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Tesla breaks land record for electric car on a single charge
Internode managing director Simon Hackett has driven his Tesla Roadster into the record books, completing 501km on a single electric charge in the 2009 Global Green Challenge (via Tesla breaks land record for electric car on a single charge - News - PC Authority)
Can’t Afford Solar Panels? Lease Them
If you live in California, Oregon or Arizona you may be able to lease solar panels starting next year. Can’t Afford Solar Panels? Lease Them - CBS Evening News - CBS News
Solar Shingles from Dow in 2011
Dow said it would begin selling a new rooftop shingle next year that converts sunlight into electricity … The new solar shingles can be integrated into rooftops with standard asphalt shingles. Dow to sell solar shingle, sees huge market | Industries | Financial Services | Reuters
Wearable Solar Panel Vest For Outdoor Workers
While the vest is applicable to anyone who works outdoors, the user profile was built around “boda bodas,” the cyclists who transport people between immigration offices along the borders of African countries. Wearable Solar Panel Vest For Outdoor Workers - PSFK
Google: We’re Going into the Solar Mirror Business
“Weihl said Google is looking to cut the cost of making heliostats, the fields of mirrors that have to track the sun, by at least a factor of two, “ideally a factor of three or four.”” (via Google: We’re Going into the Solar Mirror Business - News and Analysis by PC Magazine)
First Algae-Powered Car Attempts to Cross US on 25 Gallons
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Teenager invents £23 solar panel that could be solution to developing world’s energy needs … made from human hair
The hair replaces silicon, a pricey component typically used in solar panels, and means the panels can be produced at a low cost for those with no access to power, he explained. (via Teenager invents £23 solar panel that could be solution to developing world’s energy needs..made from human hair | Mail Online)
G.M. Says Volt Will Get Triple-Digit City Mileage
Fritz Henderson, chief executive of General Motors, announces that the Volt, the company’s electric car scheduled to be released in 2011, will get at least 230 miles per gallon. (via G.M. Puts Volt’s Mileage in City in Triple Digits - NYTimes.com)
Nissan Unveils Zero-Emission “Leaf”
Nissan will begin selling the first Leaf cars in the United States, Japan and Europe toward the end of 2010, adding two more models soon after. It expects production to start with around 200,000 units a year at the global roll-out in 2012. Nissan unveils zero-emission hatchback Leaf | Green Business | Reuters
