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Mitsui Engineering-Shipbuilding logs first orders for hybrid container cranes
Container cranes at the Port of Seattle Container cranes, like the massive units pictured above, transfer cargo from ships to…
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California Energy Commission leverages green transport with $9.6 million
The California Energy Commission has just approved grants to provide investment for eight recipients that should result in both greener…
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Toyota outlines future eco-car launch schedule
Toyota RAV4 EV – Click above for high-res image gallery At a recent event in Tokyo, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC)…
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A123 System’s CFO, Michael Rubino, to leave company in early 2011
A123 Systems, a Massachusetts-based lithium-ion battery manufacturer, has announced that its chief financial officer and vice president of finance and…
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Supercapacitor breakthrough beats batteries with graphene *UPDATE
In the coming decades, hybrids, and maybe even all-electric vehicles, may cruise without batteries. Instead, the energy in these vehicles…
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Toyota prototypes 4-layer solid-state battery
Solid-state batteries have the potential to offer more power output and higher energy storage density than a typical lithium-ion battery.…
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U.S. researchers discover one cause of lithium-ion battery aging
Researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have stumbled upon a battery discovery that may some day provide insight for…
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Chevy Volt components to be built from Gulf of Mexico’s oil-soaked booms [w/video]
Recycled boom material under the hood of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery There’s really…
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Hydraulic minivan coming from Chrysler, with the EPA’s help
The closest Americans can get to a hybrid minivan in 2011 – an entirely practical vehicle if there ever was…
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ADA Technologies to develop ultracapacitors for hybrid military vehicles
ADA Technologies, Inc. has been awarded a $70,000 contract from the U.S. Army to begin Phase 1 of the development…
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