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Fisker Automotive Unveils Fisker Karma, First Ever Luxury Plug-In Hybrid Detroit MI (SPX) Jan 16, 2008 
Fisker Automotive has unveiled its first production car, the Fisker Karma, at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. The first of its kind four-door plug-in hybrid premium sports sedan will have a starting price of $80,000. Initial deliveries of the Karma will commence in the 4th quarter of 2009 with annual production projected to reach 15,000 cars.
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Chinese prepare for US car market invasion
Detroit, Michigan (AFP) Jan 15, 2008Chinese automakers are actively preparing for entry into the US car market, the biggest in the world, in a move that has not gone unnoticed by American and Japanese rivals. With a record presence at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan this year, China has made a splash with four manufacturers -- Geely, BYD, Changfeng, Li Shi Guangming -- and a distributor, Chamco ... more GM mounts hybrid offensive against Toyota's dominance 
Detroit, Michigan (AFP) Jan 14, 2008General Motors Corp. mounted an offensive against rival Toyota Motors Co.'s hybrid dominance Monday with a plan to be the first automaker to deliver a plug-in hybrid to the general public as soon as 2010. It was just one in a series of one-upmanships declared by the two rivals at the Detroit auto show. GM's shot across the bow came a day after Toyota announced plans to deliver a small fl ... more Analysis: Biofuels law attracts opposition 
The Dalles, Ore. (UPI) Jan 15, 2008A major energy bill signed last month by President Bush could decrease domestic oil consumption by increasing biofuels, but opposition to the new law has come hard and fast from an unusual source: environmentalists. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, signed Dec. 19, establishes a Renewable Fuel Standard that mandates a certain volume of biofuels be produced and mixed with ... more Asian PV Technology Show: Germany Offers Top Conditions For Asian Investors 
Shenzhen, China (SPX) Jan 16, 2008Solar energy companies increased worldwide output by over 50% in 2007. Experts believe that the sector has plenty of room to grow, especially as the increasing price of oil forces global leaders to seek alternative forms of energy. Asia's strong interest in renewable energies is translating into rising profit potential for Asian companies. As the world's leading location for photovoltaic ( ... more Australia reverses plan to sell uranium to India 
Sydney (AFP) Jan 15, 2008The new Australian government will scrap a landmark deal to sell uranium to India for its nuclear energy programme, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith indicated Tuesday. The deal was struck by former premier John Howard last August, shortly before his conservative government was ousted in elections by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Labor Party. Smith said he had told a visiting Indian envoy tha ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Jan 15, 2008China is insisting that French group Areva transfer technology on the recycling of spent fuel as part of its contract to supply next-generation reactors to Beijing, an informed source said Tuesday. "The contract will not come into effect unless Areva agrees unequivocally to transfer this (nuclear fuel treatment) technology (to China)," the source said. In November, Areva, the world's lar ... more Xethanol Researchers Report Significant Increases In Cellulosic Ethanol Production Rates At Test Lab 
New York NY (SPX) Jan 16, 2008Xethanol has announced that its latest laboratory research results show significant increases in the rate of cellulosic ethanol production. Researchers working at the Forest Products Laboratory of the US Department of Agriculture in Madison, Wisconsin are developing technology to reduce the net cost of renewable fuel made from wood and agricultural residue. Dr. Thomas Jeffries leads that effort. ... more MSU Researcher Finds Renewed Interest In Turning Algae Into Fuel 
Bozeman MT (SPX) Jan 16, 2008The same brown algae that cover rocks and cause anglers to slip while fly fishing contain oil that can be turned into diesel fuel, says a Montana State University microbiologist. Drivers can't pump algal fuel into their gas tanks yet, but Keith Cooksey said the idea holds promise. He felt that way 20 years ago. He feels that way today. "We would be there now if people then hadn't been so s ... more Bulgaria, Russia to sign nuclear contract this week 
Sofia (AFP) Jan 15, 2008Bulgaria and Russia are to sign a contract for the construction of a nuclear plant later this week during the visit here of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a Bulgarian minister said Tuesday. "We will sign on January 18 an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build two pressurized water reactors of 1,000 megawatts each," Economy and Energy minister Petar Dimitrov told ... more |
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Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2008NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a never-before-seen optical alignment in space: a pair of glowing rings, one nestled inside the other like a bull's-eye pattern. The double-ring pattern is caused by the complex bending of light from two distant galaxies strung directly behind a foreground massive galaxy, like three beads on a string. More than just a novelty, this very rare pheno ... more The Violent Lives Of Galaxies: Caught In The Cosmic Dark Matter Web 
Nottingham, UK (SPX) Jan 14, 2008Astronomers are using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to dissect one of the largest structures in the universe as part of a quest to understand the violent lives of galaxies. Hubble is providing indirect evidence of unseen dark matter tugging on galaxies in the crowded, rough-and-tumble environment of a massive supercluster of hundreds of galaxies. Dark matter is an invisible form of matter ... more Taiwan condemns China's 'chequebook diplomacy' over Malawi ties 
Taipei (AFP) Jan 14, 2008Taiwan on Monday strongly denounced its rival China for using money to lure away Malawi after the African country had earlier said it was setting up diplomatic ties with Beijing. The foreign ministry also blasted the Malawi government, saying it was trying to cooperate with China to humiliate Taipei, as the move coincides with an overseas visit by Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian. "The ... more India and China pledge new era of cooperation 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 14, 2008China and India pledged Monday to strengthen trade and military links and seek a solution to a border row, as India's prime minister sought to cement a rapid improvement in ties with a landmark visit. The friendly atmosphere was tempered, however, by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's call for China to make concessions to reduce a growing two-way trade imbalance. Singh and his host Premier ... more
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