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Toyota Motor Sales reported at the beginning of the month that April had been the best ever April for the Toyota Prius. In a month where Toyota sales across the line increased 11.6 percent over the year-ago month on a raw volume basis, the Toyota Prius recorded its best ever April with a total [...]
A new report from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) outlines the huge savings possible by swapping from driving to public transport. According to the APTA May Transit Savings Report, “individuals who ride public transportation instead of driving can save, on average, $823 this month, and $9,880 annually.” The report takes into consideration the [...]
The Jinchang Municipal Government and Shanghai Alex Solar Energy Science and Technology signed an agreement in early May to develop 1 GW of photovoltaic solar capacity in the Jinchang city development center as part of a 5-year plan extending to 2016. The total investment is said to be worth approximately 11 billion yuan, which [...]
The Roseland Community Energy Trust announced Friday that it had formally lodged a planning application with the Bolsover District Council for what would be the largest community-owned wind farm project in the UK. The project, which has been put together by Roseland Community Energy Trust, over the past three years, aims to benefit the [...]
The CUNY Energy Institute has developed a new low-cost, safe, non-toxic battery with fast discharge rates and high energy densities that could save thousands in energy costs each month. An operating prototype zinc-anode battery system has been developed and is now housed in the basement of Steinman Hall on The City College of New [...]
Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Porsche and Volkswagen have all announced at the Electric Vehicle Symposium 26 that they will agree to support a new single-port fast-charging technology that will recharge vehicle EV batteries in just 15 to 20 minutes. This marks the first step towards harmonising the electric vehicle market, by [...]
Monday saw Toyota reveal the new Toyota RAV4 EV at the 26th annual Electric Vehicle Symposium in Los Angeles, an all-electric SUV with an expected driving range rating of approximately 100 miles. The RAV4 EV is expected to go on sale in late summer of 2012 through select dealers in four major Californian metropolitan markets; [...]
Put a US Marine out in the field for any length of time and at some point he’s going to need to recharge the batteries on any number of devices essential to his role. Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Electronics Science and Technology Division are working to help the U.S. Marine Corps [...]
