efficient car Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 12:04:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Startup Elio Motors to Buy GM Plant for Building 60 mpg Car https://www.greenoptimistic.com/startup-elio-motors-to-buy-gm-plant-for-building-60-mpg-car-20130108/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/startup-elio-motors-to-buy-gm-plant-for-building-60-mpg-car-20130108/#respond Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:13:59 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=31012 Elio Motors in Shreveport, Louisiana wants to by a former General Motors plant in order to manufacture and sell their low-cost, high MPH car. One green automaker, Bright Automotive, has already gone under in Shreveport while waiting for Federal funding. Bright Automotive had hoped to build a green, high MPG van, but could not hold […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/startup-elio-motors-to-buy-gm-plant-for-building-60-mpg-car-20130108/feed/ 0 31012 Wind Energizer: 150% Power Boost by Simple Wind Turbine Addon https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wind-energizer-wind-turbine-addon-giving-up-to-150-more-output-20090430/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wind-energizer-wind-turbine-addon-giving-up-to-150-more-output-20090430/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:57:49 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=3461 Until now, in order to make more powerful wind turbines, you had to make longer blades, so they could capture more incoming air and transform it into mechanical work. Leviathan Energy, led by dr. Daniel Farb, has refreshed this approach towards increased efficiency not by increasing the blades, but by making the wind hit them differently.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wind-energizer-wind-turbine-addon-giving-up-to-150-more-output-20090430/feed/ 2 3461 Mindset Six50: solar/battery/gasoline powered car https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mindset-six50-solarbatterygasoline-powered-car-20080610/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mindset-six50-solarbatterygasoline-powered-car-20080610/#respond Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:18:27 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=296 Mindset, a newcomer in the auto industry has announced Six50, a hybrid 2+2 seater that incorporates solar power, Li-Ion battery and a two-cylinder gasoline motor that also kicks in as a generator as required. Battery charging is further assisted by the roof-top solar panels.

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