]> http://www.greenedia.com/latest Batteries Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/141033?rsstype=latest&cid=45 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GMClick above for high-res gallery of the 2011 Chevy VoltWhile perusing the interwebs for interesting stories, we stumbled upon a letter to the editors at Automotive News that suggests the Chevy Volt should... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:27:10 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/141033?rsstype=latest&cid=45 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/141035?rsstype=latest&cid=45 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Transportation Alternatives, USAA couple of weeks ago we were telling you about the 600-mile inaugural run of the Zuumer from ZuumCraft. While it's one thing to have a company representative talk about their product, it's oft... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:36:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/141035?rsstype=latest&cid=45 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/140988?rsstype=latest&cid=45 Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-inDrive your electric SUV to the lake while towing a pontoon EV? We're getting closer to this image of a pure electron-driven traditional American summer weekend with a pair of new electric boat motors by SolidNav. The comp... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:04:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/140988?rsstype=latest&cid=45 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/140983?rsstype=latest&cid=45 Bio-batteries modeled after electric eels? It sounds a little far-fetched, but apparently not too far-fetched for some Yale researchers who recently published a paper in Nature Nanotechnology on the very subject. Their goal is to engineer a cell mo... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:44:16 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/140983?rsstype=latest&cid=45 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/140984?rsstype=latest&cid=45 Alkaline batteries they are so small and commonplace that it becomes easy to throw them away without a second thought. But they often still have some perfectly good juice left in them often .8 to 1.3 volts! Yanko Design, an online design ma... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:59:46 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/140984?rsstype=latest&cid=45 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/140843?rsstype=latest&cid=45 It looks like my September 22nd article Energy Storage Opportunities After the Market Carnage was a little bit premature. But before getting into the details of how the energy storage sector is faring on October 12, 2008, I need to apologize to Z... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:08:44 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/140843?rsstype=latest&cid=45 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/140817?rsstype=latest&cid=45 Former oilman, corporate raider cum alternative energy proponent, T. Boone Pickens' highly, and largely self-promoted Pickens Plan only has it half-right as far as charting a course that will lead to a more secure, cleaner energy future for th... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/140817?rsstype=latest&cid=45 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/140810?rsstype=latest&cid=45 The UK's first hydrogen energy research and demonstration center opened last week at the University of Glamorgan, Wales. Based at Baglan Energy Park near Swansea, the 2.2 million (US$3 million) Hydrogen Centre' is designed to demonstrate the via... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:09:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/140810?rsstype=latest&cid=45 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/140800?rsstype=latest&cid=45 The biggest eels can produce charges up to 600 watts of electricity, enough to power your computer, monitor, printer and office lighting simultaneously...at least for a moment. Knowing that some of the best ideas come from nature, researchers at Yale... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:38:18 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/140800?rsstype=latest&cid=45 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/140757?rsstype=latest&cid=45 Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GMMight a second-generation Chevy Volt feature 80 miles of gas-free driving? A high-tech company in Ohio certainly believes so and they hope to have a hand in making it happen. Applie... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:24:48 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/140757?rsstype=latest&cid=45 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/140758?rsstype=latest&cid=45 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Daily, European UnionBack in 1993, eBay.de member goldlady77 imported the electric car you see above from Miami to Germany. Fast forward 15 years and the car is now ready for a new home. Similar to the old CitiCar, thi... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:11:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/140758?rsstype=latest&cid=45 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/140655?rsstype=latest&cid=45 Exploded image of rear wheel of prototype hybrid smart bicycle. Battery, motor and electronics are all packed in the rear wheel. Click to enlarge. Credit: MITMIT researchers at its SENSEable City Laboratory have unveiled a project in Copenhagen aimed... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:23:38 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/140655?rsstype=latest&cid=45 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/140726?rsstype=latest&cid=45 So I'm barely back from sabbatical, and stuff is happening thick and fast. The EPA is under a court order to issue an updated standard for lead in the air by this Wednesday, October 15th. The current standard was set 30 years ago, and would be a joke... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/140726?rsstype=latest&cid=45 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/140479?rsstype=latest&cid=45 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, PorscheeRuf Concept Model AQuash the electric Cayman rumor. Ruf Automobiles has a long history of taking already fast sports cars from Porsche and making them extraordinarily fast. That typically happens by means of adding mo... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:15:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/140479?rsstype=latest&cid=45 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/140507?rsstype=latest&cid=45 by Cristina FoungMy favorite green product of the week: the Brondell Swash Ecoseat Bidet SeatWhat is it?The Swash Ecoseat is a bidet seat. It gets installed in place of your traditional toilet seat and has a control panel to help you select the water... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:44:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/140507?rsstype=latest&cid=45 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/140480?rsstype=latest&cid=45 Filed under: Diesel, Hybrid, MPG, Mazda, LightweightClick above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Mazda MX-5It may be tougher than you think to produce a simple roadster like the Mazda MX-5. Mazda is currently hard at work on the next generation of ... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:31:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/140480?rsstype=latest&cid=45 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/140481?rsstype=latest&cid=45 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Pacific Region, HoldenClick above for high-res gallery of the 2011 Chevy VoltIt sounds as if the Australian market will be the third - behind the United States and Europe - to get a version of the Chevy Volt. In Europ... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:51:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/140481?rsstype=latest&cid=45 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/140477?rsstype=latest&cid=45 I mean, if you're going to radically change the way a car is powered, you might as well radically change the way it looks too...right?I guess that's what MDI (the company who has been pioneering, or at least attempting to pioneer, the compressed-air-... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:07:46 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/140477?rsstype=latest&cid=45 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/140417?rsstype=latest&cid=45 Filed under: Hybrid, Volvo, European UnionAlthough European cities have a lot of the latest trends in urban mobility, there aren't many hybrid buses on their streets. Volvo thinks that this could be a good moment to introduce hybrid buses, and has re... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:46:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/140417?rsstype=latest&cid=45 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/140269?rsstype=latest&cid=45 Tonen, an affiliate of ExxonMobil Chemical, is building a new plant in Gumi City, South Korea to manufacture lithium-ion battery separator films for markets including new hybrid and electric vehicle applications. The facility will have the capacity t... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:05:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/140269?rsstype=latest&cid=45