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Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in While no one will mandate that the new Underwriters Laboratories 2580 standard be applied to all advanced electric vehicle batteries, the fact that there will soon be a UL listing for “large batteries in electric vehicles” is a good thing. UL’s unsurprising focus on the standard will be to “help [...]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Ford, Green Daily Drew Barrymore drives the Focus BEV – Click above to watch the video after the break Jay Leno closed out the first week of his new show with the premier of the Green Car Challenge. The first celebrity to get behind the wheel was the marvelous Drew Barrymore who [...]

Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Europe/EU The fact that many of the emerging electric vehicles are from European companies, as demonstrated at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, has not been lost on the company behind Enerdel’s lithium batteries. And how could it be? Ener1 already has existing arrangements with Th!nk, Fisker and Volvo and can [...]

Filed under: Hydrogen, Mercedes Benz, Frankfurt Motor Show Mercedes-Benz F-Cell – Click above for high-res image gallery As promised, Mercedes-Benz trotted its hydrogen fuel cell-powered F-Cell in front of the crowds at the Frankfurt Motor Show, and we were on hand to snap off a series of images. It’s easy to spot the B-Class sheetmetal [...]

Filed under: MPG, Ford Ford 1.6-liter EcoBoost four cylinder – Click above for high-res image gallery We’ll see Ford’s upcoming 1.6-liter turbocharged EcoBoost engine show up in a number of new cars wearing the Blue Oval badge all around the world within the next few years, especially in markets that put an emphasis on fuel [...]

Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in, Volvo Volvo Golf Cart – Click above for high-res image gallery For all of the work that car companies are doing to shift public perception away from the electric vehicle=golf cart image, Volvo has proudly announced that its first all-electric car will be, in fact, a golf cart. It’s called, wait [...]

One of our worst habits is wasting food. Not huge amounts but enough to make me want to change our ways. Sometimes it’s store-cupboard stuff that goes well out of date without us noticing – stuff we bought on 3-for-2 offers but got bored after the second one, or stuff we bought because we were, [...]

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Renault, Frankfurt Motor Show, Better Place Renault Zero Emission line-up – Click for high-res image gallery The more we see of Renault’s all-electric line-up that is on display at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the more we want to hang out at company cocktail parties. Something delicious and potent must be [...]

Filed under: Hybrid, On Two Wheels, Green Daily Following custom motorcycles that run on ethanol, compressed natural gas and electricity, Orange County Choppers has signed a deal with Schneider Electric to produce the Toyota Prius of choppers. That’s right, OCC is completing the eco-friendly circle by going hybrid. The stated goal is to build a [...]

Filed under: Biodiesel, Hybrid, Green Daily, Automotive X-Prize click to enlarge For ExxonMobil, $25,000 is not a lot of money. For a group of high-school students working on a 100+ mpg car for the Automotive X Prize, it’s a great boost to get their Hybrid K-1 Attack – or whatever vehicle the team enters into [...]