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Modified Daihatsu Mira EV Breaking Record With 627 Miles on a Single Battery Charge
The world's longest electric car trip has been 555.6km since last November, and has been performed by the Japan Electric Vehicle Club. The same organization now achieved 1,003 km on a single charge (indeed, with 40 km/h), around a race track.
New Jersey Container Port to Tap Wind Energy Using Five Wind Turbines
According to a Jersey Journal report, New Jersey and the Port Authority of New York plan to power the Port Jersey-Port Authority Marine Terminal with five, 288-ft tall wind turbines erected on a 70-acre site.
Toshiba's SCiB Ultra-Fast Charging Battery Selected to Be Used By Multiple Automakers
It looks natural for that to happen, since names like Sanyo and Panasonic had already been added as battery manufacturers on lists of Suzuki Motors and Toyota, respectively.
Southern California Implementing 53 MW Ice Energy Storage for Air Conditioning Systems
Ice can be used to store energy (though the other way we may be tempted to think) just like hot bricks or molten salt. Several Southern California municipal utilities will be implementing ice-based energy storage devices to reduce the air conditioning consumption in government offices and commercial buildings. Over the next two years, they will install 6,000 devices at 1,500 locations, storing around 53 megawatts of energy in total.
HP Developing Flexible Solar-Powered Wristwatch For The U.S. Army
HP has started the development of a next-generation wristwatch for the U.S. Military. The wristwatch called â€Ã…“Dick Tracy†may eliminate the need for soldiers to carry backup batteries and cumbersome technological gear.
Oyster 2 – A New Wave Power Generator Producing More Electricity
Aquamarine Power, a wave energy developer, has recently unveiled a new wave power generator called Oyster 2, that is able to capture about 250% more electricity than its predecessor. The Oyster 2 measures about 85 feet long and 53 feet wide, being capable to produce 800 kilowatts of energy.
Tesla Motors + Toyota: Electric Car Joint Venture or Fusion Plan?
Arnold Schwarzenegger had first leaked this news while in a visit to Google's HQ in Mountain View, and stirred powerful reactions in the media and in Downey City, to whom Tesla Motors promised that they will build a car factory there.
How to Measure a Stirling Engine's Efficiency (video)
The next video shows a Stirling engine while working to achieve its best, powered by a 70W light bulb. The poster also shows how he measured various parameters of the engine, like speed, torque, input/output power.
Reducing Platinum and Adding Gold: Three Inventions That Increase Fuel Cell Efficiency and Decrease...
Fuel cells are indispensable for hydrogen powered cars, and it looks like hydrogen may be the ultimate energy storage that meets all the demands of a clean "fuel" (though it's only a carrier, not a fuel). Fuel cells, are expensive, though, and their price is due to platinum, which is a rare metal.
Besides Warming the Planet, High CO2 Levels Could Also Affect Our Crops' Nutritional Qualities
We have been talking about global warming lately, and implicitly of carbon dioxide as being one of the gases associated with it. We have also been talking about carbon dioxide's indirect effect on warming through the modification it brings to trees, but never has the carbon dioxide been associated with crop plants' nutritional values before, which affect us, humans, directly.
