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US EPA Gives Go Ahead to Clean Car Standards

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision today to grant California's long-standing request to carry out Clean Car standards immediately clears the way for emission standards in California and 13 additional states to cut global warming pollution

1 Jul 2009

Economic and Environmental Benefits for 13 US States Adopting California Clean Car Standards

Motor vehicle drivers in the 13 states that have adopted California's Clean Car Standards approved earlier today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would save hundreds of dollars annually at the gas pump while reducing heat-trapping greenhouse gases

1 Jul 2009

Ford Takes The Mystery Out of Cash For Clunkers Program and Offers to Recycle Your Car

Beginning Thursday, June 25, Ford will dedicate a section on its Web site to take out all the guesswork on the Cash for Clunkers program, as well as show consumers if their current vehicle qualifies as a clunker, through an interactive calculator

25 Jun 2009

AA President Promotes Green Vehicles, and Environmentally Friendly Car Fleets

Even if some drivers do not accept environmental arguments for reducing the impact of their vehicles then they should embrace the hard economic arguments, according to the AA President addressing the Fleet News Green Summit today

25 Jun 2009

Advanced Water Based Finishes Being Used as Car Paints by Shanghai General Motors

A new DuPont laboratory and manufacturing facilities in China are accelerating the adoption of coatings with improved environmental performance by Chinese automakers

25 Jun 2009

Tesla to Use Loan Money to Build Plant For Making Electronic Family Sedan Vehicles

Tesla Motors has received approval for about $465 million in low-interest loans from the US Department of Energy to accelerate the production of affordable, fuel-efficient electric vehicles

25 Jun 2009

Advanced Materials Used in New Superlight Electric Bicycle

SABIC Innovative Plastics Verton RV00CE material used in worlds lightest electric bicycle, the Gocycle

24 Jun 2009

Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Energy Plus Other Nanotechnology and Alternate Fuel Markets Expected to Reach $14 Billion by 2014

According to a newly released report from iRAP, Fuel Cells, Hydrogen
Energy and Related Nanotechnology - A Global Industry and Market Analysis, the fuel cell and hydrogen energy industry is highly fragmented. Worldwide about 3870 organizations are involved in fuel cells, hydrogen energy and related nanotechnology and spent an estimated $8.4 billion in 2008

24 Jun 2009

Digital EcoStart from KONE and Power Efficiency Corporation to Bring Increased Energy Efficiency to Escalators

The KONE EcoStart is a unique motor efficiency controller that incorporates Power Efficiency’s proprietary E-Save Technology to improve the efficiency of electric motors in escalators. The EcoStart is a complete motor control device that soft starts a motor, bringing it from rest to full speed, and then protects the motor from adverse conditions, such as voltage and amperage spikes

22 Jun 2009

NASA Technology Used to Increase Energy Efficiency

Power Efficiency Corporation, a clean tech company focused on energy efficiency technologies for electric motors, announced today that the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) has created a video about the development of Power Efficiency’s energy saving technology, its roots in NASA research, and its importance for the nation’s climate and energy challenges

22 Jun 2009