dimanche 6 décembre 2009

Denmark and Better Place in Ambitious Test for Electric Cars - NYTimes.com

Denmark and Better Place in Ambitious Test for Electric Cars - NYTimes.com: "COPENHAGEN — Is saving $40,000 at the showroom enough to get drivers behind the wheel of an electric car? With a program in the works to add easy access to charging stations, Denmark is about to find out."

mercredi 2 septembre 2009

As hybrid cars gobble rare metals, shortage looms | U.S. | Reuters

As hybrid cars gobble rare metals, shortage looms | U.S. | Reuters: "LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Prius hybrid automobile is popular for its fuel efficiency, but its electric motor and battery guzzle rare earth metals, a little-known class of elements found in a wide range of gadgets and consumer goods.

That makes Toyota's market-leading gasoline-electric hybrid car and other similar vehicles vulnerable to a supply crunch predicted by experts as China, the world's dominant rare earths producer, limits exports while global demand swells."

dimanche 30 août 2009

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Hampshire | UK team breaks steam car record

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Hampshire | UK team breaks steam car record: "A team of British engineers has broken the longest-standing world land speed record in California."