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The influx of automobiles in China has contributed greatly to growing concerns about traffic and pollution in the country, deemed as the biggest market in the world. Enter Daimler and BYD, its local partner in China, who are hoping that their new all ...
May 17, 2012 at 19:12 | Source: BenzInsider (blog)
Not so coincidentally, there’s one apiece from each of the five non-Nissan carmakers required to sell ZEVs starting this year: Chevrolet Spark EV Fiat 500 Elettrica Ford Focus Electric Honda Fit EV Toyota RAV4 EV All are conversions of ...
May 17, 2012 at 20:52 | Source: EarthTechling
MOTORISTS could face a 50% rise in fuel duty in future years to cover a £13bn hole in Treasury coffers, according to a report. The gap in public finances will come from increasing use of more fuel-efficient cars and a switch to electric vehicles, the RAC ...
May 15, 2012 at 05:24 | Source: WalesOnline
Additionally, AMD also announced the winners of its Achievement Awards for their key contributions to AMD's business success: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd., Shinko Electric Industries Co., TDK Corporation of America ...
May 26, 2012 at 06:44 | Source: Yahoo Finance
Other local car makers are taking a wait-and-see stance. GM Korea will produce the electric version of Chevrolet Spark mini car next year for export to the U.S. but has no plans to sell it in the domestic market. Renault Samsung Motors will ...
May 16, 2012 at 13:58 | Source: Wall Street Journal
BEIJINGMay 17 (Reuters) - The failure of China's mass-market electric car producers to meet government sales goals is prompting one major carmaking partnership to change tack and develop a "luxury" e-car for the world's largest auto market where upscale ...
May 17, 2012 at 09:04 | Source: Inside Fidelity
British drivers had other ideas. The notion that electric vehicles are slow, impractical and even unsafe persisted, and only 1000 were sold. But now there is a spark of hope. On Tuesday more than 60 charging points went live in Oxford, making the city the ...
May 16, 2012 at 06:20 | Source: Independent Online
After firefighters extinguished the flames, they noticed a two large gasoline cans with heavy-duty siphon hoses and an electric siphon pump next to the burning truck. Los Angeles police officers and arson investigators were called to the scene.
May 26, 2012 at 19:01 | Source: KTLA.com
Such engines might be cheaper than hybrid technology, since they don't require a large battery and electric motor. In conventional gasoline-powered engines, a spark ignites a mixture of fuel and air. Diesel engines don't use a spark. Instead, they compress ...
May 16, 2012 at 23:59 | Source: MIT Technology Review
These materials may be familiar to you: they generate the spark in a gas lighter ... charge difference and the distance between the two charged areas sets up an electric dipole, which runs along each helix. Normally these dipoles cancel each ...
May 15, 2012 at 21:09 | Source: Ars Technica