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09
May
2008
200 mile per gallon VW to be on the road in 2010
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Hank Green at ecogeek.org reports on the latest about VW’s 1LE:
VW has been talking for a long time about their 1L concept, so called because it uses a measly 1 liter of gasoline to go 100 km. For us Americans, that translates to about 230 miles per gallon. Of course, the amazing mileage comes at [...]
05
May
2008
Used frying oil gets second life in a car
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It’s give and take for Sysco sales rep Michael Cohen. Not only does he provide business-building services for his operator customers, but he also relieves them of their used vegetable oil. Why? It fuels his Mercedes. Cohen has been a marketing associate at Hallsmith-Sysco outside of Boston for 20 years. His job requires a lot [...]
05
May
2008
ELECTRIC CARS ON THE MONTHLY PLAN
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If you believe Shai Agassi, we’ve been looking at the concept of the electric car all wrong; it isn’t just a product-it’s a service. That’s the thinking underpinning the young IsraeliAmerican entrepreneur’s fledgling company, Project Better Place, and it’s catching on. Last month the California-based start-up announced a US$42.3-million project with Danish energy firm DONG [...]