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Taiwan, China may develop electric cars together

Technology / Energy

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Taiwan and China are looking into developing electric cars together and will hold a conference here next week to seek areas where they can cooperate, a Taipei official said Monday.


The new hybrid emits 186-189 grams of CO2 per kilometre, above the European average of around 160 grams.

Daimler launches first German hybrid car

Technology / Energy

created Jun 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 4

German luxury car maker Daimler launched its first hybrid model last week, almost 10 years after the market leader, Toyota.


Premier Lee Myung-Bak has offered support to aid South Korean firms gain 10 percent of the global electric car market

SKorea targets world electric car market

Technology / Energy

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

President Lee Myung-Bak Thursday offered full government support to help South Korean firms secure about 10 percent of the global electric car market by 2015.


Dassault and Dow Kokam announced a preliminary agreement to create batteries for electric and hybrid cars

French, US firms ally for electric car batteries

Technology / Energy

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

French industrial group Dassault and US joint venture Dow Kokam on Tuesday announced a preliminary agreement on a partnership to create batteries for electric and hybrid cars.


CSIRO's UltraBattery goes global in the auto sector

Technology / Energy

created Oct 02, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (22) | comments 1

The CSIRO-invented UltraBattery is set to have a global impact on greenhouse gas emissions after Japan's Furukawa Battery Company, which has already begun production of the UltraBattery, and US manufacturer, East Penn, today ...


Expert advises automakers to take it slow on road to recovery

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Supply chain expert Panos Kouvelis says it's time for the auto industry to go through a period of capacity rationalization.


Recession? What recession? Unionization up on state, local levels

Other Sciences / Economics

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Against all odds, organized labor managed to make new inroads during the economic upheaval of the past year, new findings from UCLA's Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) suggest.


Autoinflammatory disease model reveals role for innate, not adaptive, immunity

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have developed the first mouse model for auto-inflammatory diseases, disorders that involve the over-activation of the body's innate, primitive immune ...


'Call of Duty' setting entertainment records

Technology / Business

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" is blasting its way into entertainment history.


Japan: Total Mobility Project Converts Standard Auto to Solar

Japan: Total Mobility Project Converts Standard Auto to Solar

Technology / Energy

created Nov 01, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (35) | comments 0 weblog

The Prefecture of Fukushima, Japan and the Total Mobility Project have announced the creation of a solar powered auto converted from a standard Mazda Roadster. The joint efforts of government and citizen groups ...


Infineon said it had managed to limit its quarterly loss but warned that full-year asset writedowns would be larger

Chip maker Infineon trims loss, sees larger writedowns

Technology / Business

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Troubled German semi-conductor maker Infineon said Wednesday that it had managed to limit its quarterly loss but warned that full-year asset writedowns would be larger than expected.


Q&A on new auto emissions standards

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Q. What will the rules do, exactly?


Tesla Motors Chairman and CEO Elon Musk introduces the new Tesla Model S all-electric sedan

Tesla unveils groundbreaking electric car

Technology / Energy

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (36) | comments 25

US automaker Tesla Motors unveiled Thursday its state-of-the-art five-seat sedan, billed as the world's first mass-produced, highway-capable electric car.


Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric

GE to open advanced tech center in Michigan

Technology / Business

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

General Electric announced plans Friday to open an "advanced manufacturing technology and software center" in Michigan that could create more than 1,100 job in the coming years.


Research rules out link between specific antibodies and spina bifida

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows that a woman's risk of having a child with a neural tube defect (NTD), such as Spina Bifida, is not linked to folic acid related auto-antibodies. The f ...