Thursday, March 18, 2010

Green Car News

The Coffee Powered Car
Stop at Starbucks in the morning for a cup of coffee and a full tank.

A Big Oil Company Secret
The Super Efficient Gas Engine gets 98 mpg
The Transonic Combustion fuel injection system can improve the efficiency of a gasoline engine by 50%.


South Korea: Environmentally Friendly Public Transportation


An Online Electric Vehicle (OLEV) gathers power via magnetic charging from strips below the road’s surface. The power is used either to drive the OLEV or it is stored in a battery for later use. This brand of charging, called “inductive charging” is used in some electric toothbrushes that get power via a magnetic connection while in their cradle.
In the next few years, KAIST researchers hope to get the OLEV system up and running in buses and roads throughout the cities of South Korea. The projected cost of installing the system is about 400 million won or $353,500 per km of road (not including electricity).


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