Kepler Motors, founded by World Speed Record Holder Russ Wicks, is unveiling its MOTION supercar at this year’s Dubai International Motor Show, 16-20 December. The MOTION’s Dual Powertrain Technology (DPT) delivers a combined 800 hp (597 kW) from a 550 hp (410 kW) modified Ford EcoBoost twin-turbo 3.5 liter [...]
Solar energy is quickly evolving into a more efficient, more affordable type of alternative energy. Many researchers involved in the field have been setting their sights on solar energy acquisition in space. Now a recent contract may make solar energy in space a reality.
A solar company in [...]
I agree with this from today's Krugman:
...cutting greenhouse gas emissions is affordable as well as essential. Serious studies say that we can achieve sharp reductions in emissions with only a small impact on the economy’s growth.
However:
Action on climate, if it happens, will take the form of “cap and trade”: businesses won’t be [...]
Keith Kloor
On the eve of a historic climate change summit, there are swirling political and scientific currents. India joins the U.S. and China in pledging to reduce its carbon emissions.
While Roger Pielke Jr. argues that India’s announcement is nothing to get excited about, Bradford Plumer [...]
Check out the "valadj" series of numbers (the "fudge factors" used to "Apply a VERY ARTIFICIAL correction for the decline") which appear in CRU source file "briffa_Sep98_d.pro." (To which Andrew Montford had alerted us some days [...]
Ford unveiled the North American 2011 Ford Fiesta at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Fiesta—available in four- and five-door bodystyles—will offer North American buyers a new choice of 15 class-exclusive technologies and projected highway fuel economy of 40 mpg, besting [...]
Azure Dynamics Corporation has selected Johnson Controls-Saft (JCS) as the battery supplier for Azure’s Force Drive integration on the Ford Transit Connect Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV). North American distribution for the battery electric Transit Connect van is targeted to begin in late 2010.
Both Azure and Ford have existing [...]
It has been discussed that solar power is becoming more popular than ever, even in spite of the recession. Now new research is pointing to the possibility of solar energy becoming even more affordable, making it an even more popular form of alternative energy.
A study performed [...]
The HyBoost project (earlier post), a two-year collaborative research program led by Ricardo in partnership with Controlled Power Technologies, the European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium, Ford, Imperial College London, and Valeo, aims to demonstrate a very cost-effective, ultra-efficient gasoline engine in a C-segment passenger car.
The vehicle is [...]
Ford is introducing its 2011 Mustang with a new 3.7-liter, dual-overhead-camshaft (DOHC) 24-valve V-6 using Twin Independent Variable Camshaft Timing (Ti-VCT), also featured in the 2.0L EcoBoost engine announced in July (earlier post). The new V6 can produce 305 hp [...]
Ford Motor Company is teaming with the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) to retrain its traditional automotive engineers, providing them with the skills and expertise to develop the next generation of advanced electric and hybrid vehicles.
As vehicle electrification plans expand, the automotive industry’s need for electric vehicle-savvy engineers also [...]
In the op-ed pages of The Washington Post today, Elliot Gerson--the American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust--takes a bold stand:
Tonight, 32 young Americans will win Rhodes Scholarships. Their tenures at Oxford are funded by the legacy of the British imperialist Cecil Rhodes, a man whose life would not be [...]
A couple years ago, I mentioned that secure bike parking is important to creating affordable, green transportation.
Personally, I’m well provided. Here’s the backyard bike shed I built with my father in-law.
Here’s the bike storage room in [...]
Ford Motor Company, working with academic researchers in Canada and one of its suppliers, has developed a wheat straw-reinforced plastic; the natural fiber-based plastic contains 20% wheat straw bio-filler. First application is on the 2010 Ford Flex’s third-row [...]
