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Hybrids and Harleys Roll for Obama

In advance of McCain visit, proud owners of American-Made motorcycles
and hybrids to remind McCain why buying American matters to Michigan
families with Barack Obama's Campaign for Change launching "Hybrids and Harleys for Obama"

17 Sep 2008

Venturi and Michelin Team Up on New Electric Car

Venturi Automobiles and Michelin announced they were working together to produce a new-generation electric vehicle

15 Sep 2008

Hydrogen Powered Car Unveiled by Nissan and University of Sunderland

As the price of petrol soars, and concerns grow about the impact of car culture on the environment, a team of scientists from the University of Sunderland have come up with a hydrogen-powered car, which they believe is a significant step forward in creating a mass-produced green machine

15 Sep 2008

Owens Corning Releases Tool Kit to Promote Re-Insulation

Owens Corning, a world leader in building materials and glass fiber reinforcements, today launched a full set of business solutions to help its building materials customers easily, efficiently and profitably enter an emerging and growing market category -- re-insulation

11 Sep 2008

2008 AlwaysOn Going Green 100 Awards

Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and its Global Network of Funds, the most active global cleantech investors, today announced that fifteen of their portfolio companies were recognized as finalists in the AlwaysOn 2008 Going Green 100 Awards

10 Sep 2008

Sustainable Wood Composites Being Made Using Nanotechnology

The European Commission has decided to invest 6.5 million Euro into a large scale project dealing with the development of sustainable wood-based composite materials

10 Sep 2008

Jet Fuel Produced From Algae by Solazyme

Solazyme has announced that it has produced the world’s first microbial derived jet fuel

10 Sep 2008

Daimler and RWE to Open Electric Vehicle Charging Stations for the Smart Electrodrive Electronic Car

This video report presents the new electric version of the Smart minicar, the Smart Electrodrive

9 Sep 2008

Mexico City Smog May Come From Garbage, Not Motor Vehicles

A new report by scientists who are part of the international MILAGRO Campaign indicates that some of the most harmful air pollution in Mexico City may not come from motor vehicles but instead originates with industrial sources – and that the culprit may be garbage incineration

8 Sep 2008

Electric Vehicle Battery Company to List on the Stockmarket

Earlier this month, lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery manufacturer A123Systems sought to capitalize on the interest in electric and hybrid vehicles, filing for an IPO

8 Sep 2008