In time of the oil crises, who else, but the multi-billion dollar company Google to step in and help solve the problem of rising gas prices.
“Two companies developing technology for plug-in electric vehicles have won investment from Google. Aptera Motors of Carlsbad, California and Austin-based ActaCell will receive an undisclosed amount of funding from the internet firm. The investment is part of Google’s RechargeIT initiative, which was set up in June 2007 to accelerate the adoption of electronic transport.”
Lets not hope for a better future, but take action into our own hands to combat this episode of financial troubles.
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Does Corn, Cadillac Esclade and Formula 1 have anything in common? Next year, they could !
Following the trend set by other racing series’ like IndyCars and the American Le Mans Series, Formula 1, in a move to make the scenario much greener and eco-friendly, is looking at ethanol to be the sport’s adopted fuel.
According to retired two-time champion Emerson Fittipaldi, Formula 1 boss Bernie Eccelstone met Brazilian ethanol suppliers last year. Fittipaldi himself owns a sugar cane plantation in his home country Brazil, and is presently constructing an ethanol refinery to produce the fuel.
F1 teams are already preparing their cars to function with a hybrid drive system for next year’s races and this move is a direct indication of Formula 1’s concern and interestedness in adopting biofuels to save the planet and shed their dependency on crude oil which has become costlier.
Racing on ethanol fuel will not contain the thrill or the speed. All cars in the IndyCar series use E100 ethanol as fuel. In the ALMS some of the teams including the GT1 Corvette C6Rs use cellulosic E85. The Audi R10s run on GTL diesel fuel while the rest of the pack is fueled by E10 meaning cars won’t get slower due to the switch in fuel.
It is official. GM announced today that all 2009 Escalades will be flexfuel capable- will run on E85 or conventional gasoline or a mixture of both.
E85, a mixture of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline is a clean burning fuel that can cut down green house gases by as much as 23% compared with normal gasoline. The flexfuel Escalades is the company’s latest move to reach its goal of selling half of its vehicles produced in the U.S flexfuel capable by the year 2012. 12 new E85 stations were inaugurated earlier this week by GM and many more are set to come in the future to serve the vehicles.
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