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CSIRO's UltraBattery to cut cost of hybrid battery by $2,000 in two years

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has developed a hybrid car battery that costs 70 percent less all while charging faster, providing 50 percent more power and recharging more times, increasing the life of battery by 300 percent. CSIRO's so called UltraBattery combines technologies of the capacitor and a regular lead-acid battery to make a better battery. Capacitors and batteries working together is not a new thing but the Ultrabattery gets the advantages without using control electronics. The batteries have ... Read more →

CSIRO: Yes to biofuels, no to palm oil biodiesel Xavier Navarro

CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, which is Australia's national science agency, released a report that speaks quite in favor of biodiesel but raises the alarm ...

David Lamb from CSIRO sees air quailty and emissions benefits from plug-ins Jeremy Korzeniewski

Plug-in electric vehicles have been a hot topic lately, due in part to legislation which is currently being debated in Washington. Many theories about hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric ...

What happened to the ECOmmodore? It's in a museum, and now Australia wonders why it's not building hybrids Mike Magda

Australian commentator Christian Kerr wants to know what happened to the ECOmmodore, a "dinky-di Aussie hybrid" unveiled by Holden and CSIRO about seven years ago. His interest was spurred by ...

CSIRO's UltraBattery to cut cost of hybrid battery by $2,000 in two years 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has developed a hybrid car battery that costs 70 percent less all while charging faster, providing 50 percent more power and recharging more times, increasing the life of battery by 300 percent. CSIRO's so called UltraBattery ...

CSIRO: Yes to biofuels, no to palm oil biodiesel 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, which is Australia's national science agency, released a report that speaks quite in favor of biodiesel but raises the alarm on the raw materials used for production. Something someone at OECD (although not OECD itself) said ...

David Lamb from CSIRO sees air quailty and emissions benefits from plug-ins 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Plug-in electric vehicles have been a hot topic lately, due in part to legislation which is currently being debated in Washington. Many theories about hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and full electric vehicles are being considered as well. All of this debating might bring ...

What happened to the ECOmmodore? It's in a museum, and now Australia wonders why it's not building hybrids 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Australian commentator Christian Kerr wants to know what happened to the ECOmmodore, a "dinky-di Aussie hybrid" unveiled by Holden and CSIRO about seven years ago. His interest was spurred by Australian officials announcing a "Green Car Innovation Fund" designed to generate up to $2 billion to ...


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