Solar Powered traffic lights for Haiti Dec 13 – Amid the confusion and chaos that has shaken the Haitian capital of Port au Prince, shines a beacon of reliability. The city’s solar-powered traffic lights have brought a measure of order to the city. Tara Cleary reports. View video here Solar traffic lights shine on Haiti [...]
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Posted on December 23rd, 2010 by Henry
Filed under: ENERGY COLLECTION, ENERGY USES, EQUIPMENT, SOLAR, TRANSPORT | No Comments »
WORLD BEATING ELECTRIC MOTOR CYCLE Definitely one of the crowd favorites at last week’s Future of Electric Vehicles conference was the presentation by Eva Hakkanson and Bill Dube. The highly-entertaining couple, who design and build electric racing motorcycles out of their home garage, have set some impressive records with their KillaCycle drag bike – it [...]
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Posted on December 18th, 2010 by Henry
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Chip Yates prepares to race his 196-horsepower electric superbike against the gas-guzzlers Chip Yates took a very American approach when he began building an electric superbike to race in the TTXGP and FIM ePower championships. He went for horsepower. One-hundred and ninety-six horsepower, to be precise, with a massive set of battery cells to keep [...]
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Posted on December 17th, 2010 by Henry
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UNDERWATER PLANE NOW BEING PREPARED FOR PRODUCTION Graham Hawkes explains how a Deep Flight sub can ‘fly’ underwater One thing was very clear at the recent Future of Electric Vehicles conference in San Jose – innovative design and development of electric vehicles is not restricted to the automotive sector. The case-in-point is the Deep Flight [...]
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Posted on December 17th, 2010 by Henry
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Posted on November 18th, 2010 by Henry
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Making Travel Easy Presenter: Eleanor Somers Translink Transit Authority Listen to Presentation Eleanor provided an overview of the role of the Translink Transit Authority in ‘Making Travel Easy’. The presentation highlighted the Translink network plan and focused on the priorities as we move forward in meeting the challenges of providing public transport for a growing [...]
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Posted on October 12th, 2010 by Henry
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Creating an EV Rental Car Project Presenter: Robert Rosen Brunswick Heads Chamber of Commerce Listen to Presentation Robert provided an overview of EV developments and prospects in Australia. Byron Shire has been acknowledged as a holiday destination that attracts envrionmentally aware visitors and sets the scene for a project involving a hire care business which [...]
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Posted on October 12th, 2010 by Henry
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What’s the Queensland Government doing on Electric Vehicles? Presenter: Nick Weinert Office of Climate Change Listen to Presentation Nick delivered information surrounding the development of the discussion paper “Electric Vehicle Roadmap” Received & published by Henry Sapiecha
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Posted on October 12th, 2010 by Henry
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The future of freight: Road, Rail and Air “Supply 2020″ Presenter: Chris Mangan MultiModal Freight Council Listen to Presentation Chris discussed the future of multi-model freight and in particular a paper entitled “Supply Chain 2020“. Received & published by Henry Sapiecha
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Posted on October 12th, 2010 by Henry
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Teaching your drivers to save fuel Presenter: Wayne Striplin Strategix Training Group Listen to Presentation Wayne discussed the questions: “Why organisations need to develop internal processes of eco-driving? What barriers you would face in adopting these processes?”. Wayne introduced their ‘Eco-Drive’ Driver Training Program via a case-study, i.e. what benefits the company obtained. Received & [...]
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Posted on October 12th, 2010 by Henry
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