Third quarter investments in cleantech venture capital funding in 2010 have suffered as per a report from Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureSource.
At the SEMA show in Las Vegas South Korea's second largest automobile Kia Motors revealed a surprise with the Forte Hybrid Concept.
The current trend for both individuals and organizations is to go green with usage of hybrid vehicles, solar panels, eco-friendly building resources, and fluorescent lighting equipment. The US Navy is also following the green path by fuelling a 49 foot RCB-X (Riverine Command Boat), by a blend of algae-based biofuel and NATOF-76 fuel.
Hybrid-electric vehicles and wind-power turbines using permanent magnet motors need large amounts of rare earth metals, dysprosium and neodymium.
If you are looking for an environmentally friendly automobile, think about getting a hybrid car or one running on natural gas. In terms of CO2 emissions both perform significantly better than gasoline or diesel fuelled vehicles.
In addition to the speakers at Sandia National Laboratories’ S3: Safe, Secure, Sustainable Fair, more than a dozen solar, electrical and alternative-fuel cars, the latest technology for rescue vehicles, green building techniques and much more will be on display at more than 80 information booths at the annual fair.
At Chinaplas 2010 in booth W2G41, SABIC Innovative Plastics announced a new portfolio of advanced Noryl* and Valox* automotive resins designed to help customers create alternative power train solutions by displacing weight and increasing performance for hybrid, plug-in hybrid (PHEV), and battery electric vehicles (BEV).
Lear Corporation, leading global supplier of automotive seating systems and electrical power management systems and PREMO, technology leader for inductive, RFID components and EMC filters, announced today the formation of an agreement for the design and development of cutting edge inductive components and technology for automotive power electronics applications for hybrid vehicles.
Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG), part of the Composites Division of Umeco plc, is engaged in a €3.4 million project with scientists to develop a new composite material which could revolutionise car design and manufacturing.
FORA.tv, the web's leading destination and distributor of smart video programs, has posted an exclusive interview with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak describing potentially dangerous problems with the Toyota Prius
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