Screaming across the famous natural racetrack known as Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats, the Buckeye Bullet left more than a steam trail in its wake on August 24th. It also smashed the previous world land speed record for electric vehicles by blasting 307mph across a 12 mile dessert course. Engineering students from Ohio State University (hence the [...]
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“Buckeye Bullet” EV Hits 307mph
September 2nd, 2010 
Justin Manger 
Posted in Clean Technology, Energy Efficiency, Green Products, Justin Manger, Transportation 
Tags: Battery, Cars, Electric Cars, Green Technology 
View CommentsEPA Creating New Fuel Economy Labels for Vehicles
August 30th, 2010 Justin Manger It looks like car companies aren’t the only things being remade as more and more vehicles go hybrid-electric, all-electric, or simply get more efficient at burning gasoline. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are “revising the fuel economy label that is required on all new cars and light-duty [...]
2nd Green Revolution Sponsoring Georgetown Clean Tech Conference
August 28th, 2010 Justin Manger As part of Georgetown University’s Social Impact Week, Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. will hold the 2010 Georgetown Energy & Cleantech Conference. The student led Energy and Clean Tech Club initiative brings together students and alumni “from across the many schools of Georgetown University interested in issues of energy (traditional and renewable sources), climate change, cleantech, [...]
Recovery Act Funds Positively Impacting Innovation; Still Many Unknowns
August 24th, 2010 Justin Manger There’s usually a flurry of speculation before major elections. Similarly, sports finals bring out all kinds of arguing and debating about who will win. Only when the votes are counted and the buzzer sounds does it really matter. In announcing that the U.S. is on track to achieve four major innovation breakthroughs due to Recovery [...]
Solar House Doesn’t Just Produce Electricity; It also Rotates
August 23rd, 2010 Justin Manger Well, at least the roof rotates. That’s still pretty wild and, it turns out, solar efficient. The Heliotrope, designed by German architect Rolf Disch is a wild looking structure located in Germany that has a rotating array of solar panels to follow the sun during the course of the day. A “Sun Sail” on the [...]
