http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:56:36 -0700 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:02:32 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m12d3-Nissan-LEAF-almost-test-ride-impressions-and-the-LEAF-tour?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner Photo by David HerronThe LEAF tour has been in the San Francisco Bay Area this week, and today was at the Santana Row shopping center in San Jose.  The tour will be in various cities across the U.S. and those who are interested should go to Nis... Electric Car Nissan Leaf Nissan Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:02:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m12d3-Nissan-LEAF-almost-test-ride-impressions-and-the-LEAF-tour?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m12d1-SWIGZCOM-and-CRP-Racing-announce-they-will-participate-in-TTXGP-races-during-2010?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner Photo courtesy TTXGPRegardless of the recent announcement by FIM of their competing electric motorcyle race, several organizations have announced participation in the TTXGP series.  These moves demonstrate continuing support for the TTXGP race ... electric motorcycles EV Racing eGrandPrix TTXGP Zero Motorcycles Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:59:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m12d1-SWIGZCOM-and-CRP-Racing-announce-they-will-participate-in-TTXGP-races-during-2010?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m12d1-Is-the-FIM-attempting-to-steal-electric-motorcycle-racing-from-TTXGP?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner Photo courtesy FIM  The neat and tidy story where the TTXGP is establishing an electric motorcycle racing series, well, that story got twisted last week when the FIM announced their own electric motorcycle racing series (see FIM launching the E... electric motorcycles EV Racing TTXGP FIM Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:15:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m12d1-Is-the-FIM-attempting-to-steal-electric-motorcycle-racing-from-TTXGP?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d27-FIM-launching-the-EPower-electric-motorcycle-racing-series-without-TTXGP?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner Agni Motors' TTXGP 2009 winning bike, photo courtesy TTXGP Until now the story regarding the development of zero carbon footprint motorcycle racing was simple.  The TTXGP organization, led by Azhar Hussain, was developing the race series, colla... electric motorcycles EV Racing eGrandPrix TTXGP FIM Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:56:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d27-FIM-launching-the-EPower-electric-motorcycle-racing-series-without-TTXGP?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d24-Nissan-announces-first-commercial-lease-of-their-XTrail-fuel-cell-vehicle?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner Image courtesy Nissan (Sacramento, CA, Nov 24, 2009) Nissan North America announced today he lease of an X-TRAIL Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV) to Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Co.  This is Nissan's first commercial lease of an FCV in North America.&n... fuel cell Nissan Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:06:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d24-Nissan-announces-first-commercial-lease-of-their-XTrail-fuel-cell-vehicle?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d24-More-grim-revelations-about-the-troubles-at-Aptera-Motors?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner Photo courtesy ApteraThe news last week about a management shakeup at Aptera was troubling indeed.  When founders are ousted from the company they started it's usually a signal of troubles irregardless of soothing press releases from the compan... Aptera Department of Energy Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:46:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d24-More-grim-revelations-about-the-troubles-at-Aptera-Motors?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d23-The-Nissan-LEAF-is-touring-America-and-first-deliveries-are-expected-1-year-from-now?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner Photo courtesy NissanThe Nissan LEAF was first disclosed to the public on Aug 2 and it is expected to be for sale on the market in late 2010.  This fall and winter Nissan is taking the LEAF on a tour of the U.S. to raise awareness about this ve... Nissan Leaf Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:51:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d23-The-Nissan-LEAF-is-touring-America-and-first-deliveries-are-expected-1-year-from-now?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d23-XOR-Motors-aims-to-offer-an-extraordinary-folding-electric-scooter-for-the-road?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner Photo courtesy XOR MotorsElectric vehicles offer vehicle designers more freedom to create differently shaped machines that could never have existed before that offer radically new capabilities.  The XOR scooters by XOR Motors certainly fit that... electric motorcycle Mass Transit Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:58:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d23-XOR-Motors-aims-to-offer-an-extraordinary-folding-electric-scooter-for-the-road?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d23-Flux-Power-introduces-a-lithium-battery-system-for-electric-vehicles-and-energy-storage-uses?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner Photo courtesy Flux PowerFlux Power, a San Diego based startup company, has introduced (on Nov 20) a family of lithium-iron-phosphate battery products.  The product line includes a battery packaged with battery management circuits, a charger, a... lithium batteries Batteries Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:02:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d23-Flux-Power-introduces-a-lithium-battery-system-for-electric-vehicles-and-energy-storage-uses?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Battery-maker-GP-Batteries-has-bought-New-Vectrix-and-the-Vectrix-assets?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner Photo courtesy Vectrix Corp As expected GP Batteries has purchased New Vectrix and certain Vectrix assets. As noted in earlier reporting (Vectrix is dead, long live the New Vectrix?) New Vectrix was formed by GH Ventures and GP Batteries. That ea... electric motorcycle vectrix Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:33:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Battery-maker-GP-Batteries-has-bought-New-Vectrix-and-the-Vectrix-assets?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d18-What-are-the-types-of-green-transportation-vehicles?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner PHEV image from the U.S. Department of EnergyElectric Vehicles: Electricity can be used as a transportation fuel to power battery electric vehicles (EVs). EVs store electricity in an energy storage device, such as a battery. The electricity powers t... Electric Car fuel cell biodiesel ethanol Plug-in Hybrid Biofuels Department of Energy Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:56:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d18-What-are-the-types-of-green-transportation-vehicles?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Apparent-management-shakeup-at-Aptera-founders-reportedly-ousted?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner Photo courtesy Aptera Writing on Wired's Autopia blog Daryl Siry is reporting (on Nov 15) that over the weekend a management shakeup occurred at Aptera resulting in the ouster of two company founders and the firing of many people. The move is appa... Aptera Government Incentives Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:22:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Apparent-management-shakeup-at-Aptera-founders-reportedly-ousted?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Is-Hesketh-Motors-signaling-the-rebirth-of-Vectrix?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner Photo courtesy Vectrix a.k.a. Electric Scooter Wind Down, CorpThe Vectrix was the first highway capable production electric motorcycle when introduced in 2007.  Unfortunately the company ran into financial difficulties (see: Why Vectrix is teet... electric motorcycle vectrix Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:48:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Is-Hesketh-Motors-signaling-the-rebirth-of-Vectrix?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d12-New-price-for-Brammos-Enertia-electric-motorcycle--7995?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner Enertia photo courtesy Brammo It seems some of the response to the Enertia motorcycle has been a jaw dropping to the floor.  The old price was nearly $12,000 and perhaps in response to the dropping jaws Brammo announced on November 10 a major p... electric motorcycle Brammo Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:16:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d12-New-price-for-Brammos-Enertia-electric-motorcycle--7995?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d12-The-World-Energy-Outlook-report-on-energy-supplies-peak-oil-and-climate-change?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner Image courtesy IEA The World Energy Outlook (WEO-2009) is a yearly report issued by the International Energy Agency (IEA).  This years report was issued on Nov 10, 2009, and due to next months climate change summit in Copenhagen the WEO-2009 rep... fuel economy climate change Electric Car politics peak oil Government Incentives Biofuels Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:35:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d12-The-World-Energy-Outlook-report-on-energy-supplies-peak-oil-and-climate-change?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Research-team-awarded-44-million-to-develop-next-generation-high-power-magnets?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner Photo courtesy University of DelawareAmong 37 projects awarded, on Oct 26, 2009, $151 million in Department of Energy grants is one aimed to develop new high energy magnet technology.  As noted in earlier reporting advanced technology vehicles ... politics Neodymium Rare Earth Government Incentives Department of Energy Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:27:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Research-team-awarded-44-million-to-develop-next-generation-high-power-magnets?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d5-Waste-Management-Inc-plans-to-produce-its-own-LNG-fuel?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner Photo courtesy Waste Management IncAn environmental issue about landfills is the landfill gas they invariably produce.  Landfill gas is largely methane, and methane is a very potent greenhouse gas with 20x or more the greenhouse effect than car... pollution Biofuels Trucks Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:14:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d5-Waste-Management-Inc-plans-to-produce-its-own-LNG-fuel?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d4-Mavizens-all-electric-supermotorcycle-for-the-TTXGP-circuit-is-revealed?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner The TTX02, photo courtesy Mavizen November 3, 2009 (SEMA, Las Vegas) - At the SEMA trade show this week Mavizen has unveiled their all electric superbike, the TTX02.  As previously reported (see More info on the electric superbike coming soon f... electric motorcycle EV Racing eGrandPrix TTXGP Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:35:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d4-Mavizens-all-electric-supermotorcycle-for-the-TTXGP-circuit-is-revealed?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Are-biofuels-truly-carbon-neutral-wonder-fuels?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner Photo by David Herron During a speech by President Obama on Tuesday (Oct 27, 2009) about a new program of funding for smart grid technology he talked about the need for an all-hands-on-deck mobilization such as the ones which won World War II or the... climate change politics pollution biodiesel ethanol Biofuels Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:54:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Are-biofuels-truly-carbon-neutral-wonder-fuels?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m10d28-More-info-on-the-electric-superbike-coming-soon-from-Mavizen?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner Blurry teaser photo courtesy Mavizen A minister from the Isle of Man government, the Honorable John Shimmin, will be on hand in Las Vegas on November 3 to help launch Mavizen's TTX02 electric superbike.  This electric motorcycle is meant to be ... electric motorcycle EV Racing TTXGP Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:02:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14333-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m10d28-More-info-on-the-electric-superbike-coming-soon-from-Mavizen?cid=exrss-Green-Transportation-Examiner