Recent Solar News

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  University of Michigan’s Infinium Wins American Solar Challenge Road Race

  The University of Michigan Solar Car Team came out victorious during the recent American Solar Challenge 2010. The team’s Infinium solar vehicle... Read More

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  SunStang Adapting Solar Racer for Production

  The SunStang Solar Car Project recently announced its intentions to create a production version of its well-known solar-powered racer. This student-ru... Read More

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  Honda’s HELLO! Display, CR-Z Production Version Set for Tokyo Motor Show

  Honda is using the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show to highlight advancements in its hybrid and all-electric vehicle lines. The Japanese automaker leads off ... Read More

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  DOE Delivers $377 Million, Promises $777 Million for Energy Frontier Research Centers

  (Photo by constantly_Jair on Flickr)The Department of Energy is using $777 million from its annual budget and the American Recovery and Reinvestment A... Read More

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  2009 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas Winner Reaches 2,757 MPG

  Shell Oil’s Eco-Marathon has its origins in a “mileage” race in 1939 that was designed to test the fuel mileage of employee vehicles. This simpl... Read More

Interesting Solar News

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  Chrysler’s ENVI Designed with Vague Mandate for All-Electric Vehicles

  The Detroit Free Press has reported that Chrysler has created a new division called ENVI to develop vehicles that run entirely on electricity. Chr... Read More

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  Bay Area Mayors, Better Place Working to Turn Bay Area Into a Regional EV Network

  (Photo by Patrick Boury on Flickr)The Bay Area may soon be called the “Electrical Vehicle Capital of the USA” if Gavin Newsom, Chuck Reed and Ron ... Read More

Solar Panels

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  Toyota Adding Solar Panels to Next Generation of Prius Hybrid

  The Toyota Prius has been the standard bearer for the hybrid vehicle market since the turn of the century. Toyota is not resting on its reputation... Read More

Sponsors

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  Green Earth Technologies Forms New Partners in 2008

  After launching its line of green automotive products in October of 2007, Green Earth Technologies Inc. (GET) has found a partner to manufacture its �... Read More

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  Coca-Cola and Others Expand To Greener Horizons

  It was announced this week that Coca-Cola will purchase a record number 120 hybrid trucks this year from Eaton, their largest sale to North America to... Read More

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  NYC Expands Green Efforts to Taxi and Limo Services

  New York City continues its efforts to go green under its PLANYC, a plan from late 2006 where Mayor Michael Bloomberg challenged the citizens of NY to... Read More

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  Prius Consumer Reports Green Car Choice Again

  For the fifth year in a row Toyota’s Prius is ranked number 1 in the green car category. The Prius is a gas / electric hybrid that gets 44 miles pe... Read More

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  SOMS Technologies Seeks to “Green” Traditional Vehicles

  The focus on overhauling the development of automobiles for sustainable transportation has overlooked the creation of green parts. Many motorists ... Read More

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