News tagged with vehicle fleet

INL software helps improve performance of the world's largest automotive vehicle fleet

If you owned a fleet of 650,000-plus vehicles that are driven some 5 billion miles a year and use the equivalent of 390 million gallons of gasoline, how would you keep track of them all?

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Green car makers urged to go a step further

Four international bodies on Wednesday called on governments and car makers to halve global vehicle emissions by 2050 as the auto industry insisted it was serious about producing greener vehicles.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Reducing CO2 through technology and smart growth

A Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change, published February 10, 2009 online by Environmental Science and Technology, shows that "smart growth" combined with the use of hybrid vehicl ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Airborne robot swarms are making complex moves (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The GRASP Lab at the University of Pennsylvania this week released a video that shows their new look in GRASP Lab robotic flying devices. They are now showing flying devices with more complex ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (31) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Driving the green: New study suggests that electric-powered trucks will save money for businesses

A company looking to purchase an electric-powered delivery truck today will likely experience some sticker shock: Such a vehicle costs nearly $150,000, compared to about $50,000 for the same kind of truck ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Fold-up car of the future unveiled at EU

A tiny revolutionary fold-up car designed in Spain's Basque country as the answer to urban stress and pollution was unveiled Tuesday before hitting European cities in 2013.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 6

REL, Inc. teams with NYU-Poly to create lightweight, ultra durable automotive brake rotor

REL, Inc. teams with NYU-Poly to create lightweight, ultra durable automotive brake rotor

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created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spanish fold-up car to be unveiled at EU

A tiny revolutionary electric fold-up car designed in Spain's Basque country as the answer to urban stress and pollution is to be unveiled next week before hitting Europe's cities in 2013.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 4

China's drive for 'green' cars hits roadblocks

Foreign and domestic car makers are struggling to sell environmentally friendly vehicles in China, the world's largest auto market, even as Beijing pumps billions into clean energy.

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created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

OnStar opens gate for third-party developers

(PhysOrg.com) -- OnStar staged a Sunday night conference at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to announce that the telematics provider will open its application program interface (API) to third-party ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

China's space ambitions ally glory with pragmatism

As China pushes to become a global space power, experts say its ambitions go well beyond a symbolic moon landing, to satellite observation and a global positioning system to rival that of the United States.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

The case of the missing gas mileage

Contrary to common perception, the major automakers have produced large increases in fuel efficiency through better technology in recent decades. There’s just one catch: All those advances have barely ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (22) | comments 63 | with audio podcast

NASA's first J-2X engine rockets through first round of testing; development continues strong

(PhysOrg.com) -- The best tech gift for propulsion engineers at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.? It's NASA's first new human-rated rocket engine to be developed in 40 years. The J-2X engine ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 13


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