Cobalt Technologies gets $25m to increase biobutanol production

Filed under: Etc., Ethanol, USA

When thinking of biofuels, the usual suspects that pop up first are probably ethanol and biodiesel. That’s not to say, though, that these two are the only biofuels. There’s another non-petroleum fuel that could replace displace gasoline: biobutanol. There are proponents for biobutanol who claim that the fuel is superior to [...]

EPA awards $5.6m for cutting-edge clean diesel technologies

Filed under: Biodiesel, Diesel, Green Daily
In the past, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) typically issued grants for the advancement of proven technologies and rarely offered up government money on projects that some would consider experimental. As environmental concerns rose in recent years, the EPA created its emerging technologies program to fund unproven, cutting-edge advancements that [...]

Coulomb Technologies opens first Manhattan electric vehicle charging station

Filed under: EV/Plug-in
Coulomb Technologies opened its first public electric vehicle charging station in Manhattan this week as part of the ChargePoint America program. Under a Department of Energy-funded program, Coulomb and other charging station manufacturers are installing thousands of outlets in cities around the United States. The new Manhattan station has been installed in an [...]

Ford teams with Coulomb Technologies to provide 5,000 in-home EV chargers

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Ford
Ford has teamed up with California-based Coulomb Technologies to give away free charging stations to early customers of its electric vehicles, starting with the Transit Connect Electric.
Coulomb is spending $37 million to install 5,000 of its Chargepoint stations in nine markets including Austin, Texas, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, FL., [...]

Valentin Technologies releases teaser images of 170-mpg IngoCar

Filed under: Hybrid, Wagon, Hatchback, Specialty, Design/Style

Valentin Technologies IngoCar – Click above for high-res image gallery

digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/autos/Valentin_Technologies_Innovative_170_mpg_IngoCar_Video’; Interested in a five-seat, four-door, sportwagen that “is brimming with innovation” and was designed in Elm Grove, WI? How about if the car were to get 170 miles per gallon? Yeah, that got our [...]