Envirofuel - Promoting sustainable mobility

Hythane Company LLC, the wholly-owned US subsidiary of Eden Energy, has announced it has received a US patent for its cryogenic storage vessels for liquid hydrogen. The new technology will advance the practicality of hydrogen cars by optimizing energy storage, reducing or eliminating the need for bulky lithium ion batteries.

The main use for this technology, [...]

Filed under: Cars, Hydrogen, Public transport | Tagged: Eden Energy, Greg Egan, Hythane Company, Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage | 3 Comments »

The fuel/air mixture in the new engine is ignited by a spark plug during starting and full load operation. At low and medium speeds, however, the gasoline engine morphs into a self-igniting unit operating on the diesel principle.

Filed under: Cars, Fuel economy, Greenhouse gas, Technology | Tagged: Mercedes Benz, Daimler, DIESOTTO | No Comments »

After doing a little online research last night on the Air Car so I could respond to a reader’s query I became quite confused. A week ago there was only one Air Car, the one designed by MDI Enterprises S.A. and manufactured by Tata in India. Now if you search for Air Car you’ll find The Air Car Factories S.A. at the top of your search results.

Filed under: Air, Cars, Electricity, Motorcycles | Tagged: Air Car, Guy Nègre, MDI Enterprises, Miguel Celades, The Air Car Factories | 7 Comments »

The natural gas powered Honda Civic GX has topped the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s Greenest Vehicles of 2008 list for the fifth year in a row. Great, but we still can’t buy one in Australia.

Filed under: Cars, Natural gas | Tagged: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Civic GX, Honda | 2 Comments »

The Commonwealth Government has released a new fuel consumption and emissions label for all new light vehicles sold in Australia. The two main purposes of the label are to display the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced by the vehicle and show the amount of fuel consumed in city and highway conditions.

Filed under: Cars, Fuel economy, Greenhouse gas | Tagged: ADR81/02, Fuel Consumption Labelling for Light Vehicles | No Comments »

Zero Pollution Motors in the United States are saying they will be taking orders for the MDI Air Car in early 2008 for delivery in 2010.

Filed under: Air, Cars, Fuel economy | Tagged: MDI, Zero Pollution Motors, ZPM | 8 Comments »

German company Loremo AG is developing a pair of light weight aerodynamic cars powered by small turbo-diesel engines. The Loremo LS and Loremo GT both weigh less than 600kg and offer fuel economy of 2L/100km and 3L/100km respectively. The cars are due to go into production in 2009.

Filed under: Cars, Electricity, Fuel economy, Greenhouse gas | Tagged: E-Loremo, Loremo AG, Loremo GT, Loremo LS | No Comments »

Monash University researchers are saying car travel must be cut by at least 80 per cent, road construction halted and public transport boosted if Australia is to have any hope of meeting carbon emission targets to avoid dangerous climate change.

Filed under: Cars, Greenhouse gas, Public transport | Tagged: Monash University, Associate Professor Damon Honnery, Dr Patrick Moriarty, Professor Ross Garnaut | No Comments »

Australia V8 Supercars chairman Tony Cochrane has indicated that a sub-committee headed by Larry Perkins and Ross Stone will look into the use of E85 in the 2009 V8 Supercars series. He said the move to E85 was an extension of the V8 Racing Green program in which 15,000 trees are planted each year to offset carbon emissions from the sport’s 15 events.

Filed under: Biofuel, Cars, Greenhouse gas, Rants | Tagged: E85, Larry Perkins, Ross Stone, Tony Cochrane, V8 Supercars | No Comments »

Mercedes Benz are planning to market the S 400 BlueHYBRID in 2009. They say the hybrid technology in this car has been made possible by lithium-ion battery technology they have developed and patented.

Filed under: Cars, Hybrid | Tagged: Mercedes Benz, Daimler, S 400, BlueHYBRID | 1 Comment »