Just a short post on this, but it looks like San Jose has won a major new “green” business here in the valley with the announcement that Tesla Motors will be building a new factory and office park here in the Silicon Valley. Funny enough, professor Bruce Olszewski was mentioned in the Spartan Daily (the [...]
Tesla to build new facility in San Jose, CA
September 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: · california, electric car, san jose, tesla, Transportation
Energy Efficient Transportation: Volt + Rail
July 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
A couple exciting pieces of news have hit me in the last few days that I thought I’d share. For one, it looks like the new internal combustion engine has been chosen for the upcoming Chevy Volt. The Volt, for those that aren’t familiar with it, will be a unique plug-in electric hybrid car that [...]
Tags: · bond, california, chevy, engine, gm, high speed rail, range, Transportation, volt, vote
Does anyone have an alternative air travel solution?
June 10th, 2008 · No Comments
I recently caught an article from Yahoo News titled, Fewer, pricier flights and job cuts, and was stunned at the depth of impact that the $100+/barrel oil price is having on airlines. From what I understand (and this is 3rd hand knowledge) most airlines put jet fuel as their single largest expense - in some [...]
Tags: · airfare, fuel, oil, Transportation