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News Archive
Saturday, February 28, 2004
Safe and Green at Motor Show
News from Western Morning News (UK):
Also on show will be the Motor Triathlon Race Car (MTRC) from Toyota (pictured below). A tandem two-seater, it combines off-road ability, sports car performance and motor sport derived high technology.
The MTRC is propelled by four in-wheel electric motors powered by a Toyota fuel cell stack. It is designed to compete in three different environments, as if in an automotive triathlon: off-road, race track and city street circuits.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2004
EDTA Announces Electric Drive Transportation Association Conference 2004
News from SocialFunds.com:
The Electric Drive Transportation Association Conference & Exposition 2004: Mobilizing the Market will be held from September 21-23, 2004 in Orlando, Florida. The conference will provide a comprehensive and hands-on forum for information exchange, business venture development, and market forecasting and sales — and will feature electric drive industry experts, policy leaders and academia from around the globe. All symposium, exposition, Ride ‘n’ Drive, and networking events will take place at the inclusive Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando.
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For more information about the EDTA Conference, visit www.edtaconference.com or call EDTA at 202-408-0774.
EDTA is the industry association working to advance electric vehicles and supporting infrastructure through policy, information and communication initiatives in the United States. EDTA is the premier organizer of electric transportation industry events and conferences, and EDTA is pleased to sponsor all international Electric Vehicle Symposia (EVS) held in the Americas, as well as the Electric Transportation Industry Conference series. For more information on EDTA, visit www.electricdrive.org.
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Monday, February 23, 2004
US and Germany Produce Environmentally Unsafe Cars - Experts recommend Japanese cars as the most environmentally safe
News from Pravda (Russia):
The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) published its annual rating of environmentally safe and unsafe cars sold on the American market. The top positions in the rating of environmentally safe cars are held by autos with gas and hybrid engines. Majority of active pollutants are all-wheel off-highway cars and SUV.
The ACEEE rating is based upon three key criteria: the amount of consumed fuel, the scale and structure of exhaust - if exhaust contains substances destructive for the ozone layer and intensifies global warming. The highest estimate of 100 points is given to an absolutely environmentally safe car, however experts have failed to find a serial auto corresponding the criterion.
As a result of the tests, the highest point of 57 is conferred to Honda Civic GX with an engine operating on compressed gas. Then go cars with hybrid engines Honda Insight (gas - electricity), Toyota Prius declared the car of the year at the auto show in Detroit and Honda Civic Hybrid (petrol - electricity). Other cars on the list are those made by Asian producers - Nissan, Mazda, Hyundai and Scion. Majority of them have petrol engines, manual gearboxes, electronic engine management systems and exhaust control systems.
Cars with high-power but uneconomical engines, most of them are all-wheel off-highway cars, are the most environmentally unsafe. The list opens with the most active pollutant - Volkswagen's Touareg; it also includes Ford Excursion, Toyota Land Cruiser, HUMMER H2 and sports auto Lamborghini Murcielago.
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Sunday, February 22, 2004
Pizza Deliveries by Air? Pizza deliveries get high tech
News from PizzaMarketplace.com:
In the always-cramped streets of Tokyo, Domino's operators are experimenting with a single-passenger car called the Cyoro-Q--essentially a shrunken, electric-powered Volkswagen-Bug-look-alike modeled after a popular Japanese toy of the same name.
Domino's Cyoro-Q car is in test in Japan. The vehicle was made in the likeness of a popular Japanese toy.
No word on how many cars Domino's has purchased, what they cost or how they perform as delivery vehicles.
Even more futuristic is a Hoverboard prototype under consideration by Domino's UK. According to the company's Web site, the device was built by Airboard Europe as potential replacement to scooters. The electric-powered Hoverboard floats less than half an inch (1 cm) off the ground on a cushion of air and glides over hard services, including ice.
"Airboard Europe," the release reads, "is confident that in the not too distant future they will be able to" fly above pedestrians' heads. "If we increase the Hoverboard's lift by five inches a year, then by the year 2020 we could be eight feet off the ground."
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Saturday, February 14, 2004
Moving the fuel cell-powered train
News from e4engineering.com, 12 February 2004, in Home:
MesoFuel, Inc has been awarded a contract by Vehicle Projects LLC of Denver, Colorado to design and manufacture the hydrogen generator for the largest fuel cell-powered vehicle ever built, a 109 metric ton, 1 MW locomotive.
The five-year project was conceived by Vehicle Projects and is scheduled for completion by 2008. Objectives of the project are to develop the fuelcell locomotive by retrofitting an Army diesel-electric locomotive with a fuelcell powerplant; demonstrate the locomotive in a non-military application; and facilitate commercialisation of fuelcell power for rail transportation.
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Saturday, February 07, 2004
REPORT Questions Bush Plan for Hydrogen-Fueled Cars
News from New York Times and Google:
... It very possibly could happen, but it's not a sure thing." The report
said battery-powered cars or hybrid cars, which use gasoline and electric
motors, could ...
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Monday, February 02, 2004
Laws switch police to electric cars
News from The Sun News:
Myrtle Beach police can say goodbye to the golf carts they use to patrol Ocean Boulevard during the summer. Two recently enacted state laws say it's illegal for them to use them in most cases. [...]
But the department still needed to patrol the area during the busy tourist season.
The answer was a small electric car similar to a golf cart, but more expensive.
"We needed to find an alternative vehicle that could be licensed and used in the amusement area of Ocean Boulevard," said Myrtle Beach city spokesman Mark Kruea.
In about two months, the Police Department will get six Global Electric Motorcars. The cost for each car will be about $7,000. The fleet will total about $42,000. [...]
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