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MIT Real Time Rome project to debut at Venice Biennale
Real Time Rome, a pioneering MIT project that promises to usher in a new era of urban mapmaking, will have its worldwide debut at the Venice Biennale, the prestigious biannual…
Automotive
Toyota Speaker at Driving ‘09 – Registration open
Toyota is expanding its focus from mostly hybrid vehicles to plug-in hybrids and electric cars. The company has just announced that it will be leasing 500 lithium-ion plug-in hybrids globally…
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…
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
Chris Paine on Icelandic TV2 Talking About Electric Cars
Chris spoke at Driving Sustainability '08 and showed some clips from his first film and created a very enjoyable moment with the audience. There were also two public screenings of…
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…
Energy
Shai Agassi’s Bold Plan for Mass Adoption of Electric Cars
Forget about the hybrid auto -- Shai Agassi says it's electric cars or bust if we want to impact emissions. His company, Better Place, has a radical plan to take…
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…