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The World?s Largest Hybrid
Categories: Hybrids - Monday Apr 28, 2008 05:06Read the full story at Eco-Geek.
Its wheels are bigger than your car…the driver has to climb a flight of stairs to get to his seat. And, if GE has their way, they might soon be painting it (at least metaphorically) green.
Nonelectric Hybrid Engines: A novel hybrid engine could slash fuel consumption
Categories: Hybrids, Research, Transportation - Tuesday Apr 1, 2008 10:14Read the full story in Technology Review.
A new kind of hybrid vehicle could offer reduced fuel consumption to consumers concerned about gas prices. Mechanical engineers in the United Kingdom have developed a novel kind of combustion engine that is able to switch between being a two-stroke and a four-stroke engine. The system, they say, can reduce fuel consumption by 27 percent.
The payoff for plug-in hybrids: 95 years?
Categories: Hybrids - Wednesday Mar 26, 2008 10:33Read the full story at News. com.
Plug-in hybrids get far better mileage than standard cars or regular hybrids — and emit far less pollution.
But they are also tough to justify economically at the moment with existing technology, according to the first several months of data from RechargeIT.org, which is studying how well plug-in hybrids work in real-world circumstances.
Study: Hybrid, Electric Cars are Water Guzzlers
Categories: Hybrids - Friday Mar 14, 2008 03:24Read the full story in Water & Wastewater News.
Eco-minded drivers in drought-prone states take note: A new study concludes that producing electricity for hybrid and fully electric vehicles could sharply increase water consumption in the United States. It is scheduled for the June 1 issue of Environmental Science & Technology, a semi-monthly journal.