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LOS ANGELES - Chrysler and General Motors are still showing off their newest vehicles at the Los Angeles Auto Show, but their displays were noticeably quiet Wednesday while Asian and European companies unveiled new models that will likely chip away ...Read more
GM, Chrysler scale back glitz at LA auto show - ABC 33/40 News
TOKYO -- Japanese stocks fell Wednesday as grim earnings from the country's biggest bank and doubts about the fate of a U.S. government lifeline for ailing automakers underlined a gloomy outlook for world growth and corporate earnings. The benchmark ...Read more
Japan stocks fall on grim bank earnings, auto woes - Washington Post
TUCSON, Ariz. - The White Sox are offering Arizona's Pima County a $5 million buyout to break the team's spring training contract and move to the Phoenix suburb of Glendale next spring. County supervisors will consider the proposal Tuesday. The team ...Read more
White Sox offer Pima County $5 million buyout - Chicago Tribune
LOS ANGELES (Nov. 19) - Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said Wednesday that he expects the current crisis in the auto industry will soon lead some carmakers to consolidate. Ghosn made his remarks at the Los Angeles Auto ...Read more
Nissan Chief Expects Consolidation - AOL
The election of US president-elect Barack Obama has delivered a decisive victory to ¡§fair traders,¡¨ mainly Democrats and their allies who for years have contended that the free-trade policies of past administrations were a recipe for US job ...Read more
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Future
The future was unclear because of the low range and small lifespan of the batteries. But there are several developments which could bring back electric vehicles outside of their current field of application -- namely operational yards and indoor operation. The first improvement[1] was to decouple the electric motor from the battery through electronic control while employing ultra-capacitors to buffer large but short power demands and recuperable braking energy. The development of new cell types compared with intelligent cell management improved both weak points mentioned above. The cell management is not only able to monitor the health of the cells but by having a redundant cell configuration (one cell more than needed) and a sophisticated switched wiring it is possible to condition one cell after the other while the rest are on duty. Perhaps the most important point is that a monovalent operation (electric only) is no longer considered dogma. The use of fuel cells instead of internal combustion engines can create propulsion systems that are nearly emissions-free (regarding local emissions). In an electric drive vehicle, the torque is supplied to the wheels by an electric motor is equivalent to taking up to 170 cars off the road.
Airport and seaport ground support
Airports across the United States are turning to electric ground support equipment and jet way power to reduce their overall emissions. Airport electric technologies include baggage tugs to convey baggage between the terminal and aircraft; baggage belt loaders to load and unload bags from the aircraft; air stairs for passenger access to the aircraft; wheelchair lifts; and pushback tractors to move the aircraft away from the terminal once passengers are on board. The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena (Bob Hope) Airport in 2005 inaugurated a $1.3 million system of 42 battery chargers for electric ground service equipment (eGSE) at all 14 airline gates of Bob Hope Airport. The airport authority president noted that the airport?s installation of the chargers, and Southwest?s rapid conversion to their use, places Bob Hope Airport at the forefront of reducing air pollution from ground support equipment.