Posts about Energy Car as of October 19, 2009

Timothy Gardner, PlanetArk 20 Oct 09; NEW YORK – Electric cars will not be dramatically cleaner than autos powered by fossil fuels until they rely less on electricity produced from conventional coal-fired power plants, scientists said on Monday. “For electric vehicles to become a major green alternative, the power fuel mix has to move away from coal, or cleaner coal technologies have to be developed,” said Jared Cohon, the chair of a National Research Council report released on Monday called “Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use.” About half of U.S.

Japanese car makers out to electrify Tokyo show Move over hybrids — the biggest buzz at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show looks set to come from electric cars as the dream of affordable zero-emission vehicles moves closer to reality. Japanese automakers, pioneers in hybrid cars powered by a mixture of petrol and electricity, are now looking to take fuel-efficient motoring to the next level with vehicles that run on rechargeable batteries.

TOKIO ” If we decided to drive electric cars and charge their Lithium battery with wind, solar and other green power generated energy – time is study Rare Earth Elements. Every time you click on your Blackberry, iPhone or use your PowerBook you are at the mercy of all these elements .” ” Electric cars to dominate in Tokyo There is plenty of buzz surrounding this year’s Tokyo Motor Show, and, unsurprisingly given the focus on emissions and fuel economy throughout the industry, green cars look set to dominate.

Well, first of all you’ve likely noticed the new header and font style here at THF. However, it’s not the only change going on here at Tree Hugging Family that October. Just so that there’s no crazy surprises, (I hate those) I wanted to let my ers here know that I’ll be leaving Tree Hugging Family at the end of the month. After helping to plan and launch that blog with b5media and being here since summer 2007, that was not an easy decision to manufacture.