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Leo Motors To Provide 3,000 Electric Motorcycles to Korea's Largest Motorcycle Leasing Company

Leo Motors, an innovative automotive company engaged in the development, manufacture, and marketing of electric vehicles and EV components, has signed a contract to provide 3,000 electric business motorcycles, named Hilless, to Bike Lease, the largest motorcycle leasing company in Korea

19 May 2009

Solar Powered Hybrid Car, The New Toyota Prius, To Get Roof Mounted Solar Panels from KYOCERA

Kyocera Corporation announced today that it is supplying solar modules for the new Toyota Prius solar ventilation system, an optional feature for the hybrid car model introduced in Japan by Toyota

19 May 2009

Cash For Clunkers Program Won't Change Purchasing Timeframe of Car Buyers

When provided specifics about the 'cash-for-clunkers' bill as it is currently proposed, 38 percent of in-market new-car shoppers said it would have no effect on their purchase timeframe because they do not have a vehicle to turn in that meets the parameters of the program

19 May 2009

GE Transportation Unveils New Fuel Efficient, Low Emissions Evolution Series Locomotive

GE Transportation announced today that it has introduced the newest line of fuel efficient and low emissions Evolution® Series locomotives, the Model ES44C4. The new model, which is part of GE’s ecomaginationSM environmental program, delivers a cleaner, faster, safer and more reliable alternative to the aging North American fleet of DC-powered locomotives

19 May 2009

Environmentally Friendly Transport With a Hand Made Bamboo Bicycle

As of May 18, this year, you can choose between average bicycle style and Flavio Deslandes eye-catching bamboo bicycles. This is when the Brazilian industrial designer will launch his first collection of hand-built bicycles

19 May 2009

Obama and Schwarzenegger To Announce Rigorous Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards For Passenger Cars and Truck

President Barack Obama and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will announce an historic blueprint to carry out rigorous greenhouse gas emission standards for passenger cars and trucks while giving the nation's automakers the certainty of cohesive regulatory standards

19 May 2009

Ford Starts Production Of Their EcoBoost Advanced Fuel Efficient Engines

Ford Motor Company today marked the start of production of its advanced fuel-efficient EcoBoost engines at Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1 - a key step in Ford's plan to deliver leading fuel economy across millions of vehicles

19 May 2009

World's Highest Output Lithium Ion Battery Developed

Hitachi, Ltd. and Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd. which develops and manufactures lithium-ion batteries for automotive applications, such as hybrid electric vehicles, have developed a lithium-ion battery having the world's highest power density

19 May 2009

Plant Researchers Use Ultraviolet LEDs To Grow Healthier Lettuce

Salad dressing aside, a pile of spinach has more nutritional value than a wedge of iceberg lettuce. That's because darker colors in leafy vegetables are often signs of antioxidants that are thought to have a variety of health benefits. Now a team of plant physiologists has developed a way to make lettuce darker and redder—and therefore healthier—using ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (LEDs)

18 May 2009

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Street Cleaning Vehicle Keeping the Roads of Basel Tidy

Empa and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) have, together with Bucher Schoerling, Proton Motor, BRUSA Elektronik AG und Messer Schweiz, developed a hydrogen powered municipal street cleaning vehicle which was presented to the public in Basel

18 May 2009