Pretty much everyone knows about lithium-ion batteries these days. If you own a cell phone, you’re probably carrying one around with you. They are the most commonly used in small electronics as rechargeable batteries. They are relatively small, offer the best in energy density, have no effect on portable electronics’ memories, and are slow to loose their charge when it’s not being used.
Sometimes referred to as Li-ion batteries or LIB, they are getting a lot of attention for use in electric vehicles. Current research is providing a lot of improvements in energy concentration, safety durability, and cost. They generally come in four formats:
All of us who own a car will eventually have to buy tires. Most people go with the type of tire that is already on the car. Although buying the same type of tires your vehicle came with originally is a good plan to follow, you may not always be able to do that, or you may be looking for something different – say a tire for winter driving. Here is a quick overview of different types of passenger-type tires for every day use and what all that mysterious writing means on the sidewall.
There are passenger-car tires and light-duty SUV/truck tires and within those broad categories are all season, performance, and winter tires.
Honda Accord Facelift
Japanese carmaker Honda has proposed to reduce the global carbon dioxide emissions of its cars by 30% by 2020 compared to 2000. In 2006 Honda announced it would reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 10% by the end of 2010, compared to the reference year, 2000, a goal reached by the Japanese company on all its models. Also, Honda wants to reduce carbon dioxide emissions resulted during production and supplying.
Volkswagen HAVEit System
Volkswagen created a car that accelerates, brakes, turns and keep regular distance in relation to the vehicle in front automatically and autonomously, as part of a strategy to have zero traffic accidents caused by human error (inattention and fatigue).
Volkswagen starts a new session of tests on the prototype Golf blue-e-motion, the electric version of the popular German car. They will ride through three German cities.
Volkswagen launched the second phase of testing the prototype version of the Golf, the electric derivate of the popular compact car. The new zero-emission fleet will total 80 sample cars that will arrive in cities like Berlin (53 of them), Hanover and Wolfsburg.
