Tag: Transportation
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Swiss Firm to Embark on First Around-the-World Trip in a Solar Airplane
How far can an airplane expect to travel without fuel? Around the world, if you’re talking about the Solar Impulse 2. Leaders of Swiss firm Solar Impulse unveiled a new solar plane Wednesday and also discussed an ambition nobody has ever accomplished—to fly around the world in a solar plane in 2015. [blackoutgallery id=”330024″] The Solar Impulse…
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Revamped Federal Loan Program Will Produce Cleaner Cars and Create Green Jobs
Clean energy got a boost this week when Secretary Ernest Moniz announced the Department of Energy (DOE) will jumpstart its stalled auto retooling loan program. This is good news for drivers who want cleaner cars, faster and cheaper. A successful restart of the retooling loan program can help clear bottlenecks in the supply chain and ensure…
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Green Car Guide: Understanding the History and Future of Hybrids and EVs
Without fanfare or an exact date, a collective automotive epiphany took place a decade ago. Nearly every major carmaker was in on it, except for Toyota. The Japanese manufacturer had its own environmental awakening 17 years ago when it introduced its first hybrid car. Toyota unveiled its gas-electric engine in Japan in 1997, and then…
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10 Incentives Congress Must Renew to Ensure a Clean Energy Future
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden has officially begun consideration of legislation to reinstate a suite of tax credits that big polluters and their allies succeeded in getting Congress to let expire, including vital, commonsense policies that promote clean energy. These tax credits grow the economy by cutting pollution and their absence in the committee’s initial bill…
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Elon Musk Tells ‘60 Minutes’ About How Tesla Can Change the World
You probably haven’t seen electric vehicles (EV) get the type of primetime exposure they received Sunday evening on network television, but if Elon Musk has his way, they’ll soon become an undeniable part of our infrastructure. Musk, the CEO of EV maker, Tesla, was the subject of a 60 Minutes feature that brought his ideology…