UltraBattery Combines Super-capacitor And Lead-Acid Cell

A new battery developed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Melbourne, Australia combines a supercapacitor with a lead-acid battery . The result is the UltraBattery, whose life cycle is four times greater than a standard lead-acid battery, delivers 50 percent more power, is about 70 percent less expensive than contemporary HEV battery [...]

Can’t Afford An Electric Vehicle? Make Your Own!

The move toward hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles has many tinkerers thinking about how they can modify an existing production vehicle to employ hybrid technology. One Massachusetts man has converted a 1997 Volkswagen Jetta, which he purchased for $1,000, to an all-electric vehicle that has a range of 30 to 50 miles.
Robert [...]

Unsafe At Any Speed? NY Hybrid Taxi Plan Hits A Bump

If you’ve been following the hybrid taxi saga, you know that the Taxicab and Limousine Commission in New York City has decreed that the Big Apple’s taxi fleet must achieve certain emissions and mileage goals. The regulations require that all new taxicabs put into service after October 1, 2008 must be hybrids (or capable of [...]

Technological Advances The Real Benefit Of Hybrids

Researchers at the University of Crete say a “graphene sponge” could enable practical hydrogen storage for hydrogen-powered and hydrogen-hybrid vehicles. Hydrogen is notoriously difficult to store in vehicles, virtually eliminating its widespread use as an alternative fuel.
Scientists are working on a number of different approaches to the “hydrogen problem” including building more capable [...]

Losing Out On The Lambo Hybrid Sedan?

Lamborghini says that its Estoque concept, being shown off at the 2008 Paris Motor Show, could be brought into production as a hybrid vehicle. Lamborghini has repeatedly said that it is not capable of building its signature vehicles and meeting increasingly strict European Union emissions standards, so the news of a hybrid is something of [...]

Eco-Friendly Vehicles: Will They Sell Stateside?

At a time when the only thing expanding in the US is the average American waistline, automakers from around the globe are beginning to introduce a substantial number of alternative-fuel and alternative-drive vehicles that are… well… smaller than the vehicles that drivers are accustomed to.
While US drivers are demanding better fuel economy, many [...]

Automakers Face Uphill Battle On Alternative Fuels

Automakers are adopting alternative hybrid technologies in their search for the perfect product balance for the driving public. Toyota has announced that it will tackle a compressed natural gas (CNG) hybrid concept and plans to display the vehicle at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show in November. The hybrid is based on a Toyota Camry. [...]

UW-M Professor Makes Synthetic Fuel From Biomass

A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor is developing alternative fuels that look more like conventional gasoline and diesel fuel, but don’t rely on corn as a replacement. The alternative fuels are still plant-based but use non-edible plant parts to make cellulosic ethanol. These non-edible plant parts would otherwise go to waste or be composted. The professor [...]

Domestic Battery Production Must Be A Component Of Reducing Hybrid Costs

Price is shaping up to be the major consideration for adopting hybrid technologies, for both automakers and consumers. While GM is concerned with bringing its first PHEV to market, Toyota’s second generation and third-generation concerns are focusing on battery technology and price.
Toyota announced its plans to build a battery production facility in the US, [...]

Mercedes Confirms S-Class Hybrid Ready To Go In 2009

Mercedes has confirmed that it will be ready to release the S-Class gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle in 2009. The vehicle, based on the S400 concept, was originally expected in 2008. The car would be the first production hybrid manufactured by the German automaker, which until this time has chosen to focus on the development of diesel [...]

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