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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.





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The Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid car

Finnish firms announce electric car plans

Technology / Energy

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Finnish engineering company Metso's unit Valmet Automotive and utility Fortum said Thursday they will jointly develop an electric concept car to be shown at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2010.


Volkswagen hopes to turn out its first all-electric car in 2013

Volkswagen plans electric car in 2013: head

Technology / Energy

created Jul 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

German auto maker Volkswagen hopes to turn out its first all-electric car in 2013, VW head Martin Winterkorn said Friday.


Headquarters of German luxury car maker BMW in Munich

BMW, Mazda lead the way as auto emissions fall: survey

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

BMW and Mazda lead the way in cutting auto emissions, well ahead of their rivals in the hunt for cleaner cars as new European Union targets begin to bear green fruit, a report showed Tuesday.


An electric car of the model Mini type E standing behind an electric charging station in Berlin

Germany wants a million electric cars by 2020

Technology / Energy

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 1

The German government unveiled plans Wednesday to get one million electric cars zipping around the country by 2020, offering sweeteners to jump-start national giants like BMW and Volkswagen into action.


New mechanism for cardiac arrhythmia discovered

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 18, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

It has long been thought that virus infections can cause cardiac arrhythmia. But why has not been understood. Ulrike Lisewski, Dr. Yu Shi, Michael Radke and Professor Michael Gotthardt of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular ...


Intelligent steel for safer cars

Intelligent steel for safer cars

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Sep 18, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (40) | comments 0

Each year, more than 200,000 car accidents occur in Germany. Car manufacturers devote much time, effort, and cost to developing new ways of protecting drivers and passengers.


German 'science train'

German 'science train': next stop Shanghai 2010?

Other Sciences / Other

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

How will we feed nine billion people in the future? Can we ever have a disease-free world? Can robots play football?


Using your car key as a credit card?

Technology / Hi Tech

created Oct 22, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- BMW Group Research and Technology and NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, have unveiled a prototype of the world’s first multifunctional car key. The prototype features ...


Google has bowed to demands in Germany to do more to protect people's privacy

Google bows to pressure for German Street View

Technology / Internet

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google has bowed to demands in Germany to do more to protect people's privacy ahead of the launch of its Street View service here, officials said on Wednesday.


East German Trabant cars

Smoke-spewing Trabant poised for rebirth as electric car

Technology / Energy

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Once the much-mocked symbol of drab communist East Germany, Trabant cars are revving up for a dramatic rebirth as electric cars -- 20 years after they drove through the fallen Berlin Wall to freedom.



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