Last Call for EVTV Voting Today - & EV News Roundup (at last)

I just got this video link today and am hastening to post it -- it's the very last call for EVTV voting for Brandon Hollinger's London Taxi project!  Yes that is a glimpse of our Red Hot Miata EV (for which Brandon did the design and pre-workshop build): our instructor Bill Kirkpatrick is putting it through its paces while I'm filming & giggling.

  

EV & Industry News

A Ten-Second Camaro Promotes Electric Drag Racing   (Green Car Report)

Electric Car Goes 1,000 Miles on a Single Charge, Breaks World Record  (Treehugger) 

Lightning Becomes First Electric Motorcycle to Top 200 MPH  (EV World)

Bluebird Electric Aims for 500 MPH Record  (Wales Online)

Students aim for 400mph electric land speed goal for Buckeye Bullet 3 (GizMag)

The EV Hater's Guide to Hating EVs   (EVWorld)

US National Security Experts Weigh in on Electric Transportation  (Automotive News, via CNet)

Europe’s Incentive Plans for Spurring E.V. Sales  (NY Times) 

EV Profiler ends guesswork for plug-in car shopper  (CNet) 

BMW Electric Car Study Makes Surprising Findings  (BusinessGreen)

Hybrid News

Ford, Toyota Plan Collaboration on New Hybrid Drive   (EV World)

Plug-in Prius half as thirsty  (Yahoo News) 

Five Things You Shouldn't Do To A Toyota Prius...Ever  (Green Car Report)

Battery Technology & Development

Lithium Demand By 2025 Will Require 181K Tons Carbonate  (Mining Weekly)

The Lithium Battery Recycling Challenge (Waste Management) 

GM Selects A123 Nanophosphate Batteries For Future Electric Vehicles  (EV World)

New solid-state compound beats old school lithium-ion batteries (Ars Technica)

Scientists Build Battery in a Nanowire: Hybrid Energy Storage Device Is as Small as It Can Possibly Get    (Science Daily)

Japanese researchers can deliver power to your wheels by radio  (Autobloggreeen)

In Wider-Ranging Renewable Energy News & Development

Gasoline demand falls to 10-year low in July  (AutoblogGreen)

Hybrid Solar System Makes Rooftop Hydrogen   (Science Daily)

For the military clean energy saves lives  (CNN Money)

12 Green Groups Push for End to Oil Industry Tax Breaks (Ecopolitology)

Enel Green Power Receives Approval for North America's First Renewable Hybrid Power Plant 

(Energy Boom)

EV's Are Not the Only Answer to Our Transportation Problems

Local Colorado Brewery Transports Kegs via Tricycle  (Treehugger)

Artisan Pickles Delivered by Cargo Bike  (Treehugger)

Inexpensive Truck Aero-Tweak Could Save 1.5 Billion Gallons of Diesel Each Year  (Treehugger)

 Slide To The Train  (Popup City)

A Greener Way To Get Into Space: The Bloon (Treehugger)

Solar Roadways Get $750,000 For Bigger Prototype; Maybe It's Not So Crazy After All  (Treehugger)

Hundreds Of Thousands Of Americans Have No Car, No Access To Transit

(Treehugger)

Podcars Can Help Us Build Car-Free Cities, Says PRT Expert  (Treehugger)

Smart to Put Electric Bicycle Into Production  (Motorward)