Cuban motorboat “Halcón Solar” (Solar Hawk), energized by photovoltaic panels is a good alternative to link trough a river towns with difficult access, plus it has a chance for ecotourism.
Designed and built by Ecosol Solar, along with Astilleros Almendares, this version of the motorboat with solar energy has a capacity for 6 passengers and a [...]
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Experts believe that the review of the case involves a lethal blow to the Japanese automaker; Toyota has removed more than 8 million vehicles by problems in the accelerator.
Toyota Motor expects costs and lost sales resulting from its withdrawal for safety reasons in history to reach a total of 2,000 million for the year to [...]
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Mitsubishi revealed the production version of the new generation i-MiEV electric vehicle, described as the pioneer who opened the door for the next 100 years of automotive society.
This car represents the crystallization of nearly 40 years of development of electric vehicles at Mitsubishi Motors and is a solution to many challenges currently facing cars as [...]
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This prototype is a small preview of some of Mercedes’s future plans. It is a saloon with five seats, green technology and avant-garde design. The most important thing is that it offers 2 propulsion systems: a plug-in hybrid or other fuel cell.
The Mercedes F 800 Style, name that has been dubbed this concept car shows [...]
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TONATIUH was conceived, designed and built entirely in Mexico by Mexican professionals and funded by major companies and institutions in the country as IUSA, SEP, NAFIN, IIUNAM, TMM, Australia New Zealand Direct Line, AT & T, Malaysia Airlines, Tupperware dayam, Automotive Satellite, Standox, Tame Composite Division, New World University, Mexicana Airlines, Industry Murrel, CONAE, Fluke-Mexel, [...]
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If a car means that solar vehicle that is driven only by photovoltaic cells, solar cars then are those who will be conducting in the future, because in reality they are impractical, excessively expensive, complicated, fragile and even in the case of solar cells were achieved with 100% efficiency, the energy that could attract a [...]
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The history of solar cars dating from 1982, when a visionary Australian adventurer, of Danish origin, Hans Tholstrup, and race car driver Larry Perkins, built and managed the first solar car, the “BP Quiet Achiever” from Perth to Sydney . Cross Australia from west to east for a total of 4058 km took 20 days [...]
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Within the Summer Courses of the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos has held the course “Alternative Energy for Sustainable Transport: Biofuels and Hydrogen. At the same, and the hand of top specialists, has tried to understand and assess the current situation and future of the energies that will replace petroleum in the transport sector, and basically [...]
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Nissan has figured out a way to keep the batteries of its newly manufactured cars fresh until they reach the customer – solar energy. The manufacturer announced today it has signed a sales contract with solar product maker ICP Solar Technologies for an automotive solar charger.
Newly manufactured cars can sit in a parking lot for [...]
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Solar and human powered tricycle will travel from Santiago de Chile to Valparaiso, to obtain solar radiation data, which are essential for the first competition of solar-powered vehicles and Latin American man to be held in December this year. In the activity, groups and institutions linked to the development of clean energy in Chile will [...]
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