Tagged: Electric Cars
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100 Irish ‘green’ hotels to get e-car charge points News
24.05.2012 ESB ecars and Fáilte Ireland are leading what they are terming a Green Hotel Drive to install ecar charge points in 100 green-accredited hotels around Ireland. -
Honda tests ‘smart home’ in Japan that runs on off-grid energy News
11.05.2012 Honda has been pioneering a new type of smart home in Japan to test out its Honda Smart Home System (HSHM) technologies to control and monitor energy usage using solar power,... -
Tesla’s shares rise as Model S electric sedan to arrive in June News
10.05.2012 Tesla Motors may have just reported first quarter losses of US$89.9m, but the electric car maker also saw its shares jump yesterday after it said that it expects to start...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Mobility, Investments, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Engineering, Energy -
MINI gets ‘cleanest car’ award for its eco drive News
03.02.2012 MINI has gleaned the cleanest car in Ireland accolade as part of a survey carried out by Motorcheck.ie. Fiat, Seat Lexus and Renault also made it into the top 5, based on how... -
Battling energy poverty News
05.01.2012 Energy security is a global issue due to rising gas and electricity costs. Carmel Doyle reports on how energy poverty is hitting Irish homes and how technology can help. -
Google gleans US patent to take self-driving cars to the roads News
16.12.2011 Google has just been awarded a US patent to switch cars from human-controlled mode into driverless mode, so cars can self-drive. Sergey Brin, otherwise known as the...Categories: Sustainability, Search Engines, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Mobility, Internet, Education, Green Tech, Energy, Engineering, Government, Green, Intellectual PropertyTags: Google, IT, GPS, Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt, Larry Page, Lithium Ion Battery, ESB, Transport, Electric Cars, Patent, US, CO2 Emissions, Green Economy, -
Tyndall scoops EU awards for e-car nanoelectronics research News
29.11.2011 Ireland’s Tyndall National Institute is pioneering potentially groundbreaking research on energy-efficient nanoelectronics for electric cars. Its silicon-based sensor that...Categories: Systems, Sustainability, Science, Research, R&D, Investments, Intellectual Property, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Green Tech -
The future of compressed natural gas vehicles News
17.11.2011 Global experts on natural gas converged at Ireland’s Gaelic games stadium Croke Park today during a conference to show how business fleets here can become leaner and greener...Categories: Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Science, Recycling Services, R&D, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Education, Economy, Green TechTags: Bord Gais, Electric Cars, -
One in 10 vehicles sold in Ireland in 2012 will be electric - Renault News
11.11.2011 Renault is one auto giant that's upping its electrification game in a big way. Today, it declared that one in 10 vehicles sold by Renault in Ireland in 2012 will be electric.Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, Green Tech -
Scientists create world’s smallest car via nanotech News
11.11.2011 You’ll never get to sit in this car, and even a hummingbird couldn’t fit in it, but scientists in Switzerland and the Netherlands have been playing with nanotechnology to the...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Green, Enterprise, Engineering, Engineer, Green Tech -
‘We need a clean energy revolution’ – Oracle News
09.11.2011 Oracle Utilities has published its Future of Energy report, which looks at critical energy areas such as smart tech, energy security, electric mobility and how smart grids are...Tags: Oracle, Smart Grid, Energy, Electric Cars, Smart Cities, IBM, EMEA, CO2 Emissions, Europe, Wind Energy, Ireland, Bord Gais, Clean Tech, Green Economy, -
Governments must invest in low-carbon technologies, IEA warns News
10.11.2011 The world is locking itself into an unsustainable energy future, as it heads for an insecure, inefficient and high-carbon energy system, the International Energy Agency (IEA)...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, IT Organisation, Green Computing, Green, Government, Financial, Energy, Education, Economy, Green Tech -
Nissan unveils its ‘realistic' EV concept car News
09.11.2011 Nissan is gearing up to show off its third-generation PIVO 3 EV concept to the world at the Tokyo Motor Show. Its designers have given us a preview of some of the minute... -
LED lighting will illuminate London’s Tower Bridge News
08.11.2011 General Electric and EDF Energy have got the go-ahead to install energy-efficient LED technology and a cabling system to illuminate the 800-foot Tower Bridge in London,...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Green Tech, ArchitectureTags: Energy Efficiency, Electric Cars, Sport, Electricity, Olympics, LED, Olympics 2012, GE, Clean Energy, -
IBM opens US$50m Smarter Cities Challenge grant program News
24.10.2011 IBM has today opened the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge grant program to new applications for 2012. Smarter Cities Challenge is a three-year, 100-city, US$50m grant programme in...Categories: Global CIO, Financial, ERP & Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Engineer, Economy, Green Tech, CIO, Government, Green, Green Computing, Infrastructure Management, Internet, Jobs, Networking & Telecoms, Networks, Project Management, R&D, Recycling Services, Renewable Energy, Sustainability -
Back to the Future’s DeLorean to go electric from 2013 News
19.10.2011 The DeLorean Motor Company, which builds and supplies parts for the DeLorean DMC-12 made famous in the Back to the Future movies, is planning an electric version of the iconic car. -
Ford reveals green vision and smart tech for future vehicles News
14.10.2011 This week I had the opportunity to visit Ford Motor Group’s Lommel Proving Ground in northern Belgium, one of the world’s leading car test centres and the site where Ford... -
Dublin's Clerys embraces electric car charging News
10.10.2011 The world's oldest department store (Clerys) in Dublin City has today yet again reinvented itself to embrace a new electric car era. ESB ecars, a division of ESB Electric...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Green, Engineering, Energy, Education, eCommerce, Consumer Tech, Computers, Communications, Green Tech, CIO