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Official: BYD’s 40-foot electric bus passes federal government’s strength tests

2014-06-02 18:56:00 (читать в оригинале)

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, China, BYD One down, two to go. BYD, which hopes to start shipping its electric buses to US municipalities later this year, says its 40-foot electric bus has passed the US federal government's structural testing program in Alt...

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Report: Solar Roadways raises $1M for solar-panel covered roads [w/video]

2014-06-02 17:00:00 (читать в оригинале)

Filed under: Technology

The concept of using roads as solar cells seems like a great idea until you start considering all of the damage that streets regularly have to handle. From freezing water to overloaded vehicles, the nation's highways take a lot of punishment. However, that isn't stopping Solar Roadways from refining its concept for a sun-powered surface that you can drive on. ​It's latest big step is raising over $1.5 million in a crowdfunding campaign on the website Indiegogo that ends on May 31. We think the energetic solar freakin' roadway video (available below) had more than a little to do with attracting attention to the project.

Solar Roadways concept uses a textured glass surface embedded with solar cells to generate electricity, melt snow and even show safety warnings through integrated LEDs. They claim it can withstand 250,000-pounds of weight. The fully solar road is still a plan for the future, though. The company hopes to start small with parking lots, driveways and sidewalks. The business has already received grants of $100,000 and $750,000 from the Department of Transportation to prove the concept.

The company's nascent success isn't without its detractors. According to The Verge, some experts believe that replacing the road network with solar panels isn't economically feasible, and the company's promises are too vague. The country can barely keep the current infrastructure funded, let alone replace it with an unproven solution. Also, Solar Roadways lost out on funding from major tech investors like GE and Google and GigaOM's Katie Fehrenbacher says that we should be focusing on putting solar on rooftops before roads, anyway. Time will tell.

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Report: Increasingly fuel-efficient cars putting gas tax, road funding at risk [w/poll]

2014-06-02 01:01:00 (читать в оригинале)

Filed under: Government/Legal, Earnings/Financials The fund that the United States uses for the maintenance of its roads is increasingly falling short, and one of the main reasons is the more efficient cars we drive today. As fuel economy improves, th...

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Official: MIT figures out how to clean diesel trucks with RF signals

2014-06-01 18:00:00 (читать в оригинале)

Filed under: Diesel, Emerging Technologies People rightfully dislike wireless signals being transmitted from the person behind the wheel when they text while drive, but there are times when a car's wireless signals can be good news. Researchers at the...

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Official: The Deliver is the oddest electric van we’ve ever seen [w/video]

2014-05-31 23:58:00 (читать в оригинале)

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, UK UK's Liberty Electric Cars, a subsidiary of Green Automotive Company and the same group that brought us the E-Range, has built a fully functional prototype of the odd-looking electric delivery van you see above, succinctly ...