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Why Global Warming Must Be a Fraud - An Editorial

Why Global Warming Must Be a Fraud - An Editorial

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher Remember a couple of years ago when the tsunami hit southeast Asia and the whole world seemed to become supercharged into action to be able to detect the next similar event in order to save hundreds or thousands of lives? Or remember how local governments (some nationa ... Continue reading

U.S. Secretary of Commerce All But Admits That American Economy and Environment is Doomed Under Obama - VIDEO ENHANCED

U.S. Secretary of Commerce All But Admits That American Economy and Environment is Doomed Under Obama - VIDEO ENHANCED

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher Speaking at the Hopenhagen Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke let the “cat out of the bag” and inadvertently admitted that we can kiss our economy goodbye for at least the next generation. As the accompanying video ... Continue reading

Green Vehicles and Technology Electrify 2010 North American International Auto Show

Green Vehicles and Technology Electrify 2010 North American International Auto Show

Detroit, MI - December 18, 2009 - Media, government officials, the global auto industry and the public will see fresh exhibits highlighting "green" technology at the 2010 NAIAS. The show marks the debut of Electric Avenue presented by The Dow Chemical Company on the main show floor, a 37,000 square-foot area dedicated ... Continue reading

Electric Vehicle News This Week - EDTA

Electric Vehicle News This Week - EDTA

EDTA Media Watch: Renault drives down a new avenue with electric cars Financial Times December 18 2009 --Like its peers, Renault is betting heavily on the development of electric cars and other low-emission vehicles. While it has been cutting back research and development and other spending in the face of the industry ... Continue reading

EVCARCO Goes Public and is Approved for Trading as It Launches Its First Alternative Fuel Car Dealership in Fort Worth, Texas

EVCARCO Goes Public and is Approved for Trading as It Launches Its First Alternative Fuel Car Dealership in Fort Worth, Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas & DETROIT--EVCARCO (OTCBB: EVCA) is pioneering a new way to meet the demands of 21st century car buyers. Bringing to market eco-friendly vehicles with an emphasis on performance and affordability, EVCARCO has created a model for a customer-centric, streamlined dealership with low overhead and high ROI ... Continue reading

ALTe's Innovative Range Extended Electric Powertrain Technology Poised to Revolutionize Sustainable Mobility

ALTe's Innovative Range Extended Electric Powertrain Technology Poised to Revolutionize Sustainable Mobility

The engineering and technology company also named former Chrysler executives Tom LaSorda and Steven Landry to its Board BLOOMFIELD, Mich., Dec. 10 -- ALTe LLC, the Michigan-based engineering and technology company dedicated to advancing sustainable mobility, is featured in the latest issue of Forbes (http://tinyurl.com ... Continue reading

0 - 80 In 30 Minutes: Mitsubishi Motors UK - The First In Europe To Fast Charge The I-Miev

0 - 80 In 30 Minutes: Mitsubishi Motors UK - The First In Europe To Fast Charge The I-Miev

Mitsubishi Motors UK is the first company in Europe to be showcasing the fast charge function of the all-electric i-MiEV city car ... Continue reading

Roush Performance Launching New Lifestyle Club

Roush Performance Launching New Lifestyle Club

ROUSH PERFORMANCE LAUNCHING NEW LIFESTYLE CLUB LIVONIA, Mich. (December 9, 2009) With more than 16,000 specialty vehicles on the roads of America, ROUSH® Performance feels the time is right to create a new, in-house lifestyle club for the owners and fans of their products. Previously, this aspect was managed by ... Continue reading

BMW Group Hosts Sustainability Summit in Berlin

BMW Group Hosts Sustainability Summit in Berlin

BERLIN December 2, 2009; Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the UN IPCC optimistic about chances of an agreement in Copenhagen; ahead of the climate conference, the BMW Group sets own CO2 reduction targets Speaking at today's BMW Group sustainability summit in Berlin, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Nobel laureate and Chairman of th ... Continue reading

Natural Gas Vehicles Tour of Florida Sponsored by TECO Peoples Gas Continues

Natural Gas Vehicles Tour of Florida Sponsored by TECO Peoples Gas Continues

TAMPA, Fla.--The use of natural gas vehicles (NGVs) in Florida is the focus of a statewide tour that ends Friday, Nov. 20 in Tallahassee. TECO Peoples Gas and Wise Gas Inc. are partnering to sponsor the media events. This represents a good photo opportunity for media. The general public, fleet operators, local governme ... Continue reading

Automobiles Can Be Environmentally Compatible With Cities of the Future Says Mercedes-Benz USA Executive

Automobiles Can Be Environmentally Compatible With Cities of the Future Says Mercedes-Benz USA Executive

'One-Size-Fits-All' Approach to Alternative Propulsion Won't Work MONTVALE, N.J., Nov. 12 -- As the debate on climate change and transportation continues to widen, encompassing suggestions ranging from the increased use of mini commuter cars to vehicle-free cities, a Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) executive stated that ther ... Continue reading

Top Designers Debate the Future of the Automobile at 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show

Top Designers Debate the Future of the Automobile at 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show

Design LA Panel - Tomorrow's Cars: Practical Transportation or Revolutionary Design? LOS ANGELES - November 11, 2009: Are cars becoming mundane transportation or does the future hold an exciting and innovative new era in auto design? This is one of many questions being addressed by a panel of prominent auto designers d ... Continue reading

UQM Technologies Receives U.S. Patent on Rotor Geometry for Permanent Magnet Electric Motors

UQM Technologies Receives U.S. Patent on Rotor Geometry for Permanent Magnet Electric Motors

FREDERICK, Colo.--UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (NYSE Amex: UQM), a developer of alternative energy technologies, announced today that it has been granted United States patent number 7,598,645 entitled “Stress distributing permanent magnet rotor geometry for electric machines.” The patent covers a novel rotor geomet ... Continue reading

EnerDel Wins U.S. Army Contract to Develop Batteries for New 'Hybrid Humvee'

EnerDel Wins U.S. Army Contract to Develop Batteries for New 'Hybrid Humvee'

Program Will Test EnerDel's High-Performance Solutions Under the Most Extreme Conditions INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 5 -- Automotive lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel, Inc. announced today that it will be working with the United States Army to develop a next-generation battery system for the hybrid version of the iconic High Mo ... Continue reading

San Francisco Auto Show to Exhibit Largest Number of Alternative Fuel, High Mileage and Hybrid Vehicles in Show History

San Francisco Auto Show to Exhibit Largest Number of Alternative Fuel, High Mileage and Hybrid Vehicles in Show History

November 3, 2009 – Green used to be the color of cars, now it is a worldwide trend in the automotive industry. Manufacturers from the United States, Asia and Europe will be exhibiting vehicles that use less gas, some that use no gas and others that that use fuels that burn cleaner at the San Francisco Chronicle|SF ... Continue reading

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