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Tesla’s Martin Eberhard Discusses Sustainability

Publicado 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.

Etiquetas Automotive People Sustainability Video Martin Eberhard Tesla


Old GM Plant to Make Fisker Hybrids

Publicado 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

Publicado 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 ...

Etiquetas Automotive Emissions Energy Efficiency Food & Beverage Fossil Fuels Products & Planning Retail & Restaurants Supply Chain Sustainability Transportation


UPS Trying New Hydraulic Hybrid Trucks

Publicado 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

Publicado 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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