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8th grader builds four-passenger-plus cargo solar/human powered bicycle

by jonathansoroko on June 19, 2009

If an eighth grader can do it - albeit an exceptional eighth grader - why can't they be mass-produced at affordable prices?8th Grader Builds Solar-Powered Bike With GPS, iPod DockThe base vehicle used, and the priciest part of the project, was a Switzerland-built ZEM (Zero Emission Machine) 4cycle. It’s made out of an aluminum frameand [...]

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First hybrid police vehicle purchased in Texas

by jonathansoroko on June 15, 2009

West Lake Hills, Texas "first community in Texas to add a hybrid vehicle to itspolice patrol fleet. Although other law enforcement agencies in Texas use hybrid vehicles for administrative purposes, the City’s new Toyota Highlander SUV will be the first police vehicle to be used on daily traffic patrols. The pilot program was initiated by [...]

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NYPD purchases 40 hybrid vehicles

by jonathansoroko on May 4, 2009

: the NYPD has purchased 40 Nissan Hybrids  - 22 to be used unmarked, 18 as marked blue-and-white "RMPs" (internal terminology for "Radio Motor Patrol [vehicles]). If it takes - it'll be significant - but we don't have the numbers at hand. Cross-posted on Caton Avenue.

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Hungarian hybrid, planned for 2012 production, gets 150 mpg

by Jon on June 24, 2008

Jorge Chapa, writing in Inhabitat, reports that the Hungarian prototype for the Antro Solo, production planned for 2012, gets 150 mpg, and here's how:The hybrid electric/fossil fuel engine, familiar now to most of us - which captures energy while braking, thus recharging the electric batteries;an exceptionally light carbon composite frame;solar panels on the roof which [...]

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Toyota promises plugin-hybrid by 2010

by Jon on June 13, 2008

Toyota promises plugin-hybrid by 2010, according to Chuck Squatriglia on Wired's Autopia:It's no secret Toyota's been working on a plug-in hybrid to compete against the forthcoming Chevrolet Volt, but Wednesday's announcement sets a firm deadline and makes it clear Toyota has no plans of ceding the green mantle to General Motors. It also underscores how [...]

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