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Leo Motors Begins Marketing 120kW EV Power Train

Leo Motors Begins Marketing 120kW EV Power Train

LAS VEGAS--Leo Motors Inc. (Pink Sheets: LEOM) announced today that it has developed and begun marketing of its 120kW power train, which is equivalent to a 5,000cc Internal Combustion Engine (ICE). Power trains of this size are used in the bigger passenger cars, middle-sized buses and trucks. Consisting of a proprietar ... Continue reading

Pennsylvania DEP Accepting Applications for Nitrogen Tire Inflation Grants

Pennsylvania DEP Accepting Applications for Nitrogen Tire Inflation Grants

HARRISBURG, Pa., July 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Automotive service providers can now apply for financial assistance to purchase and install systems that will help their customers get better gas mileage and increase the life of their tires by inflating them with nitrogen. Under the Pennsylvania's Nitrogen Tire Inflat ... Continue reading

Enova to Develop Revolutionary Electric Drive System in Collaboration with Remy Inc.

Enova to Develop Revolutionary Electric Drive System in Collaboration with Remy Inc.

TORRANCE, Calif.--Enova Systems, Inc. (NYSE AMEX:ENA) (AIM:ENV) (AIM:ENVS), a leading innovator of proprietary hybrid and electric drive systems propelling the alternative energy industry, announced it will collaborate with Remy Inc. (Remy) to develop a new electric drive system based on the Omni controller and Remy HV ... Continue reading

Stylish Ford Kuga Delivers More Performance, Economy And Lower Co2

Stylish Ford Kuga Delivers More Performance, Economy And Lower Co2

The successful Ford Kuga strengthens its reputation as a leading vehicle in its class with exciting new powertrain options designed to boost performance, improve fuel economy and reduce CO2. Coupled with a new 'Individual' trim, Ford Kuga continues to combine striking design with rewarding driving quality. ... Continue reading

2010 BMW Group Innovation Days Mobility of the Future - The Electric Drivetrain.

2010 BMW Group Innovation Days Mobility of the Future - The Electric Drivetrain.

Up to now, driving a car has always meant having a combustion engine for company. However, changes in the environment and within society have shown that using fossil fuels across all areas of daily life comes at an ecological cost. And, of course, the fuels themselves will not be available indefinitely. The BMW Group v ... Continue reading

pub 2010 BMW Group Innovation Days Mobility of the Future - project i

pub 2010 BMW Group Innovation Days Mobility of the Future - project i

Based on its review of current social and environmental trends (ch. 1), in mid-2007 the BMW Group presented a new strategic roadmap for the company – the “Number One” strategy. This strategy makes a firm commitment to profitability, sustainable value creation and safeguarding the company’s independe ... Continue reading

Institution of Engineering and Technology Says Electric Cars Unlikely Ever To Offer A Viable Alternative To Conventional Powered Models

Institution of Engineering and Technology Says Electric Cars Unlikely Ever To Offer A Viable Alternative To Conventional Powered Models

SEE ALSO: Electric Vehicles-Solution or Diversion? Hertfordshire UK June 16, 2010; Long-term limitations in battery technology could restrict electric cars to under a 100-mile range – while rapid charging is likely to limit battery life to just two years An investigation by E&T magazine has raised serious question ... Continue reading

Prince Of Wales Visits Ford Bridgend Plant

Prince Of Wales Visits Ford Bridgend Plant

Ford has welcomed HRH The Prince of Wales to its high-tech plant in Bridgend, the UK production home of the new, fuel-efficient and low-CO2, 1.6-litre Ford EcoBoost petrol engines. ... Continue reading

Dave's Dittys

Dave's Dittys

Dave is a licensed auto mechanic with over 40 years in the trade. For the past 24 years he has operated Dr. H. Honda Specialists in Etobcoke(Toronto). Dave the neighborhood mechanic can be heard answering his neighbors car questions on AM740 radio each Saturday at 9 AM. Some of these conversations will also be publishe ... Continue reading

Dave's Q&A

Dave's Q&A

Dave Redinger - The Neighborhood Mechanic

Dave Redinger - The Neighborhood Mechanic

Dave is a licensed auto mechanic with over 40 years in the trade. For the past 24 years h has operated Dr. H. Honda Specialists in Etobcoke(Toronto). Dave the neighborhood mechanic can be heard answering his neighbors car questions on AM740 radio each Saturday at 9 AM. Some of these conversations will also be published ... Continue reading

2010 Audi A3 TDI Review

2010 Audi A3 TDI Review

Audi A3 TDI The little engine that could! By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, Chicago Bureau The Auto Channel I fell in love with the Audi A3 TDI last September while traveling in Europe on a vacation with my wife. Call it as you will, a small station wagon or a 4-door hatchback, but the combination of interior space, compa ... Continue reading

Toyota And EDF Energy Launch The UK's Largest Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle Leasing Programme

Toyota And EDF Energy Launch The UK's Largest Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle Leasing Programme

Toyota and EDF Energy today launch a three-year leasing programme that brings ultra-low emissions plug-in hybrid vehicle technology to the streets of London. ... Continue reading

RoadTrip: Algaeus Prius, Algae BioDiesel and the Veggie Van Tour - EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

RoadTrip: Algaeus Prius, Algae BioDiesel and the Veggie Van Tour - EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

Algae BioDiesel, This Special Edition of RoadTrip Takes an In-depth Look at Algae-Based BioDiesel and a Preview of the "FUEL FILM" The Auto Channel's Mark Fulmer talks with Josh Tickell and Rebecca Harrell of The Veggie Van Organization about their algae-biodiesel Prius, the production of algae-biodiesel, their nation ... Continue reading

Diesel Hybrid Electric Vehicles Join UPS Fleet in Philadelphia

Diesel Hybrid Electric Vehicles Join UPS Fleet in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA--UPS today announced its fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles had expanded with the deployment of 50 next-generation hybrid electric delivery trucks to Philadelphia. “Collectively, this new HEV fleet can yield a 35 percent fuel savings, the equivalent of what’s used in a year to power 100 ... Continue reading

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