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Visualizing Sustainable Commuting
For those interested in both sustainable transportation and cool information visualizations, there's this:
Environment
Ahmedabad Wins Sustainable Transport Award 2010
The historic Indian city of Ahmedabad has won the prestigious ‘Sustainable Transport Award 2010′ for the successful implementation of Janmarg, India’s first full bus rapid transit (BRT) system.
Automotive
Volvo Diesel Plug-in Hybrids by 2012
Volvo Cars and Vattenfall, the largest energy provider in Sweden, are launching an industrial joint venture to introduce plug-in hybrids by 2012. Three Volvo V70…
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Nordic Leaders in Sustainable Mobility
The Nordic countries, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, are taking leadership in eco-friendly transport when it comes to policy as well as technology. Future scenarios for sustainable transport systems…
Environment
Electricity vs. Ethanol and The Death of Hydrogen?
Using biomass to generate electricity to power electric cars is more efficient than making biofuels for cars, according to a study published by the journal Science on May 7th. On…
Automotive
Joining Forces: Exploring Joint Efforts in Green Technology
When Daimler, the German maker Mercedes Benz, and Silicon Valley based Tesla Motors, creators of the world’s most powerful electric sports car, join forces it can only be seen as…
Automotive
Elon Musk, Founder of Tesla, on Letterman
Elon Musk, entrepreneurial founder of Tesla Motors, SpaceX and early investor in PayPal, talking about the potential of electric cars on Letterman. David makes some great points about the current…
Environment
Chrysler Electric Cars with A123 Batteries in 2010
Chrysler has named U.S.-based A123 Systems as the supplier of batteries for its next-generation lithium-ion electric cars slated for debut in showrooms 2010.
Automotive
10% of Ireland’s Cars to be Electric in 2020
Renault and Nissan will supply electric cars to the Irish market within two years as part of a government plan to have 10 percent of vehicles in the country electric…
Environment
Tesla to Iceland June 2009
It might be the worst economic times Iceland has seen for decades or more, but it is still the time for the best electric sports car ever made to make…