Vehicle Concepts & Tech.

Tesla Motors Goes Public; Excitement Shared by Environmentalists & Investors Category: Automotive Vehicle Concepts & Tech.
Average: 0 No votes yet Your rating: Your rating: None	Tesla Motors went public on June 29th. Share prices started the day around $19 per share and ended the day trading 40% above the IPO price of $17 - at around $24 per share. Tesla's investors as well as green-tech enthusiast are enthused about the 'Model S' that will sell for around $50 thousand ...

Toyota Prius converted to plug-in hybrid Category: hybrids Vehicle Concepts & Tech.
Average: 0 No votes yet Your rating: Your rating: None	Two college students convert a Prius hybrid into a plug-in hybrid. Some details are given regarding the electrical configuration of the additional battery pack; and some details are given on an added circuit board that uses the vehicle's diagnostic port. The added circuit tells the [...]

How Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicles work Category: hybrids Vehicle Concepts & Tech.
Average: 5 1 vote Your rating: Your rating: None	This video gives a good overview of how Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicles work. This narrated animation is intuitive and easy to understand.[...]

Google Makes Public Transportation Practical and Efficient Category:

Vehicle Concepts & Tech.

Google transit has become easy-to-use and well integrated into Google Maps. If your city or town participates in Google Transit, then:

Go to Google Maps.

Choose "By public transit" after entering Location & Destination (A & B).
Click the "Get directions" button.
Plan ahead by clicking "show options" and enter your departure time. [...]

Electric-Hybrid Truck Conversion Category: hybrids Vehicle Concepts & Tech.
Average: 5 1 vote Your rating: Your rating: None	A company sells a conversion kit that can convert commercial trucks to hybrids. The kits primarily consist of an electric motor that attaches to the drive shaft, various battery options, and a controller. [...]

Electric-Motorcycle Conversion Category: Vehicle Concepts & Tech.
Average: 5 1 vote Your rating: Your rating: None	A commuter converts a Ninja 750 motorcycle into an electric vehicle for local commutes.

Lithium-Polymer Battery Fabrication Category: Vehicle Concepts & Tech.
Average: 0 No votes yet Your rating: Your rating: None	Interesting television segment explains the production process for a lithium battery that is to be used in an electric vehicle.

Venturi Electric Vehicles Category: Vehicle Concepts & Tech.
Average: 0 No votes yet Your rating: Your rating: None	Two radical designs from Venturi Automobiles. According to a company spokesperson, the second vehicle will be presented at the [...]

Energy Loss in a Typical Vehicle Category: Vehicle Concepts & Tech.
Average: 0 No votes yet Your rating: Your rating: None	It is interesting to note the amount of energy that goes unused in a typical vehicle. According to the Dept. of Energy approximately 85% of the energy a vehicle consumes goes unused. [...]

Plug-In hybrids can Recharge the Grid says Google.org Category: Vehicle Concepts & Tech.
Average: 0 No votes yet Your rating: Your rating: None	Google.org’s RechargeIT program promotes plug in hybrids. It seems Google is becoming a great think tank of modern day; their involvement with plug-in hybrids is no exception. Vehicle owners need economical transportation and power companies are desperately searching for ways to avoid building power plants. [...]

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Lithium discovered in huge quantities in Afghanistan

Huge quantities of lithium have been discovered in Afghanistan along with iron, copper and other valuable minerals. Quantities are so large, they have the potential of turning Afghanistan into a self-sufficient nation if developed. Read more about Afghanistan's $Trillion mineral deposits with maps.