Images credit ILEK You can’t always get what you want, but but dream homes always show a lot more than you need. From the beloved Monsanto House of the Future to Michelle Kaufmann’s Smart Home in Chicago, they always have more gizmos, more space and even more parking than most people can ever dream of owning. The Plus Energy House is no different; … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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"Plus-Energy House with Electromobility" Dream Home To Be Built In Berlin
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Image: Porsche 918 Spyder Press Release When Porsche presented the 918 Spyder plug-in electric concept car, it got some leaded blood boiling. A sportscar that can do 0-60 mph in 3.2 seconds but gets under 78 miles per gallon (3L/100km)? Brian Merchant deemed it a significant development, one which “will make waves far beyond the crowd concerned with fuel efficiency.” And that is what we want, right? To pull everyone into the green li… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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VP of R&D Admits Electric Engine Helps Porsche Game Environmental Laws
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Coming in the Spring of 2011 As promised , now that the Revenge of the Electric Car facebook fan page has reach… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Revenge of the Electric Car (Official Trailer!)
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Coming in the Spring of 2011 As promised , now that the Revenge of the Electric Car facebook fan page has reach… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Cushman custom electric passenger vehicle, manufactured in Augusta, Georgia, USA. Image credit: Cushman Anyone who’s been to a golf course has seen electric golf carts. If you fly, you’ll have seen electric vehicles transporting older or disabled passengers across the terminal. Amusement parks and big hotels have them as well. Variations on these familiar but overlooked designs – representing a category known to industry as ‘electric utility vehicles’ – exist for dozens of uses. There are ambulances, “stock chasers,” lunch carts, “bell hops,” and so on. For a… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Millions Of Electric Vehicles Are Hidden In Plain Sight
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Image: HertzEV website EV Rental Goes Mainstream Almost a year ago, I wrote about how Hertz, the largest car rental company in the United states, was going to have Nissan LEAF electric cars in its fleet . As I said then, I think it’s a great idea to give people a new way to become familiar with electric vehicles and try them for themselves (cars are expensive, so people are hesitant to spend their hard-earned cash on technologies they don’t trust — it took a while for… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Get In Line to Test-Drive an Electric Car From Hertz
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Photo: GE Dual Battery System FTW There are about 840,000 buses on the roads of the United States, and while they are a greener way to get around than individual cars (especially for commuting in urban areas – please people, if you live in the city, use transit), the vast majority of them are powered by non-renewable fossil fuels. Some use diesel-hybrid powertrains for better fuel economy and lower emissions, and others run on compressed natural gas to reduce smog-forming tailpipe emissions, but those are just partial solutions. Fully electric buses would be better, but current battery t… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Clever Electric Bus Prototype Combines 2 Battery Chemistries for Max Power & Range
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Image: volt.charitybuzz.com Recharging Detroit Public Schools GM is auctioning off the first Chevy Volt off the production line to raise money for the Detroit Public Schools Foundation . It’s a great idea, and so far it seems pretty successful. There’s still about 11 days left in the auction, and already the car with a MSRP of $40,280 has a bid for $180,000, and the next bid will have to be at least 5 grand higher to be accepted. Other car makers should steal this! How about a
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With 11 Days to Go, Chevy Volt #1 Charity Auction Reaches $180,000
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Photo: GM If There’s One Thing Michigan Needs, It’s Jobs… While the “green jobs” bonanza that some predicted hasn’t quite happened yet, there are many high quality green jobs that are being created all around the world these days. The latest announcement comes from GM, who starting today will start hiring 1,000 engineers and researchers in Michigan to “significantly expand its vehicle electrification expertise and lead in the development of electric vehicles from hybrids to electric vehicles with extended-range capability, like the Chevrolet Volt.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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GM to Hire 1,000 Engineers & Researchers to Develop Electric Vehicles
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Oregon’s only coal-fired power plant. Photo: Tedder , Wikimedia, CC There’s currently only one lonely coal-fired power plant in all of Oregon. But by 2020, there will be none — Portland General Electric Co., which operates the plant, has announced that it will either shutter the 585 megawatt Boardman plant or convert it to burn biomass. In less than 10 years, the state of Oregon will be coal-free…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Oregon to be Coal-Free by 2020
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