Green Overdrive: Under the Hood of Tesla / Toyota RAV4 EV

In this weeks episode of Green Overdrive Katie Fehrenbacher has a chat to the chief engineer behind the electric RAV 4. After working on the RAV 4 EV for over six months, Toyota's Greg Bernas says...

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Toyota to Start Making Lithium Batteries for Its PHEVs in Autumn

Toyota will mass-produce lithium-ion batteries for its upcoming plug-in hybrid electric vehicles starting this autumn, the Nikkei business daily reported. The news comes less than a month after a...

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Toyota Studies Magnesium Battery as Lithium Alternate

Toyota Motor Corp., the world's largest seller of hybrid autos, said it's developing a magnesium battery that holds twice the energy of lithium-ion cells as automakers seeks better ways to power...

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Zytek Hybrid To Make European Debut

Rangoni Motorsport to campaign Zytek 09SH in five-round LMS season and 24 Hours of Le Mans. On the heels of Hope PoleVision's announcement that it would campaign an Oreca 01 Lehman Hybrid in the...

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Porsche unveils 918 RSR flywheel hybrid racer @ Detroit [Video]

Playing on past glory and hinting at possible future Le Mans ambitions, Porsche have unveiled the 918 RSR at the North American International Auto Show. The Porsche 918 RSR is a high-end synthesis...

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Ford Electric Vehicles with Ed Begley, Jr [Video]

Ed Begley, Jr, actor and activist talks about Ford electric vehicles in this video prepared for the 2011 North American International Auto Show.

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Critics Choice Awards for the year 2011 (16th Critic Choice Awards)

2011 Critics choice awards has been announced.

1. Best Actor - Colin Firth (The King's Speech )

2. Best Actress - Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

3. Best Picture - The Social Network

4. Best Supporting Actor - Christian Bale (The Fighter)

5. Best Supporting Actress - Melissa Leo (The Fighter)

6. Best Director - David Fincher (The Social Network)

7. Best Acting Ensemble - The Fighter

8. Best Original Screenplay - David Seidler (The King's Speech)

9. Best Adapted Screenplay - Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network)

10. Best Animated Feature - Toy Story 3

11. Best Young Actor/Actress - Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)

12. Best Action Movie - Inception

13. Best Comedy Movie- Easy A

14. Best Cinematography - Wally Pfister, Inception

15.  Best Sound - Inception

16. Best Score - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Social Network)

17. Best Song - "If I Rise" (Dido and AR Rahman) (127 Hours)

18. Best Documentary Feature - Waiting for Superman

19. Best Foreign Language Film - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

20. Best Picture Made for Television - The Pacific

21. Best Visual Effects - Inception

22. Best Makeup - Alice in Wonderland

23. Best Costume Design - Colleen Atwood (Alice in Wonderland)

24. Best Editing - Lee Smith (Inception)

25. Best Art Direction - Guy Hendrix Dyas (Inception)