Archive for August, 2009
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Sunday, August 30th, 2009by Marci Young As gas prices rise, ways to replace gas are being looked at. How to improve the mileage of driving a car has become a very serious topic for most. Worldwide, scientists are trying to find a way to gain some efficiency from the conventional engine. Like it or not, it is the [...]
SPACE SHUTTLE LIFTS OFF FOR ISS
Saturday, August 29th, 2009Engineers needed more time to tackle a technical glitch Space shuttle takes off at the third attempt Nasa has launched the US shuttle Discovery for a mission to the International Space Station (ISS), with seven astronauts on board. It lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2359 EDT Friday (0359 GMT Saturday). [...]
Diversified Energy Moves Ahead With New Projects for Omnigas and Centia Technologies
Saturday, August 29th, 2009Diversified Energy Corporation , an alternative and renewable energy technology development company with a portfolio of several technologies, recently received support for further projects developing its HydroMax/OmniGas molten-metals based gasification technology ( earlier post ) and its Centia renewable biohydrocarbon drop-in fuel technology ( earlier post ). The Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory [...]
Nissan Leaf battery vehicle only expected to have 80-mile range after five years
Saturday, August 29th, 2009Here is an excerpt from an All Cars Electric blog entry titled “Nissan’s VP of Product Planning Discusses LEAF Battery” that was posted on Wednesday: “According to (Nissan’s North American Vice President of Product Planning, Larry) Dominique, ‘Nissan expects LEAF batteries to retain 80% of their charge capacity at five years.’” Nissan says the Leaf will [...]
Mercedes (Daimler) to produce 200 B-Class F-Cell hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in late 2009
Saturday, August 29th, 2009DueMotori.com (Italy) announced this morning that Mercedes (Daimler) will begin limited series production of the B-Class F-Cell hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in late 2009 (see the YouTube video below of the gasoline-powered Mercedes B-Class). Here are some details about the vehicles, how many will be produced, and who will receive them: *200 B-Class F-Cell hydrogen [...]
