Exclusive EVWorld.Com Interview Reveals Ford's Quest for the World's Cleanest Diesel
The Mercury Meta One Concept car, now being showcased at the 2005 North American International Auto Show, is, like many concept vehicles, a work-in-progress, but one with high aspirations, as EV World's editor-in-chief learned during his exclusive interview with three key project engineers.According to Mercury Meta One program manager, David Wagner, Ford sees the power plant under the hood --
and in the rear
-- as the bridge between today's internal combustion engine and the hydrogen fuel cell cars of tomorrow.
He noted that several studies suggest that very clean diesels in combination with hybrid-electric drives can be nearly as energy efficient as today's current crop of experimental fuel cell vehicles.The Meta One concept vehicle incorporates a number of advanced engine technologies including a newly developed V6 diesel, a hybrid-electric drive system and state-of-the-arts emission controls, including aqueous urea injection, just now making its appearance on some truck engines in Europe.
The goal of the program is to achieve a minimum reduction in emissions of at least ninety percent, and work is ongoing at Ford labs to achieve what is the gasoline-equivalent of a Partial Zero Emission Vehicle or PZEV rating in California.
While there are a number of PZEV gasoline cars on the market, there are no comparable diesel vehicles. Ford aims to be the first, though it may be in the next decade before a car like the Meta One arrives in the showroom.EV World was granted exclusive access to Wagner, Jim Baker and Zafar Shaikh, the top engineering managers for the year-long project.
The entire 38-minute interview is available to EV World subscribers in both text and MP3 audio format. EV World (http://www.evworld.com) is the Internet's leading commercial web portal to information about advanced vehicle technologies and related issues from renewable energy to governmental policy. Its database currently archives more than 7,200 news story abstracts and press releases relevant to sustainable mobility technology. It also provides RSS feeds and streaming MP3 audio, plus a number of electric vehicle user forums and the Internet's only "Real Time, Real World" hybrid vehicle gas mileage chart..
MobileVillage.com Honors TalonPR, Inc. with Second Consecutive Gold Star Award as Best PR Agency for Mobile Technology Companies
For the second consecutive year, TalonPR, Inc., a public relations and strategic communications agency, has received the Gold Star Award in MobileVillage.com's Mobile Star Awards competition. The Gold Star Award, in the category of "Public Relations Firms," recognizes TalonPR for successfully representing small- to mid-sized developers of mobile computing technologies.???? "While it may seem odd to include ?Public Relations Firms' in a competition otherwise devoted to mobile technology vendors, these are the companies charged with effectively communicating the technological value of oftentimes complex products," said Gary Thayer, editor of MobileVillage. "The industry once again recognizes TalonPR for its effectiveness at representing mobile technology vendors and providing a valuable service both to its clients and to the journalists who report on them."???? TalonPR's "family" of clients include such leaders as Electric Pocket (Wales, UK), Beiks LLC (Dallas, TX), SplashData (Seattle,...
MobileVillage.com Honors TalonPR, Inc. with Second Consecutive Gold Star Award as Best PR Agency for Mobile Technology Companies
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Speedheat Introduces New Products For Radiant Heating
Electric radiant floor heating systems are heating systems designed for use under carpeting, area rugs, tile, stone, and laminate wood floors and have been used in Europe, South Africa, and Australia for over 20 years. Radiant heat does away with the age-old problems of cold rooms by offering easy-to-install zone heating. You can choose to either have radiant heat installed by a professional installer or DIY with their plug-n-play portable system for under area rugs.
Concentrating on the advantages of floor heating (heat rising), radiant heat offers comfort from the ground up, heating the room evenly from floor to ceiling.The product is designed to solve zone heating problems one room at a time without adding the expense or mess of adding additional ductwork and/or baseboard heating units.
The ultra thin heating mat that can be assembled and installed by floor installers or do-it-yourselfers, is perfect for whatever your situation.
It appears that homeowners,...
Speedheat Introduces New Products For Radiant Heating
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Used But Not Used Up
Some DIY Maintence will put Used tools back in Main Stream Operation: Professional grade tools are made to withstand long hours of use and abuse. Many home shops have a number of Professional grad tools but for the most part most home shops have tools that are some what less in quality. No matter what grade of tool you have none of them are made to be the "last tool you will have to buy". What is nice is that for the most part the average grade as well as the professional grade tools are designed and built to be reparied which will translate into many years of service. For the home shop items such as pads, electric cords, on/off switches and motor brushes can be easily replace and done so without a huge pinch in the pocketbook.
A lot of these repairs can be done without even taking the housing off the tool. So to extend your tools service life and get the most from it lets examine a few things you can do. Always remember SAFETY FIRST: The first thing before anything else is done...
Used But Not Used Up
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A Review of WebPosition Gold v2.0 BETA (Part 2)
Page Generator Enhancements 1) Enhanced Meta Tag Control 2) Improved Help 3) Anti-Spam Features 4) Smarter Page Generation 5) Easier Engine Management 6) Auto-Import Keywords I don't use WPG's Page Generator tool, so I don't really have a yardstick to use to compare versions and I'm not comfortable reviewing a tool that I don't use and don't approve of. But above I've listed all the new features offered within WPG v2.0's Page Generator tool for reference. Personally, I don't think there is a need to auto-generate pages designed for specific search engines. These days with the emphasis on relevancy and link popularity, it is my experience that a well designed search engine friendly site with lots of relevant content and a logical directory structure will rank well across most search engines, without the need to generate extra 'optimized' pages.? Page Critic Enhancements 1) Expanded Advice
Advice provided in Page Critic now covers 85 search engines and directories worldwide. WPG...
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