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"Volkswagen's 260 MPG Diesel Hybrid Coupe

Volkswagen's 260 MPG Diesel Hybrid CoupeShowing a high-mileage prototype in oil country? That takes some brass ones, Volkswagen. The company went to Qatar to reveal the XL1. VW says the diesel hybrid can travel more than 260 miles on a gallon of UAE tea.

Motivation to a top speed of 100 mph comes from a two-cylinder, 47 hp turbodiesel displacing 800 cc and a 27 hp electric motor powered by lithium-ion batteries. When home-charged, the 1,753-lb, carbon-fiber concept can do 22 miles solely on e-power. Does this mean VW's production diesel hybrid powertrain is close to prime time?"

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" Remember The Jetsons? How they all traveled by pneumatic tube, sucked from one place to another? These plans, concepts, and photographs show we've been dreaming about that idea for a long time."

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"NRG Installs Privately Funded Electric Car Charging Network in Oily Houston
BY Rachel ArndtThu Nov 18, 2010
NRG Energy is installing an electric car charging infrastructure in Houston, the first privately funded network of its kind in the U.S.

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The U.S. electric car industry is getting a jolt: NRG Energy, Inc. is bringing the nation’s first privately funded electric vehicle charging network to Houston. The New Jersey-based company announced this morning the launch of eVgo, its electric car charging infrastructure and at-home chargers. Though other companies have plans for charging networks in D.C., Phoenix, and other cities, NRG’s is the first that’s entirely privately funded, according to the company.

The charging network is an effort to break what NRG CEO David Crane calls the "chicken and egg cycle around electric vehicles." To let drivers stop worrying which will come first, the electric car or the electric car infrastructure, NRG is taking the first step and investing $10 million into Houston's public system. The city will have 50 fast-charging stations by summer 2011; the first ones will pop up in February.

The chargers, made by energy- and defense-company Aerovironment, will also be available in home garages for monthly fees and a three-year contract. The cheapest payment plan gives drivers access to Level 2 chargers, which give a car about 25 miles of electricity in an hour. The faster urban chargers take about 30 minutes to fully charge a vehicle, and will be set up along highways and in parking lots of NRG’s retail partners--Walgreens, Best Buy, and two Texas chains, H-E-B and Spec’s Wine, Spirits, and Finer Foods.

"We think electric vehicles are the next great disruptive technology," Crane told Fast Company. To make that come true, NRG wants to make charging electric cars as convenient as getting them. And the timing couldn't be better: The Nissan Leaf--the first mainstream, all-electric car in the U.S.--hits roads in January 2011, and the Chevy Volt arrives in less than

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"The world's leading luxury car maker, BMW, said on Friday it will invest 400 million euros (560 million dollars) by 2013 to produce an electric car as German manufacturers try to catch up with global rivals.

BMW has begun to extend its plant in the eastern city of Leipzig in a project launched by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to produce a series model auto it has dubbed Megacity."

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Global oil will run out 90 years before replacement technologies are ready given the current pace of research and innovation, according to a new study from the University of California, Davis. The study was based on stock market expectations, or the theory that long-term investors are good predictors of whether new energy technologies will become commonplace.

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"Canadian electric car made from hemp biocomposites to significantly reduce tooling costs
Posted by hipstomp | 27 Oct 2010 | Comments (2)

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One of the reasons cars cost what they do is because they're made with a lot of stamped steel and aluminum, and those materials, not to mention the tooling they require, ain't cheap. So Canadian designer Darren McKeage and his company, Motive Industries Inc., are attempting to skirt those manufacturing costs by building a car from biocomposite materials derived from hemb fiber. Called the Kestrel, the car was unveiled to the public last month.

The car's design features bio-composite materials and innovative tooling and part-molding techniques that Motive says will permit profitable manufacture of the Kestrel at smaller initial volumes than traditional stamped-steel or aluminum vehicles. "The cost to tool a traditional vehicle is in the hundreds of millions [of dollars]," explains company president Nathan Armstrong. "The techniques we are using will allow us to scale up the tooling and manufacturing process as demand increases, with ramp-up costs affordable for a new company...."

...Composites also will increase impact absorption and rust resistance. "Composite materials have been used in advanced applications for many years because of [their] relative light weight and ability to absorb impact loads," says Armstrong.

Designed to run on a lithium-ion battery, the lightweight car (under 2,000 lbs) is slated to see production in 2012.

via composites world"

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