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Toyota joins effort to create world’s first fully smart-grid city
Toyota has become the first auto-maker to take part in a project aiming to create the first fully functioning smart grid-enabled city in the
A new way to charge electric cars: Fill ‘er up with electrolytes
Imagine being able to recharge your electric car battery as easily as filling the tank in a petrol-driven car. Researchers in Germany think they’ve
Event focuses on how to meet low-carbon transport challenge
If you’re part of the effort to develop a low-carbon transport future, you should make plans to attend a free seminar on that topic
Zero-emission ultracapacitor minibus gets US debut
Sinautec Automobile Technologies plan to demonstrate the US’s first ultracapacitor electric minibus next month at American University’s Washington, DC, campus. During the demonstration, scheduled
1,000 ‘intelligent vehicles’ to take to Europe’s roads
Starting next year, some 1,000 “intelligent vehicles” will take to Europe’s roads in a “first-of-its-kind- large-scale field operational test.” The euroFOT research project aims
IBM: Swelling cities need smarter traffic systems
Managing transport effectively has become an urgent priority for municipal planners faced with an increasingly urbanised and polluted world, according to a new research
Congestion charging cuts traffic times, CO2 in Stockholm
A traffic congestion charging system developed by IBM has cut queuing times in half on Stockholm streets during the morning commute, and has also
Auto sector needs to rethink impact of IT services
Information technology (IT) could drive advances in the vehicle industry far beyond simply helping to develop a better car, according to Jonas Kuschel, a
Nissan: Make like a tree and LEAF
It has been a drawn-out process for electric vehicles (EV’s) to be seriously taken up by motoring manufacturers — mainly because of technological constraints
£10 million for electric, hybrid car research
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