Posted by Artur Mitrushi | Posted on 25-06-2011
Category : Technology
Tags: auto industry, Automotive News, dual-sided compressor wheel, environmentally friendly, Ford, fuel economy, Honeywell Transportation Systems, Honeywell Turbo Technologies, low friction ball bearings, Michigan, nitrogen oxide gases, PACE Environmental Award, pedestal mounting, turbochargers, V engine, VNT DualBoost Turbo
Honeywell Transportation Systems, which includes in itself the Honeywell Turbo Technologies, a worldwide leader of the development of the turbochargers for auto industry, was the winner of the PACE Environmental Award from 2011 Automotive News. The price was handed in June 17, 2011 in Novi, Michigan and the reason why Honeywell was the winner stands in the creation of the innovative VNT DualBoost Turbo.
The new turbo system is regarded to be a significant environmentally-friendly contribution to the automotive industry. Continue Reading
Posted by Artur Mitrushi | Posted on 05-06-2011
Category : Technology
Tags: dependency, Electric Vehicles, environmentally friendly, Ethanol Fuel, EV batteries, fossil fuel, fuel cell vehicles, Green Mobility, manufacturing capacities, mass media, Natural Gas, status quo
We are all witnesses of a large advertizing campaign taking place almost daily in mass media in favor of a larger use of electric vehicles (EV), as the solution for a green mobility, environmentally-friendly car manufacturing and reduction of western countries dependency from the import of fossil fuel. The American Federal Government is also subsidizing with large sums of money the increase of electric vehicles manufacturing capacities, the building of the supporting charging infrastructure in different regions of United States (the number of these regions has had a significant increase quite recently), and in research and development of EV batteries, as the most important element that determines their driving range.
Posted by Artur Mitrushi | Posted on 02-06-2011
Category : Technology
Tags: Charging Stations, Chevrolet Volt, domestic, driving range, environmentally friendly, General Motors, lithium-ion battery, Michigan, Solar Energy, solar panels, zero emissions
The famous hybrid of General Motors, the Chevrolet Volt, the most important brand contribution to the environmentally-friendly vehicle manufacturing, is lately showing even a greener mode of its use. Thanks to two passionate Volt owners in the United States, who have started to make use of solar energy for domestic purposes long ago, a new way of Volt’s charging is taking place.
Both owners have recently installed at their homes Volt domestic charging stations powered by solar energy. One of these two Volt owners runs a proper company, which installs domestic solar panels. Continue Reading
Posted by Artur Mitrushi | Posted on 23-05-2011
Category : Technology
Tags: CANADA, Chevrolet Volt, china, Detroit-Hamtramck, driving range, environmentally friendly, Europe, fuel economy, gas-engine, General Motors, hybrid, overhead conveyor systems, production capacities, production interruption, United States
The famous General Motors hybrid, the Chevrolet Volt, made its first ever appearance in the car markets of some regions of the United States some six months ago. The environmentally-friendly vehicle was met by a keen interest of the customers and demands for ordering a new Volt have been steadily increasing.
So, it was decided by the company to significantly increase the production capacities of the General Motors’ plant at Detroit-Hamtramck, the only plant that assembles the Chevrolet Volt. Continue Reading
Posted by Artur Mitrushi | Posted on 20-05-2011
Category : Technology
Tags: Audi, Charging Stations, CO2 neutral production, e-gas project, e-tron, Electric Vehicle, electrolysis, environmentally friendly, green electricity, hydrogen, mobility, North Sea, synthetic methane, TONG, wind turbines, zero emissions
Last week in Hamburg, declared to be the Green Capital of 2011, Audi made public for the first time its new strategy of green mobility, more specifically its e-gas project, which is the core of this strategy. At Audi there have been three years of intensive work in compiling this strategy that will lead this manufacturer of premium cars to a CO2 neutral production and mobility.
The core of the strategy, which puts Audi in vanguard of the world’s car manufacturing brands, is the building in the North Sea of the powerful offshore wind turbines for the production of the green electricity. Continue Reading
California is in the vanguard of American states for the support of a wider use of environmentally-friendly vehicles, not only the electric and hybrid ones, but also of the hydrogen fueled vehicles, which are characterized by zero harming emissions, having only water vapor and heat as emissions. The hydrogen fueling station network is a must for having a larger number of such vehicles in the roads, and last week a new Shell hydrogen station was opened in Torrance, Southern California.
The new station, situated in a strategic place near highway corridors and Los Angeles airport, takes hydrogen from an existing industrial pipeline which serves a nearby refinery. Continue Reading
Posted by Artur Mitrushi | Posted on 06-05-2011
Category : Technology
Tags: all-terrain vehicles, Big Four Audit, china, chinese, COCO, environmentally friendly, financial activity, internal financial control, Kandi Technologies, monitoring process, motorcycle, off-road vehicles, pure electric super mini-car
Last week one of the most important Chinese companies operating in manufacturing and export of off-road vehicles and development of pure electric cars, Kandi Technologies, Corp., announced its decision to contract one of the four most important auditing companies of the world (Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Ernst & Young and KPMG) for the audit of its own economic and financial activity.
The audit has already started in April 22, 2011 and the auditing firm is asked to check the internal control of the Chinese company in some of its business cycles. At the end of the auditing process the firm is going to give suggestions to Kandi for the improvement of the situation. Continue Reading
Posted by Artur Mitrushi | Posted on 04-05-2011
Category : Technology
Tags: Amsterdam, CANADA, car sharing, Car2go, environmentally friendly, Germany, Green Mobility, Hamburg, Mercedes Benz, rental transactions, smart "car2go edition", texas, United States, Vancouver, world's greenest city
Car2go, a company offering a particular and innovative kind of public transport through small Smart cars in different important cities of the world, announced last Saturday its first deal in Canadian soil. Vancouver is the first Canadian town to embrace this innovative transport, a move to the right direction made by the city council, towards fulfilling the major and strategic goal of transforming the city within 2020 in the world’s greenest city.
This kind of transport was for the first time launched in Ulm, Germany three years ago and in 2009 started operation in United States, in Austin, Texas. Continue Reading
Posted by Artur Mitrushi | Posted on 25-04-2011
Category : Technology
Tags: braking energy regeneration, commercial vehicle, dual fuel tractor, Durastar, Earth Day, EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation), environmentally friendly, eStar, Green Mobility, hybrid power, Illinois, Navistar, Navistar Achievements on Green Mobility, school buses, WorkStar
It was in the occasion of the Earth Day on April 22, 2011 that Navistar, a holding company based in Warrenville, Illinois, which produces commercial and military trucks, engines, buses and recreational vehicles, made a roundup of its achievements in the manufacturing of environmentally-friendly commercial and public transport vehicles. Last year has seen an increased demand of these vehicles, which demonstrates that public is becoming each day more and more conscious of the importance of clean transportation means.
Navistar produces vehicles with different technologies, which pursue all the goal of the green mobility. Continue Reading
Posted by Artur Mitrushi | Posted on 27-03-2011
Category : Technology
Tags: 3500 Cargo, alternative fuel, AT&T, California Air Resources Board, Chevrolet, Chevrolet Express Cargo 2500 Vans for AT&T, Chevrolet van, CO2 emissions, compressed natural gas, Environmental Protection Agency, environmentally friendly, EPA, Express Cargo 2500, General Motors, GMC Savana 2500, green house gases, reliability, safety, warranty
AT&T, the largest fixed telephony and mobile telephony provider in the United States, and also provider of broadband and subscription television services, with headquarters in Dallas Texas and with almost 300,000 thousands employees, has decided to purchase 101 new Chevrolet vans of Express Cargo 2500 model, for its fleet of customer service vehicles. These vans are powered by engines working on compressed natural gas, an alternative fuel that contributes in lowering the amount of green house gases in atmosphere. Continue Reading
Posted by Artur Mitrushi | Posted on 11-03-2011
Category : Technology
Tags: bus ride, Cleveland Auto Show, commuter, environmentally friendly, Ford, fuel prices, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, honda, interactive simulator, mass public transport, Motor Coach, Motor Coach in Display at Cleveland Auto Show, toyota
Of course there were many new car models of famous brands such as Ford, Toyota and Honda at the Cleveland Auto Show (February 26 to March 6, 2011) on display, but quite unexpectedly there was a large 45-foot motor coach to be given the central attention. The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (RTA) placed in show this big public transport vehicle with the clear intention to make the citizens of Cleveland more conscious for the economical and environmental benefits of the use of mass public transport, in these times of fuel prices bouncing to such high levels as $3.60 per gallon. Continue Reading
Posted by Artur Mitrushi | Posted on 10-03-2011
Category : Technology
Tags: CO2 emissions, CO2 Reduction, compressed natural gas (CNG), eco:Drive, environmentally friendly, Ferrari supercars, Fiat, Fiat Has the Best CO2 Reduction in Europe, fuel economy, JATO Dynamics, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), Maserati, MultiAir, MultiJet, start/stop system, TwinAir
According to a study made public in the first week of March, 2011, by JATO Dynamics, a leading automotive consultancy company worldwide, Fiat brand and Fiat Group continue to be the best in Europe for the lowest CO2 emissions for the fourth consecutive year. The measurements made during 2010 in different Fiat vehicles resulted in an average value of 125.9 g/km, with a considerable improvement of 5 g/km if compared with 2009 and an unmatched figure by all other European brands. Continue Reading
Posted by Artur Mitrushi | Posted on 28-02-2011
Category : Technology
Tags: charging infrastructure, Charging Station, Charlotte, clean energy, Coulomb Technologies, electric cars, environmentally friendly, First Hotel in Southeast U.S. with Charging Station for Electric Cars, i-Ion Motors company, Inizio all-electric supercar, multi-power station, North Carolina, Ritz-Carlton hotel, SAE J1772 male connector, Wave II, zero emissions
It is the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina, to become in February 23, 2011, the first urban hotel in Southeast of United States to have a permanently-installed Level II charging station for electric vehicles. The owners of the hotel express in this way their support for the widespread use of zero emissions environmentally-friendly vehicles, by placing in the front drive of their property the new multi-power station. Continue Reading
Posted by Artur Mitrushi | Posted on 14-02-2011
Category : Technology
Tags: automotive industry, charger interface, Charging Stations, cutting edge technology, ECOtality, Electric Vehicles, environmentally friendly, Mass Production of Electric Vehicles Charging Stations in U.S., massive manufacturing, Original Equipment Manufacturer, Roush Enterprises, U.S. Department of Energy
Thanks to their partnership, which started in July 2010, the two companies: ECOtality, specialized in clean electric transportation technology and Roush Enterprises, Inc. were able to start in the first days of February 2011 the mass manufacturing of Blink home and commercial charging stations for electric vehicles. The manufacturing process takes place in a Roush facility in Michigan, where in the opening ceremony also the Governor Rick Snyder took part. Continue Reading
Posted by Artur Mitrushi | Posted on 07-02-2011
Category : Technology
Tags: Bright Future Foreseen for Fuel Cell Industry, clean energy, end-users demands, environmentally friendly, Fuel Cell, fuel prices, hydrogen, hydrogen electric car, market share, Pike Research, rare metals, supply industry, uninterruptible power supplies, zero emissions
The industry of fuel cells had in 2010 a very successful year with more than $750 million revenue and the predictions speak for even a better result during 2011. This has been clearly stated in a study of Pike Research, a market research and consulting firm, specialized in the analysis of the markets related to the clean energy. In this study Pike Research scrutinized situation and trends in the supply industry, in end-users demands and in the development of the technology. Continue Reading
