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Masdar City personal rapid transit designer talks transport

The zero-carbon and zero-waste Masdar City currently under construction in Abu Dhabi will also be car-free, so how will one get about the one-mile square town of 50,000? If you want to travel on the surface you can walk, bicycle or ride a Segway but if it's snowing too hot to travel outside, you will also have the option of venturing underground and ride to your destination in a personal transit vehicle (PRT). These electrically-powered, centrally-controlled pods can carry four to six people and trundle along at speeds of up to 25 mph, ... Read more →

SAE 2009: FEV proposes Wankel rotary as range extender Sam Abuelsamid

As more automakers are working on extended range electric vehicles, the issue of NVH is becoming even more of an issue than in existing parallel hybrid vehicles. With vehicles that operate ...

SAE 2009: FEV shows off Dodge Caliber ER-EV concept Sam Abuelsamid

One of the vehicles at the FEV stand here at the SAE World Congress is this extended range electric Dodge Caliber. FEV isn't a supplier so the company has no interest in selling the powertrain it ...

SAE 2009: Scuderi unveils cut-away of split cycle engine Sam Abuelsamid

The Scuderi group unveiled a cutaway version of its first prototype of a new split cycle engine at the SAE World Congress this week. We first heard about this engine three years ago and got more ...

Automakers and utilities reach agreement on plug-standard Sam Abuelsamid

Just days after General Motors put out the call to settle on a plug standard for electric vehicles, it appears that an agreement has been reached - in Europe at least. The plug design will be unveiled ...

SAE 2009: Ford's contributions include over 70 papers, many on green mobility 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

At the SAE World Congress that starts today, Ford will be showing off its EcoBoost engines (seen it) and some of the lithium-ion battery systems used in the companies upcoming electric drive powertrains (seen those, too). The new stuff will mostly be behind panel discussion doors, since Ford ...

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