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Confirmed: LG Chem to Build $303 Million Lithium-Ion Battery Plant in Michigan
Confirmed: LG Chem to Build $303 Million Lithium-Ion Battery Plant in Michigan
Image: LG Chem The Supply Chain for Electric Cars is Growing About 6 months ago we wrote that LG Chem was thinking about building an advanced lithium-ion battery plant in Holland, Michigan, to supply battery packs to GM for the Volt PHEV. Now it’s confirmed, everything’s official and the...
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Infographic: "How Cars are Killing Us Around the World"
Infographic: "How Cars are Killing Us Around the World"
Image: Infrastructurist Risk assessment is hard. We humans are hard-wired with many cognitive biases that can often distort our perception of reality and make us fear the wrong things. For example, on average, people will be more afraid of something with which they are unfamiliar compared to something...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 10th, 2010 | No Comments
The Port of NY/NJ Will Replace Dirty Old Diesel Trucks to Slash Air Pollution
The Port of NY/NJ Will Replace Dirty Old Diesel Trucks to Slash Air Pollution
Photo: Public domain Other Truck Fleets, Pay Attention Did you know that replacing a pre-1994 diesel truck (or at least the engine) with a 2004-2006 model could cut soot pollution by about 2/3, and reduce smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions by more than half? Post 2007 diesel trucks are even...
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There Could Be Libraries For Everything
There Could Be Libraries For Everything
Trinity College, Dublin TreeHugger loves Product Service Systems , where you borrow and share instead of own. They are also called libraries, and Kris De Decker of No-Tech Magazine points us to a lovely post by Brian Kaller, a former newspaper reporter now living in rural Ireland. He loves his local...
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Today on Planet 100: China Signs Copenhagen Accord (Video)
Original post: Today on Planet 100: China Signs Copenhagen Accord (Video)
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Gary Lauder on the Social and Environmental Impact of Stop Signs and Roundabouts (Video)
Read the full story on TreeHugger View post:  Gary Lauder on the Social and Environmental Impact of Stop Signs and Roundabouts (Video)
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Woot! Google Bike There Feature to Google Maps! (Video)
Woot! Google Bike There Feature to Google Maps! (Video)
It’s about time! Google Maps has finally added a Bike There feature. They’ve been plugging away for awhile now on ways to get directions for cyclists that avoids hills, excessive traffic, and points you in the best directions for pedaling to your destination. After a long time of lobbying...
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New Charging Method Could Mean Exponentially Faster Battery Recharge Times
New Charging Method Could Mean Exponentially Faster Battery Recharge Times
Photo of batteries via Moria , molecules via Technology Review Chemists have figured out a new way to charge up electronics that drastically speeds up how long it takes to fill up to full. Ibrahim Abou Hamad at Mississippi State University show off a new way to recharge lithium ion batteries that could...
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Powering Up Electronics With Cotton Fabric? It’s Happening.
Powering Up Electronics With Cotton Fabric? It’s Happening.
Photo via WonderMike Cornell University is about to have a fashion show. And at that fashion show will be clothing made of fabric that is simply electrifying. No, really. Juan Hinestroza, assistant professor of Fiber Science and Apparel Design, has developed cotton threads that, while remaining flexible...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 8th, 2010 | No Comments
Stefan Jacoby, CEO of Volkswagen America, on VW’s Electric Car Strategy (Part I)
Stefan Jacoby, CEO of Volkswagen America, on VW’s Electric Car Strategy (Part I)
Photo via USA Today Volkswagen has recently announced some pretty ambitious goals: it’s looking to have 300,000 of the cars it sells yearly–3% of global deliveries– be electric by 2018 . It’s seeking to surpass Toyota as the world’s largest automaker by the same time. Recently,...
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