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Nirmalkumar
ahmedabad, India
green world
Interests: green energy solutions
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VW has been talking for years about electric mobility but has produced nothing yet
Companies like Jaguar Nissan are already into production
Be should start delivering instead of talking and prototypes only.
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles unveils 5 battery-electric and fuel cell vehicles; I.D. BUZZ CARGO
At the 69th IAA Commercial Vehicles show, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is unveiling five new zero-emission vehicles:the I.D. BUZZ CARGO, ABT e-Transporter, ABT e-Caddy, the Cargo e-Bike and the Crafter HyMotion which is equipped with a hydrogen fuel cell drive system. I.D. BUZZ CARGO. One m...
Animal fat and agro oil raw material is already scarce and costly.
Ryze Renewables partners with Phillips 66 to build two renewable diesel plants in Nevada; 11,000 BPD combined
Ryze Renewables announced that construction is underway for two renewable diesel production facilities in Nevada. Once operational, these plants will manufacture high-cetane (80+) renewable diesel fuel from agricultural oils and animal fats, using a patented catalytic hydrogenation technology t...
Tesla being to slow in producing nos. Nissan with four electric leaf production centres will lead the world with quality long range electric affordable cars
Dongfeng Nissan begins production of LEAF-based Sylphy EV
The Nissan Sylphy Zero Emission, the first Nissan electric car made for China (earlier post), has begun rolling off the production line. The start of production by Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Co. (Dongfeng Nissan), Nissan’s joint venture with Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd., coincides...
ITS TIME EVERY CAR MANUFACTURER COME OUT WITH ELECTRIC CARS OF 400KMS RANGE AND COMPETE FOR QUALITY AND PRICE. TESLA CAME OUT WITH ELECTRIC CARS ALMOST 5 YEARS AGO. ITS TIME COMPANIES COME OUT FAST . MOST INCLUDING TOYOTO , HONDA HAVE FAILED SO FAR. WORLD CAN ONLY SURVIVE ON POLLUTION FREE CARS.
Jaguar reveals 500km-range battery-electric I-PACE Concept SUV: production version in 2018
Jaguar has unveiled the battery-electric I PACE Concept SUV. I PACE has a predicted range of 500 km (311 miles) on the NEDC, 354 km (220 miles) on the EPA cycle. The concept previews Jaguar’s first electric vehicle; the production version will be revealed in late 2017 and will go onsale in 2018....
for faster penetration of electric vehicles we got to have vehicles like I road of toyoto replacing cars and more lectric buses by govts and subsidised tractors on farms that can be charged at farms .govts have to go all out to help elctric vehcles. reduced pollution will reduce deaths and sickness. the cost to health is enormous.
Cumulative plug-in vehicle sales topped 500K units in US in September
Cumulative sales of plug-in vehicles in the US topped 500,000 units in September, according to figures gathered by the US Department of Energy (DOE). The introduction of the first mass market plug-in vehicles occurred in December of 2010 with the introduction of the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan ...
A fine idea, hope more and more trucks are made this way all over the world.
UPS adding 200 more series hybrid delivery trucks
UPS will add 200 new series hybrid electric delivery trucks to the company’s growing alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. The vehicles have the same 650cc 2-cylinder engine and E-GEN chassis as the 125 vehicles UPS announced earlier this year. (Earlier post.) Equipped with lithium ...
These are all cooking oils and they cost twice normal diesel and quantity available is limited. So it is no long term solution.
Neste to begin selling 100% renewable diesel in Finland
Neste plans to start selling diesel produced entirely from renewable raw materials at selected stations in Finland around the turn of the year. The new product offers environmentally conscious consumers and corporate customers a sustainable and easy solution for reducing traffic-borne emissions....
Waste farm biomass if converted to sugar and fuels will give a big thrust to farming. It will make the world green clean and deconjust it.
Cellulosic sugars company Renmatix raises $14M from Bill Gates, Total
Cellulosic sugars company Renmatix has raised $14 million. The investment, intended to support the commercializing of the company’s Plantrose process, was led by Bill Gates. Gates is joined in the round by Total, the global energy major which, after an initial investment in 2015, has expanded ...
Today the world needs a small tough frugal electric car on the pattern of beetle of seven decades back. Wind and solar charging stations allover the world.
This can save millions of people dying from pollution from fuel.tesla has shown the path. Now world should rapidly go for small micro and mini cars,buses, tractors and trucks and two wheelers.
Volkswagen teases release of EV concept at Paris; production version to be 1st MEB vehicle
At Mondial de l’Automobile Paris, Volkswagen will present a new EV concept; the production vehicle which follows will be the first Volkswagen to hit the market based on the new modular electrification kit (MEB) being developed by the brand. Volkswagen says that the new concept car signals t...
Quality at a reasonal price and range of 400 kms.This is game changer. If price is right electric cars will start replacing gasolene.solar electricity can replace polluting costly terrorism inducing petroleum.
Daimler-BYD JV introduces new DENZA 400 EV for China; up to 400 km on full charge
Daimler has extended its portfolio of new energy vehicles (NEV) with the introduction of the DENZA 400, the company’s “Made in China, for China” electric vehicle from joint venture Shenzhen BYD Daimler New Technology Co., Ltd. (BDNT). The DENZA 400 features improved battery density achieved t...
Near ready still it can be introduced in 2019. What a delay. All major car companies are 3 years behind Tesla.
VW boss Diess: brand to show near-production EV prototype at Paris; in market in 2019
In an interview with Germany’s Wirtschafts Woche, Volkswagen brand boss Herbert Diess said that the company would present a near-production prototype of a new electric vehicle with the external dimensions of a VW Golf and the internal space of a Passat at the upcoming Paris Motor Show. Diess sai...
Why is toyoto not mass producing i road.it will a great attraction all over the world and eliminate pllution and conjestion.
Toyota to collaborate with Japan Federation of Hire-Taxi Associations on next-gen taxi; role of automated driving
The Japan Federation of Hire-Taxi Associations and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to study on areas for collaboration, so as to develop and introduce the Japanese taxi of the future. Toyota’s relationship with the Japanese taxi industry be...
Great idea but has to come to market fast. It will help farmer and villages a lot.
Nissan unveils first Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell vehicle; fueled by ethanol, 600 km range
In Brazil, Nissan Motor revealed the first Solid Oxide Fuel-Cell (SOFC)-powered prototype vehicle that runs on bio-ethanol electric power. Research and development of the e-Bio Fuel-Cell was announced by Nissan in June in Yokohama. (Earlier post.) The e-Bio Fuel-Cell prototype vehicle, based on ...
If a heavy truck can run on batteries why not attempt two wheelers,small car, farm tractors, buses and all types of trucks can be made electric. Solar chargers all over the world will eliminate pollution to a major extent. A 60 km range plug in will suffice for 70 percent of people.car like i road should only be allowed in conjusted cities. Why is Toyoto not making i road in mass nos?
Opinion: Feet where our heads should be: Are we going about EVs the wrong way round?
by Roger Bedell, Founder, Opbrid Are we looking at vehicle electrification upside down? Why are we focusing on electrifying smaller vehicles like cars and delivery trucks when electrifying really big trucks makes the most economic sense? Electricity is about ½ the cost of diesel or gasoline...
Why electric range of prius small and why toyoto is not able to produce big range electric car like like tesla, with toyotos long experience and technology.even i road is ideal solution for city ride but toyoto is just not mass producing it.
Worldwide sales of Toyota hybrids surpass 9 million units; Prius family accounts for 63%
Toyota Motor Corporation announced that the cumulative figures for global sales of its hybrid vehicles reached 9.014 million units as of 30 April. This latest million-unit milestone was achieved in just nine months. The Prius family still accounts for the majority of sales: 5.691 million units...
If this can be used on any car to make it plug in with atleast 50 kms e drive range it will be adopted all over the world very fast.
GKN supplying eAxle to plug-in hybrid Volvo S90
GKN Driveline, which works as a development partner on all-wheel drive and plug-in hybrid systems for Volvo Cars, is producing an eAxle system for the new Volvo S90 plug-in hybrid. (Earlier post.) The eAxle system fits in the same space as a standard rear drive module, enabling Volvo Cars to of...
Real good design. Hope electric version is produced at earliest.
Toyota and Clemson showcase Gen-Z focused EV concept at SAE World Congress
At the 2016 SAE World Congress, Toyota and Clemson University unveiled an innovative, flexible concept called uBox that is intended to appeal to the next generation of car buyers: Gen-Z. Designed, engineered and hand-built by graduate students at Clemson University’s International Center for Au...
This is what YOGA andAyurvedic Indian system. It builds immunity and improves body system intead of correction. It is time world realises that we pay heavily for even mild levels of pollution.we have to shift to alternate systems, faster the better.
Study: even relatively low levels of air pollution appear to affect a child’s lungs
In a paper published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care, researchers report that children exposed to higher levels of air pollution—even if relatively low—including fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and soot (black carbon), had worse lung function than those living in less p...
More and more such vehicles products will ultimately produce light small. Electric cars which will free the world from pollution and conjestion.
Morgan launches three-wheeled Morgan EV3 at Geneva
The Morgan Motor Company is launching the three-wheeled Morgan EV3, the company’s first production electric vehicle, at the Geneva Motor Show. Following a soft launch of the Phase 1 EV3 mule vehicle in 2015, Morgan is showcasing the final pre-production phase car with restyled body and interior....
An electrical light wt bus with long range of about 300 kms will be ideal solution for country like India where lacs of such buses will find market.
Volvo sells 11 electric hybrid buses with 2 ABB automated fast-chargers to Namur, Belgium
Volvo has received an order for 11 electric hybrid buses and 2 ABB automated electric bus fast-chargers to the city of Namur in Belgium with public transport authority and operator TEC. This is the largest order to date for the company’s electric bus system. TEC is buying the bus system as a ...
Today people drive an petrol guzzling suv for one occupant in most cases.this vehicle is like a dream.It can save the world from pollution and saudi inspired terrorism
Riversimple introduces Rasa prototype two-seater fuel cell vehicle; 300 miles on 1.5kg H2; production version in 2018
Riversimple Movement Ltd. unveiled the Rasa, a road-legal engineering prototype of its first two-seater hydrogen fuel cell road car, built for full European type approval. (Earlier post.) Supported by a £2-million (US$2.9-million) grant from the Welsh government in 2015, the Rasa was designed f...
For all the critues, for most of world this car is idle solution for pollution problems, conjestion and oil replacement. Per km running cost is only 1/5 of petrol and with passge of time cost can be halved.congrats GM for being first with this range small car.
Chevrolet unveils the Bolt EV
As promised, GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra unveiled the production 2017 Bolt battery-electric vehicle at CES 2016. The Bolt EV, which will go into production by the end of 2016, will offer more than 200 miles of range on a full charge. It also features advanced connectivity technologies designe...
A ic engine comparable electric car with 300 kms range would change the world.
LISSEN researchers develop energy-dense Li-metal free Li-sulfur battery; Volkswagen the automotive partner
EU-funded researchers in the €3.7-million (US$4.2-million) LISSEN (Lithium Sulfur Superbattery Exploiting Nanotechnology) project have developed a new energy-dense lithium-sulfur battery using a new lithium metal-free battery configuration based on the use of lithiated silicon as the anode and ...
Is this technology tried out. Fugures too good to be true.In past so many US companies have claimed such stuff but till date no company has produced economical fuel on large scale.if true opec and its related IS, Taliban would disappear.All Saudi oil wealth creations.
Algenol signs MOU with ZYNE to produce renewable fuels in China using industrial CO2 emissions
US-based algal fuels company based Algenol will partner with South China’s Fujian Zhongyuan New Energy Company, Ltd. (ZYNE) to develop projects throughout Southern China, utilizing carbon emissions to create renewable fuels. The goal is to provide solutions for China’s three biggest challenges: ...
WHAT A WAY TO STATE THAT 8000 GALLONS COMPARES FAVOURABLY WITH 420 GALLONS PER ACRE.
Algenol signs MOU with ZYNE to produce renewable fuels in China using industrial CO2 emissions
US-based algal fuels company based Algenol will partner with South China’s Fujian Zhongyuan New Energy Company, Ltd. (ZYNE) to develop projects throughout Southern China, utilizing carbon emissions to create renewable fuels. The goal is to provide solutions for China’s three biggest challenges: ...
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