safe Car Design

Guidelines include designing cars with shorter, steeper hoods and outer windshield airbags.

23/05/2007 | 372 Hits | Print | Email

2. EU Parliament Adopts Green Hydrogen Declaration

A post-fossil fuel and post-nuclear energy vision should be the next important project of the European Union.

22/05/2007 | 339 Hits | Print | Email

3. Earth's Natural Defences Against Climate Change 'Beginning to Fail'

Climate change itself is weakening one of the principal 'sinks' absorbing carbon dioxide - the Southern Ocean around Antarctica - a new study has found.

20/05/2007 | 433 Hits | Print | Email

4. Electric Utility to Transform Fleet to Hybrids and Alternative Fuels

Pepco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POM) today said it will transform its 2,000-vehicle fleet to more environmentally friendly technologies by using electric hybrids and alternatively fueled vehicles.

18/05/2007 | 393 Hits | Print | Email

5. EPA Proposes New Carpool Lane Rules for Hybrids

Hybrid vehicles would need to achieve 25 percent higher combined fuel efficiency compared to similar gasoline-fueled vehicles to qualify for high occupancy vehicle lanes, or HOV lanes, allowing only the driver.

18/05/2007 | 376 Hits | Print | Email

6. Eco-car Does 3,039 km per Liter

The top ten Urban Concept cars in the race this year were able to consume less than 0.5 liters per 100km (0.11 gallons per 62 miles) more than 10 times better than a conventional modern urban car.

17/05/2007 | 597 Hits | Print | Email

7. Electric-assisted Hybrid Coupe will Hit 225 km/h

The motor, driven by the Type-D's 48V supply, will operate in three modes. For short bursts of added torque, a sports mode will use the motor`s full capacity. A normal mode will introduce regenerative braking and limit the motor's output, while an economy mode will allow the vehicle to pull away under electric power only and will maximise the regenerative effect.

17/05/2007 | 445 Hits | Print | Email

8. ExxonMobil Division Gets Serious About Electric Vehicles

ExxonMobil Chemical's New Generation of Lithium-Ion Battery Separators for HEVs Now Produced on a Commercial Line

08/05/2007 | 399 Hits | Print | Email

9. E Systems Unveils Lithium-Ion Battery for Hybrid Electric Buses

The new battery features Nanophosphate lithium-ion chemistry developed by A123Systems of Watertown, Massachusetts, one of the world's largest suppliers of high-power lithium-ion batteries.

07/05/2007 | 439 Hits | Print | Email

10. Energy Leaders Call For Steady, Long-Term Commitments to Renewable Resources

First-of-a-kind 2007 Joint Outlook Report on Renewable Energy in America details what's achievable with appropriate policy mix

02/05/2007 | 337 Hits | Print | Email