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Cars

Your Hybrid Car Could Be A Portable Battery That Makes You Money

How you’re going to get your charge on is one of the big issues surrounding hybrid vehicles, and we’ve already seen technology to charge your car at home using cheaper off-peak rates. But what if you could actually sell the power already in your car back to the electricity company during periods of peak demand?

25 August 2010

Cars

A Little Extra Engine Noise For Your Prius

Toyota is offering an optional $US148 speaker system for your Prius when it’s on battery mode that lets pedestrians – especially blind pedestrians – know that you’re coming. Great idea, but it’s strange that it’s optional.

1 July 2010

The Bicycle That Is Also A Shopping Cart

The transforming Ville concept folding bicycle is no mere bike – it is a bike-slash-shopping trolley hybrid vehicle for the 21st century eco-friendly consumer. It is bicycle and grocery containment in one convenient form factor.

18 May 2010

Cars

Mercedes F800 Will Run On Petrol, Electricity Or Hydrogen

We jumped inside a Mercedes F800 last week – the car that will offer three flavours of fuel as soon as 2012. Mercedes says that the future is a three-lane highway, with cars running on petrol, electricity and hydrogen.

11 March 2010

Cars

Fuel-Injection System Might Increase Fuel Efficiency By Up To 50%

The most fuel efficient hybrid for sale in the US gets 22km/L, but a startup called Transonic Combustion claims they can improve that. They claim their fuel-injection system will get 27km/L.

20 August 2009

Cars

Future Ford Hybrids Will Tell Energy Grid When To Power Up

Ford has come up with a smart new system that enables drivers to tell their hybrid car precisely when and how long to charge from the grid—potentially helping you to save money on electricity.

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