http://www.green-and-energy.com Applied science for a better planet Mon, 07 May 2012 19:06:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 GandEhttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GandE/~3/tAz3z-76Iow/ http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/megacities-the-future-challenges/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 13:48:34 +0000 Thomas Rasilier http://www.green-and-energy.com/?p=3634 Ongoing Urbanisation With the start of the Industrialisation people began to move from the rural to the urban areas. Even today the hope for a good job and wealth attracts more and more people and leads their way to the cities. The cities grew and are constantely growing and with the increasing number of residents,<a href="http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/megacities-the-future-challenges/">Read the Rest...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GandE/~4/tAz3z-76Iow" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/megacities-the-future-challenges/feed/ 0 http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/megacities-the-future-challenges/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GandE/~3/_iU1bdChKIQ/ http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/will-fake-electronic-sound-help-sell-more-electric-cars/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:54:07 +0000 Olmo Tomás Mezger http://www.green-and-energy.com/?p=3664 In a recent press release announced Audi the invention of a new sound system for the super sport car R8 e-tron. I couldn't read it without having a rejecting reaction. Synthetic sounds don't bring any benefits for electric cars at all. In fact, one of the mayor benefits of electric cars are their reduced sounds levels...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GandE/~4/_iU1bdChKIQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/will-fake-electronic-sound-help-sell-more-electric-cars/feed/ 0 http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/will-fake-electronic-sound-help-sell-more-electric-cars/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GandE/~3/16ac84WxEqY/ http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/ev-everywhere-in-the-usa/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:00:23 +0000 Thomas Rasilier http://www.green-and-energy.com/?p=3619 Last week the US Energy Department announced a quite ambitious goal ahead electric mobility. With the so called &#8220;EV-Everywhere challenge&#8221; the US government intends to promote the further development of electric vehicles and their adoption in the public. Furthermore a reduced dependency from the oil price fluctuations respectively from oil in general is adressed by<a href="http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/ev-everywhere-in-the-usa/">Read the Rest...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GandE/~4/16ac84WxEqY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/ev-everywhere-in-the-usa/feed/ 0 http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/ev-everywhere-in-the-usa/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GandE/~3/6cwJ3jzNg5Y/ http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/32th-evchat-do-three-wheelers-fit-into-the-transportation-mix-of-tomorrow/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:30:27 +0000 Olmo Tomás Mezger http://www.green-and-energy.com/?p=3639 Many have tried it but no one has had great success. The topic of the 32nd <a title="#EVChat" href="http://www.green-and-energy.com/evchat/">#EVChat</a> on February 6th, 2012 was the <a href="http://www.arcimoto.com/">three-wheeler platform by Arcimoto</a>. We had the pleasure to have Mr. Mark Frohnmayer, CEO and Founder of Arcimoto, as a special guest on <a title="#EVChat" href="http://www.green-and-energy.com/evchat/">#EVChat</a>. Arcimoto is currently developing a platform for electric three wheelers that are flexible, well designed, and capable of fulfilling the transportation needs for normal commuters and environmental advocates alike.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GandE/~4/6cwJ3jzNg5Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/32th-evchat-do-three-wheelers-fit-into-the-transportation-mix-of-tomorrow/feed/ 0 http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/32th-evchat-do-three-wheelers-fit-into-the-transportation-mix-of-tomorrow/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GandE/~3/T9H0pQunmsk/ http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/explosion-of-fuel-prices/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:19:50 +0000 Thomas Rasilier http://www.green-and-energy.com/?p=3577 In Germany 2011 was the most expensive year for driving a car ever! The constantely increasing fuel prices often caused tears in the eyes of the car owners at the petrol pump. And if you&#8217;ve already refuelled your car within the passed days of 2012 you&#8217;ve surely recognized that the fuel prices are still climbing.<a href="http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/explosion-of-fuel-prices/">Read the Rest...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GandE/~4/T9H0pQunmsk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/explosion-of-fuel-prices/feed/ 0 http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/explosion-of-fuel-prices/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GandE/~3/M9sjgq_r7eg/ http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/the-emotionapp-analysis-the-ev-potentials-in-switzerland/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:01:41 +0000 Thomas Rasilier http://www.green-and-energy.com/?p=3333 On the 16th of February 2012 the swiss forum for electric mobility presented the eMotionApp. This App is ment to help getting an overview of the general mobility needs and characteristics of the swiss drivers. Furthermore every user of this App is able to test, whether an electric car (EV) would be suitable for him/her<a href="http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/the-emotionapp-analysis-the-ev-potentials-in-switzerland/">Read the Rest...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GandE/~4/M9sjgq_r7eg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/the-emotionapp-analysis-the-ev-potentials-in-switzerland/feed/ 0 http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/the-emotionapp-analysis-the-ev-potentials-in-switzerland/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GandE/~3/pAocr7ZgYbo/ http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/eco-energy-in-europe/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:00:51 +0000 Thomas Rasilier http://www.green-and-energy.com/?p=3353 The ecological potential of electric vehicles The ecological advantage of electric cars is mainly dependent on the ecological impact of the used energy sources. Yet, with the appropriate energy sources, EVs have the potential for beeing CO2 neutral. This fact is an important aspect for the OEMs, which receive the possibility for improving the image<a href="http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/eco-energy-in-europe/">Read the Rest...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GandE/~4/pAocr7ZgYbo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/eco-energy-in-europe/feed/ 0 http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/eco-energy-in-europe/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GandE/~3/5B4SEYGA6s8/ http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/hunger-for-oil-tar-sands/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:43:25 +0000 Thomas Rasilier http://www.green-and-energy.com/?p=3235 The worldwide rising demand for oil and the draining oil fields lead to the expansion of other oil extraction grounds. In order to satisfy the increasing hunger for oil, even sources are exploited which hadn&#8217;t been economical until a couple of years ago, like the canadian tar sands. The production of oil from tar sands<a href="http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/hunger-for-oil-tar-sands/">Read the Rest...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GandE/~4/5B4SEYGA6s8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/hunger-for-oil-tar-sands/feed/ 2 http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/hunger-for-oil-tar-sands/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GandE/~3/TtZwR-YjItg/ http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/the-iconic-tesla-model-s/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:19:35 +0000 Olmo Tomás Mezger http://www.green-and-energy.com/?p=3309 Tesla Motors is about to release it's second model, the Tesla Model S. This exciting milestone brought me to think about what could this mean to the whole electric mobility movement, and what could be achieved if the Tesla Model S becomes an iconic electric vehicle. - Read more to find out why!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GandE/~4/TtZwR-YjItg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/the-iconic-tesla-model-s/feed/ 3 http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/the-iconic-tesla-model-s/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GandE/~3/G_dJcvrtNJM/ http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/evchat-nr-27-ev-failures-and-burning-volt/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:16:35 +0000 Olmo Tomás Mezger http://www.green-and-energy.com/?p=3317 It's a fact that a burning EV is good food for newsletters, websites and TV shows. Let's face it, this new technologies still have some little "baby diseases", and as the first "pioneers" put their mass production on, this mistakes come to publicity<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GandE/~4/G_dJcvrtNJM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/evchat-nr-27-ev-failures-and-burning-volt/feed/ 0 http://www.green-and-energy.com/blog/evchat-nr-27-ev-failures-and-burning-volt/