Prius coupe a done deal? ');
document.write('A past Toyota hybrid coupe conceptFor years now Toyota has brought up the possibility of expanding the Prius brand, and one such possibility that has been tossed around is a hybrid sports coupe. Toyota even showed off a hybrid coupe concept at the No...');
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Asian automakers dominate fleet fuel economy ');
document.write('Where\'s an American competitor?Perhaps you\'ve seen the recent Chevy commercial where Howie Long wonders why Asian automakers have a fuel efficient reputation when GM sells some similar vehicles with better highway fuel economy?Why? Well, because they...');
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The new Li-ion starter battery. Click to enlarge.Porsche will offer a lithium-ion starter battery option—the first automaker to do so—as of January 2010 for the 911 GT3, 911 GT 3 RS, and Boxster Spyder. Weighing less than 6 kg (13 lb), the n...');
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UOP Renewable Jet Fuel From Camelina Powers KLM Demo Flight ');
document.write('UOP LLC used its renewable jet fuel process technology (earlier post) to convert oil from camelina, an inedible plant, to renewable jet fuel for a biofuel demonstration flight by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. (Earlier post.)
The flight, which took pla...');
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Report: China to Introduce New-Energy Vehicle Regulations in 2010 ');
document.write('Regulations on the development of “new energy” vehicles have been submitted to China’s State Council for approval and are expected to be officially in effect in March 2010, according to a report in Gasgoo citing the National Develop...');
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The structure of the new material, Xe(H2)7. Freely rotating hydrogen molecules (red dumbbells) surround xenon atoms (yellow). Credit: Nature Chemistry. Click to enlarge.Scientists at the Carnegie Institution have found for the first time that hi...');
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South Korean scientists from KAIST University and LG Chem have engineered a strain of E. coli to produce polylactic acid (PLA) and its copolymers through direct fermentation. Until now PLA has been produced in a two-step fermentation and chemical ...');
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The rationale for focusing on rate. The darker shading represents model simulations with the best-estimate climate sensitivity (3 °C). The lighter shading shows the range for the 68% cumulative probability interval for climate sensitivity from...');
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