alternative energy vehicle Articles
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Bio-Microbics Employee Inspires Students with Environmental Technology
Chris Crouch, Chief Design Engineer at Bio-Microbics was recognized for his efforts working with teens in urban communities on green technology and innovation through critical thinking and experiential learning. For an extended course curriculum, students from the Automotive Design Studio of DeLaSalle High School of Kansas City, Missouri, were given a mission to learn through creative channels ...
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The diffusion of innovation and perceived risk for the adoption of alternative energy vehicles
Many researchers have studied alternative energy issues from a policy or industry viewpoint, but few have explored the consumer's beliefs and opinions. Since most applications of alternative energy are being developed for the consumer market, the consumer's acceptance and adoption of these new fuels and alternative energy vehicles are key factors to consider. This research studies the consumer's ...
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Choosing a hybrid car using a hierarchical decision model
This paper describes and analyses an operational decision model of the customer decision process in selecting a new hybrid automobile. Three types of extreme customer profiles are introduced which represent disparate customers of hybrid cars. These profiles provide rankings, or priorities, which are used to establish a baseline of possible user entry. A hierarchical decision model (HDM) ...
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The battle of batteries: a history of innovation in alternative energy cars
The paper gives a global view on the historical development of electrical cars. It is a history described in five major waves; the first one starting about 1835 and the last one ending about 2000. With two cases, important aspects of the two last waves are described in detail. The cases are the French VEL car and the Norwegian Think car. They have had their more specific setbacks. Problems in ...
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Reducing CO2 in the transport sector in Japan
In this paper, we have investigated the cost-effectiveness of alternative fuel vehicles as a measure for CO2 reduction. Computed results indicate that the installation of alternative fuel vehicles is much more expensive than fuel switching in industry or the power generation sector. However, some economic incentives will make the price go down to the level at which alternative fuel vehicles are ...
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Hydrogen engine cars
Alternate Energy Corporation, which develops hydrogen systems, has teamed up with the Canadian company Feel Good Cars Inc. (FGC) to produce a prototype hybrid vehicle using batteries and a hydrogen fueled engine. Alternate Energy will modify a ZENN vehicle provided by FGC. The ZENN (zero emission, no noise) is a medium speed neighborhood electric car. FGC hopes to demonstrate that a hydrogen ...
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Peak oil and energy security: can alternative fuels and vehicles save us?
Peak oil can be defined as the point in time when global oil production reaches its maximum annual rate, after which the annual production rate generally declines. Against an expected profile of growing demand for oil-based transport fuels, when peak oil occurs, it could create a growing transport fuel supply gap which, if not filled, would be expected to lead to very high prices for petroleum ...
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