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It's Friday: GE's experimental sleigh seeks to make reindeer obsolete

Might Santa's traditional Rudolf the Reindeer-led sleigh be sent off into the oblivion of obsolescence? Could be, if General Electric has anything to say about it. The huge corporation has designed a new conveyance for the red-cloaked and bearded gift giver, and it's green. Well, it's red, naturally, but it's also green. First of all, Santa's Sleigh features self-powered OLED lighting so that there's no chance of him missing your chimney. Moreover, the sleigh is assembled from lightweight composites, including a set of Ceramic Matrix ... Read more →

Chrysler working with General Electric on hybrid and battery technology Jeremy Korzeniewski

General Electric has been building hybrids for many years. Its Evolution Series of locomotives are some of the most efficient currently on the market, and the giant company has plans for a ...

GE and BP team up to create hydrogen fueled power plants Sam Abuelsamid

General Electric and British petroleum are teaming up to build new hydrogen-fueled power generating plants. The plan is to use a gasification technology developed by GE to produce a hydrogen rich ...

Use your Ecomagination to ask GE an ecoquestion Jeremy Korzeniewski

With all of our eco-conscious viewers who are concerned with the environment, I am sure that a few of you have some questions regarding GE's green technologies. Consider that GE makes jet engines and ...

MIT claims ecomagination Challenge grant Mike Magda

The team from MIT has won the ecomagination Challenge with a solar-powered refueling station and biodiesel processor. We told you about the Ecomagination Challenge in January. It's a competition ...

College students develop biodiesel programs as part of Ecomagination Challenge 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Here's a great idea: ask college students to develop new and creative ways to green their campus. General Electric and mtvU have combined to sponsor this unique competition. Of the 10 finalists, two schools are taking on biodiesel projects. MIT is looking at a solar-powered biodiesel processing and ...

Wired NextFest Report: Wrap-up and more advanced vehicles 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

(Editor's note: to read the rest of Derrick's NextFest coverage, click here) Overall, Wired's NextFest certainly wasn't the Paris Motor Show, nor was it meant to be. Instead, it was a gathering of new technologies in many different fields. On the positive side, I'd say that if there was any ...

GE works on cheaper hydrogen electrolysis 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Ask any pragmatic member of the automotive community when we might see a hydrogen-powered vehicles (fuel cell or internal-combustion engine), and the answer will probably range from "several years" to "several decades". General Electric looks to be trying to push that towards the lower end of the ...


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