Paris city bikes go electric
Ten years after Paris launched the wildly popular Velib bicycle-sharing scheme, the grey two-wheelers that have spawned imitators worldwide are getting a makeover. On Wednesday, the City of Paris unveiled
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Obama's "green jobs" have been slow to sprout
Three weeks ago, President Barack Obama stood in front of a sea of gleaming solar panels in Boulder City, Nevada, to celebrate his administration's efforts to promote "green energy." Stretching row
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Sustainable transportation ecosystem: addressing sustainability from an integrated systems perspective
Scaling-up existing sustainable transportation technologies can help the transportation sector and governments to reach their sustainability and carbon emissions reduction targets. However, it also holds
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Scarce Resources To Slow Low-Carbon Growth: Study
Dwindling supplies of metals, water and biomass could slow the deployment of clean energy technologies by 2035, a study by research organization the Stockholm Environment Institute and by business initiative
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Green Car Fan Arnie Urges Stronger Push For Low Emissions
Governments, carmakers and drivers must push for progress in green vehicle technology to help the environment, and global economic woes make it even more important to up the pressure, politician, actor
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Outbound vehicles adding to Delhi pollution: CM
Vehicles criss-crossing Delhi to reach destinations in other States are adding to pollution as well as congestion in the capital, the Delhi Chief Minister, Ms Sheila Dixit, has said. Addressing a seminar
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American Scientists Make Great Leap in Battery Technology
One of the primary concerns with owning an electric vehicle is cost of the battery, the range it offers, and the time it takes to recharge. Those concerns will be significantly lessoned with the development
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California Sets Landmark Rules To Cut Auto Emissions
California approved aggressive new rules on Friday to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by requiring automakers to put many more electric and hybrid vehicles on the Golden State's roads by 2025. The regulations
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Tatas unveil cheap electric car
Tata Technologies on Wednesday unveiled the prototype for a $20,000-electric car that can carry up to four passengers in Detroit as it set out to challenge more costly rivals. “The eMO project symbolises the coming of age of Indian automotive engineering,” said Warren Harris, President of Tata Technologies.
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Mahindra unveils concept electric car; to launch vehicle by Diwali
“Just imagine travelling from Connaught Place to Delhi international airport for an energy cost of Rs 10 and doing so in air-conditioned, climate controlled comfort in your own car without emitting a single
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Toyota, BMW sign green-car partnership
Automakers Toyota and BMW on Thursday struck a partnership to share eco-friendly technologies, including in the joint development of lithium-ion batteries for next-generation electric cars, the companies