Shell’s $12bn advanced biofuel investment
Shell and Cosan, one of the world’s largest sugarcane ethanol companies based in Brazil, signed binding agreements to form a $12 billion joint venture for the production and commercialization of ethanol and power from sugar cane. The resulting joint venture, if completed, will be the third largest ethanol producer in the world with 4,500 retail stations and annual production capacity of 2 billion liters (440 million gallons).
Click here for full storyIT has three wheels and a top speed of 120km/h, and it's Australia's entry in the first zero-emission around-the-world electric vehicle race.
Click here for full storyThat's how Australian father-and-son team Nick and Jason Jones hope to circle the globe in their custom built electric vehicle.
Click here for full storyWith renewable energy almost too cheap to meter, the challenge is to get the world to pay attention.
Click here for full storyFord Motor Co. announced on Thursday that it will retool its Michigan Assembly plant, which had been making SUVs, into a plant focused on the production of fuel-efficient small cars, including the new Focus and Focus Electric, which will going into production in 2011, as well as a new hybrid vehicle and a plug-in hybrid vehicle scheduled to launch in 2012.
Click here for full storyA Swiss inventor who last year circumnavigated the globe in a solar taxi says four teams will follow in his tire tracks next week.
Click here for full storyA new roadmap for the future of the Australian automotive industry predicts the country could become a global player in EV development.
Click here for full storyInternational Green Energy Expo Korea 2010 was chosen as the venue where SunPods SP-300 was first displayed. This is the first factory built-to-order solar-powered integrated electric-vehicle charging station – ready for powering up immediately. This ready-to-use solar power platform from SunPods is called EV Plug-N-Go.
Click here for full storyTHE Australian Greens will use their likely Senate power to urge the government to reconsider a high-speed rail link along Australia's east coast, with a new poll showing 74 per cent of people favour the idea.
Click here for full storyElectric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors Inc. said Monday it delivered its first vehicle in Australia, marking its entry into that market.
Click here for full storyAustralia’s Labor government plans to spend A$394 million ($353 million) over the next four years to replace old vehicles with energy-efficient models.
Click here for full storyAn experimental solar-powered aircraft launched on Wednesday has landed safely in Switzerland after successfully flying through the night.
Click here for full storyIT was a simple yet brilliant idea, and it quickly swept the world. In 1932, Ford designer Lewis Bandt attached the front of a car to the back of a truck to create what he christened the ''utility vehicle''.
Click here for full storyTake the tech specs of Porsche’s latest 918 Spyder prototype unveiled at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. With a silver streamlined body and a convertible overhead, the seats are placed so low between the front and rear wheels that the driver’s bum almost touched the ground.
Click here for full storyElectric cars are set to hit Australia next year and the Queensland government is doing its homework to ensure power grids are not overburdened.
Click here for full storyThe transportation sector in Queensland is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, especially under a high emissions scenario with continual reliance on fossil-fuels (such as the IPCC A1FI scenario).
Click here for full storyWhile most Australians are concerned about climate change, it's not enough to stop them driving their gas guzzlers to work each day.
Click here for full storyThe United States and China launched a research venture Wednesday to develop biofuels for use by Chinese airlines based on algae or oily nuts and said an inaugural flight could come as early as this year.
Click here for full storyQueensland motoring group RACQ has launched a world-first study into the risks silent hybrid cars pose to vision impaired pedestrians.
Click here for full storyThe major auto manufacturers displayed their confidence in the development of Green cars in the World’s biggest auto market by exhibiting 95 alternative-energy autos among the 990 models at the Beijing Motor Show, which opened Friday.
Click here for full storyHydrogen, one of Earth's most abundant elements, once was seen as green energy's answer to the petroleum-driven car: easy to produce, available everywhere and nonpolluting when burned.
Click here for full storyWhizzing around Taipai city this car features a fully recyclable energy solution. Known as the "Salamander," the car operates on zinc oxygen energy fuel cells. Also known as ZOE, the fuel cell generates electricity through the metal's oxidation process.
Click here for full storyAlan Kohler has an interview at the ABC with Better Place CEO Evan Thornley following the Victorian motoring association, RACV, committing $2 million to an investment in the company - Electric cars an 'attractive proposition' for Australia. The impact of electric cars on the local motor vehicle manufacturing industry is also discussed.
Click here for full storyAn Australia-first trial that will monitor the performance, environmental benefits, policy, infrastructure and practical implications for electric vehicle fleets was launched at The University of Western Australia today.
Click here for full storyOnly leadership from the federal government will help to achieve the large-scale changes needed for the nation's transport networks, a coalition of national transport organisations says.
Click here for full storyAustralia's oil reserves are dwindling and the nation is becoming increasingly reliant on imports for transport fuels, a new report shows.
Click here for full storyThe Ford Motor Co. Australia has intimated its willingness to support the forthcoming research project by the University of Melbourne to study efficient and practical hydrogen fuelled vehicle technologies.
Click here for full storyCalifornia buyers will have the chance to purchase a Chinese-built highway-capable all-electric car by the end of this year. That was the promise made by Coda Automotive CEO Kevin Czinger to a group of about 60 automotive journalists recently.
Click here for full storySandia National Laboratories and Scion, a New Zealand Crown Research Institute, have signed an agreement that will focus research on the cooperative development of technical information and system studies relevant to low-carbon energy technologies.
Click here for full storyThe Federal Government has released proposed new car emission standards which it wants to introduce from 2012.
Click here for full storyThe US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is producing cellulosic ethanol and processing one tonne a day of feedstock.
Click here for full storyAustralian researchers say they have found a way to slash carbon emissions from coal-fired power stations by doubling their efficiency, opening the way for the long-term survival of the coal industry.
Click here for full storyAustralia's first locally-built hybrid production car has rolled off the assembly line at Toyota's Altona Plant.
Click here for full storyAustralia's first locally built hybrid car will hit showroom floors within months in an attempt to woo the green car market.
The first Toyota Camry hybrid rolled off the production line at the car giant's Melbourne manufacturing plant on Friday.
Click here for full storyIs there a sustainable strategy for biofuels development and deployment? Many critics worry that the widespread adoption of biofuels will pit fuel vs. food as farmers substitute crops better suited to power vehicles than people
Click here for full storyAustralian research organization CSIRO is working in collaboration with Victorian energy distributor SP AusNet. They both are aiming to evaluate the impact and benefits of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on the electricity network.
Click here for full storyBMW Australia is looking to have an electric version of the Mini on local roads by the middle of next year.
Click here for full storyCSIRO is researching the impact and benefits of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on the electricity network, and how this low emission transport option could be integrated into our homes and cities in the future.
Click here for full storyAdd Australia to the list of countries keen to be at the forefront of plug-in hybrid technology. The country’s CSIRO and Victorian energy distributor SP AusNet have begun a three-month road trial of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with staff from SP AusNet to use the vehicles for their daily drive to work and for leisure purposes.
Click here for full storyA 1,860-mile solar car race in Australia started in the city of Darwin on Sunday, organizers announced. The cars revved up at 8:30 am on a trip that will conclude mid-week in Adelaide."We had 32 vehicles start this morning,” said Mike Drewer, a spokesman for the World Solar Challenge, told AFP on Sunday.
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