Kohl’s Department Stores has released its 2012 corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, providing updates on the company’s programs and accomplishments in sustainability, community relations and social compliance. ...
Ohio State University's is aiming for 400mph from a student-designed and built electric car. Called Buckeye Bullet 3, it joins a line of record-breaking cars from the University's (OSU's) Center for Automotive Research (CAR). "The third ...
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Audi Australia is planning to introduce its first plug-in hybrid model, the Audi A3 e-tron, to the local market late next year. While currently "not confirmed 100 per cent yet", Audi Australia managing director Andrew Doyle said the ...
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China based automobile manufacturer Jianghuai Automobile Company (JAC Motors) has signed electric vehicle (EV) supply agreement with US based GreenTech Automotive (GTA) in Shanghai. Under the deal, JAC will deliver 2000 units of third ...
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Source: US Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2013. US net imports of petroleum and other liquid fuels as a share of product supplied (used as a proxy for consumption) have been one of the most watched indicators in ...
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April 18, 2013 - CSA Group says it has been awarded $1.8 million by the ecoEnergy Innovation Initiative to develop new standards that support electric vehicle adoption, including a proposed suite of consensus-based electric vehicle supply ...
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PowerStream and Georgian College say they are collaborating to better understand electric vehicles (EVs) and their charging demands. A new applied research initiative will be conducted by means of a charging station, complemented by solar ...
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German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen is planning to unveil the CrossBlue Coupe Concept at the upcoming 2013 Shanghai Motor Show to be held during 20-29 April 2013 in China. The hybrid vehicle will be powered by the V6 turbocharged ...
Livermore,California -- The city is nearing completion of a plan to upgrade its street lights with LED lights, officials said. Upgrading to LED street lights is part of a multi-phase project in collaboration with Chevron. Council members ...
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Subaru, the automobile manufacturing division of Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI), has unveiled specification prototype of its first hybrid system in Japan. The hybrid system is powered by the partially modified 2L DOHC Horizontally-Opposed ...
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GB Patent Number: 2458942 Granted to: Amberjac Projects One of the 'quiet' technological revolutions of the past ten to twenty years has been in relation to the efficiency and performance of batteries. As our world has become ...
Automotive supplier Continental has expanded its Nuremberg center of competence in Germany, for testing electric vehicles. The company has invested EUR2.6m in its new testing facility located at its HighTech Center North that will conduct ...
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US automaker General Motors (GM) has started the production of electric motors for the new Chevrolet Spark electric vehicle (EV) at its Baltimore Operations facility in White Marsh, Maryland. The new Spark EV will be GM's first vehicle ...
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Car Charging, a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging services, has acquired the EV Pass, an EV charging network provider, along with its Central New York Destination Location Network from Synapse Sustainability Trust in the US. With ...
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Mitsubishi Motors (MMC) will introduce its Concept CA-MiEV and G4 cars at the upcoming 15th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition to be held from 20-29 April 2013. The Concept CA-MiEV will be an electric vehicle (EV) ...
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