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China’s BYD launches a hybrid electric car.

Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 19th December 2008

BYD, a company mostly known for supplying batteries to the mobile phone makers, has recently acquired vehicles manufacturing plants thus becoming China’s youngest automaker. They are also the first to launch China’s first mass produced hybrid electric car, the BYD F3DM.

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A Panda under the sun in Italy.

Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 9th December 2008

The Italian automaker Fiat has unveiled an electric car named Phylla, based on it’s Panda model, fitted with solar panels.

Phylla

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Tata’s all-electric vehicles unveiled.

Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 17th September 2008

Tata Motors, world’s fifth largest commercial auto maker, unveiled plans to introduce the electric version of Indica passenger car, the Indica EV. The car will be introduced in Norway in 2009 and a year later in India.

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HP Breaks the 24-hour Battery Life Barrier.

Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 14th September 2008

With the announcement of the EliteBook 6930p, HP achieves an unprecedented milestone in mobile computing: up to 24 hours of continuous notebook operation on a single, high capacity, battery charge.

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A low cost wind turbine for the developing world.

Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 23rd August 2008

A wind turbine, from 100% recycled material, has been created by a product design student at the University of Portsmouth. Aimed at the developing countries, the turbine can be built by unskilled workers in less than a day.

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credit: University of Portsmouth

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