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Tesla’s Martin Eberhard Discusses Sustainability

Posted by Environmental Leader on 30/10/2009

Martin Eberhard, co-founder of Tesla Motors and founder of Rocket e-Books, discusses sustainability. You can see more of Eberhard’s discussion here.

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Old GM Plant to Make Fisker Hybrids

Posted by Environmental Leader on 29/10/2009

Fisker Automotive, which aims to make a plug-in hybrid sedan for around $40,000, has signed a letter of intent to purchase an idle General Motors plant in Wilmington, Del.Fisker has agreed to pay $18 million for the plant to Motors Liquidation Co. (the liquidator of GM assets), reports American M ...

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Sysco Exploring Natural Gas for its Trucks

Posted by Environmental Leader on 26/10/2009

Foodservice distribution giant Sysco Corp. is considering using natural gas to power its trucking fleet.For a truck that averages 50,000 miles traveled each year, going to natural gas will reduce particulate emissions by 400 pounds, according to the Deseret News.Using such a truck could slash the ...

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UPS Trying New Hydraulic Hybrid Trucks

Posted by Environmental Leader on 22/10/2009

Using trucks where the engine has no direct physical link to the wheels, UPS is testing a new hydraulic hybrid system for some of its trucks.The trucks use a Freightliner custom chassis and hydraulic hybrid system from Parker Hannifin Corp. Financing for the trucks has been made possible by the D ...

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The Hidden Cost of Electric Vehicles

Posted by Environmental Leader on 21/10/2009

Although electric vehicles show higher non-climate damages than many other technologies, they will not be significantly cleaner than cars powered by fossil fuels until they rely less on electricity produced from coal-fired power plants, according to new research from the National Research Council ...

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