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Ethos Environmental appoints former CARB Chairman to Technical Advisory Board

MaxW — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:47:34 +0000

San Diego-based Ethos Environmental, Inc. today announced the appointment of John D. Dunlap, III as the Chairman of its newly formed Technical Advisory Board. As former Chairman of the California Air Resources Board, John brings a wealth of experience as both a regulatory consultant and green technology expert that will aid Ethos in identifying opportunities for the development of even greener higher performing and lower-emitting product offerings. The Board, to be completed over time, will be composed of both scientific and industry leaders.

Ethos Environmental is a company committed to helping the environment by increasing vehicle fuel economy while reducing harmful emissions. Their Ethos line of fuel reformulating products helps customers to meet environment regulations and boasts the ability to increase fuel mileage by 7 percent to 19 percent as well as reduce fuel emission by 30 percent.

Ethos works by adding cleaning and lubricating qualities to fuel or motor oil so engines can perform cooler and smoother.

EthosFR+, an environmentally friendly fuel additive, and EthosFR Oil Treatment which helps to lower tailpipe emissions, restore horsepower, reduce engine friction and improve fuel economy.

“We’ve just completed a painstaking turnaround process in which we had to virtually suspend sales to restructure the company while we reengineered our products, secured independent testing, and attracted mission critical partners and key vendors,” said CEO Corey P. Schlossmann.

“We’re very excited to close the door on this challenging phase of the company’s life and concentrate on executing the ecoMates mission, ramping sales volume, and increasing shareholder value.“

Earlier this year, Ethos Environmental announced that an SAE J1321 Type II fuel consumption test of their Ethos FR has verified increased fuel efficiency and significantly reduced emissions.

The test was conducted by FERIC, a private, non-profit research and development organization and a division of FP Innovations.

American Company slates “Air Car” Production

JamesW — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:53:51 +0000

Zero Pollution Motors (ZPM) expects to produce the world’s first air-powered car for

the United States by late 2009 or early 2010, and better yet, it is expected to be for sale for less than $18k. One of the planned Air Car models, reaches 68 mph, and goes for a range of 125 miles. It will take only a few minutes to refuel at gas stations equipped with custom air compressor units, and it should cost only around $2 to fill the car up with 340 liters of air!

Hmmmm. You know the saying, “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is”. I can’t help but wonder what energy expenditure is required to compress the air. Electricity, I suppose, so that opens up that can of worms. But, hey, any candle is a bright light in total darkness. Lets keep our fingers crossed that this is real, and the developers of this technology don’t get run over (literally) by big oil. Rock on folks, and be sure to check under your hood before starting your car in the morning. Watch the video on the next page…

Cadillac El Dorado burns on the 101 fwy

MaxW — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:41:42 +0000

Today at 5pm on the 101 southbound between Oxnard and Thousand Oaks was a nice looking Blue Cadillac El Dorado burning to the ground…

The sad part about it was there was no firetrucks in sight just a ABC eye witness news cameraman filming the carnage. If i was in my Jeep i would have been there next to ABC filming away…

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Hybrid Conversion kit in the works…

MaxW — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:44:57 +0000

As fuel prices climb and people switch to more fuel efficient vehicles, millions of gas guzzling pickups, SUVs, and vans will still be on American roads for many years, even decades. The average age of American vehicles is about 10 years, and quite serviceable vehicles with over 150,000 or even 200,000 miles on their odometers are no longer a rarity. Pickups will still be needed on the worksite, and SUVs and vans will still be needed to carry large families.

Billions of gallons of fossil fuels could be saved if it was possible to dramatically increase the fuel economy of the hundreds of millions of fuel inefficient vehicles that will be around for quite awhile. That’s what Chicago-based Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies (HEVT) is attempting to do with its plug-in hybrid electric conversion kit.
HEVT recently unveiled this technology in a Ford F-150 pickup retrofitted to operate as a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). It’s great choice, since for years the F-150 has been America’s best-selling vehicle and there are literally millions of these pickups that could be converted. How important is this? HEVT claims that the economy of the standard engine in the F-150 is increased from about 16 mpg to 41 mpg in a typical day’s driving.
The technology is a scaled-down version of the drivetrain HEVT has developed for transit buses. HEVT’s Adaptive Control Unit (ACU) uses sophisticated electronics and software to control the hybrid drivetrain. An electric motor-generator is integrated with the existing drivetrain through a modified differential for electric traction. The ACU controls the electric motor and gasoline engine to optimize fuel economy and performance. An in-dash display unit monitors performance, indicating the charge remaining in the 12 kW-hour battery pack and the energy recovered through regenerative braking.

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