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Rev Up for Super Import Nights 2012 - 0 views

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    What do you get when you combine exotic super cars with hot babes for three full days? A great testosterone-pumping motor show, of course.

    Slated for 25-27 May at Singapore Expo Hall 3 this year, Super Import Nights (SIN) 2012 is reviving its engines up for a weekend of pimped up rides, raunchy pole dancing fun, some RC drifting and a lot of eye candy (automobiles aside, if you know what we mean).
Hans De Keulenaer

PR-GB.com... News from origin - Amerigon BSST Subsidiary Selected as Partner in U.S. De... - 0 views

  • Amerigon Incorporated , a leader in developing and marketing products based on advanced thermoelectric (TE) technologies, today announced that its subsidiary, BSST LLC, will partner in a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) project to develop a highly-efficient thermoelectric heating and cooling system for automobiles that will substantially reduce energy consumption, engine load and ultimately greenhouse gas emissions. The goal of the 36-month, up to $8.4 million project is to create a zonal heating and cooling system for automobiles that heats or cools the vehicle occupants, rather than the entire cabin and its components, thereby reducing the energy consumed by existing heating/cooling systems by one third.
Wee Lam Tay

A global road map for China's automakers - The McKinsey Quarterly - global road map chi... - 0 views

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    China is now well-positioned to be the second largest market for automobiles.
Hans De Keulenaer

Seat präsentiert Leon mit Plug-in-Hybridantrieb - ATZ online - 0 views

  • Anfang Januar 2009 enthüllte Francisco García Sanz, Mitglied des Vorstands der Volkswagen AG und Aufsichtsratvorsitzender des Automobilherstellers Seat, im spanischen Technikzentrum in Martorell den Kompaktwagen Leon Twin-Drive Ecomotive. Das Forschungsfahrzeug mit Plug-in-Hybridantrieb wird von einem DI-Dieselmotor sowie einem Elektromotor angetrieben. Dank moderner Lithium-Ionen-Batterien und eines innovativen Energiemanagements bietet der Wagen im emissionsfreien Elektrobetrieb eine Reichweite von bis zu 50 Kilometern.
  • Der Elektromotor des progressiv konzipierten Automobils gibt eine kontinuierliche Leistung von 35 kW ab. Der 1,9-Liter-Dieselmotor entwickelt 77 kW. Die Lithium-Ionen-Batterien zum Antrieb des Elektromotors wurden in den Kofferraum integriert. Wird der Leon allein mit Elektromotor gefahren, ist die Höchstgeschwindigkeit auf 100 km/h begrenzt. Für den Elektrobetrieb wurden zahlreiche Komponenten des Versuchsfahrzeugs aufwendig modifiziert; darunter zum Beispiel das Getriebe, die Servounterstützung der Bremsanlage, weite Teile der Fahrzeugelektronik sowie das Heiz- und Kühlsystem.
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    Another plug-in hybrid concept car
Thomas Sullivan

Hybrid Cars - 0 views

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    Are you thinking about dumping your gas slurping SUV and make the move to buy a hybrid car? If so, then this small site well serve you well. Provides a compelling discussion in favor of hybrid car ownership, informative videos about hybrid cars, current hybrid car news, and more.
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The Plug: Recharging Infrastructure May Be the Last Hurdle for Electric Cars | ParisTec... - 1 views

  • particularly in the beginning, when the new cars are likely to be a status-driven product
  • Least likely to succeed, in his view, are the utility companies. “The utilities have proven over and over to be incompetent at getting consumers the products they need and want,” he says
  • The creation of the new electric-car infrastructure is likely to have an outsize economic impact
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  • Although economists generally agree that technical advances make society wealthier in the long run, a widespread rollout of electric vehicles could lead to some major macroeconomic dislocations.
  • Exxon, the most valuable oil and gas company in the world, employs only 83,000 people.
  • 843,000 in the United States, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) – might find themselves looking for another line of work
  • 750,000-plus automotive mechanics and service technicians in the United States alone, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics).
  • At present, 70 percent of the oil used in the United States is burned as gasoline
  • In 2008, Europeans spent roughly $200 billion on imported oil – more than the value of the entire European automobile industry.
  • “but only if the manufacturers can meet demand.
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