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Gatineau paramedics call Ottawa for help twice in 2 days

cbc.ca     15 hrs ago          

A shortage of ambulances and paramedics in Gatineau has led emergency services personnel to call for help from paramedics in neighbouring Ottawa two nights in a row. Paramedics from Ottawa responded to ambulance calls in...                

Video: Test Driving an Electric Smart Car

treehugger.com     20 hrs ago   6 related          

Electric Smart Car on Guernsey The limited range of an electric car might seem less limiting if you live on a 30 square miles island. That's the case for Mark Parr, an engineer who founded The Electric Vehicle Company with his...                

OLED Breakthrough at U. of Michigan and Princeton: 70 Lumens/Watt!

treehugger.com     18 hrs ago   9 related          

Paradoxically, technology both moves very fast yet more slowly than we sometimes wish. New things are coming out all the time (like this big LED breakthrough from Purdue), but we get used to them so fast that we're always...                

Quote of the Day: Carlos Ghosn on Electric Cars (Again)

treehugger.com     19 hrs ago   2 related          

Nissan and Renault CEO Carlso Ghosn is now pretty much 180 degrees from where he was a couple of years ago. He went from thinking that greener cars were a "nice story" and "not good business" to thinking that nothing except...                

Fine drivers who leave car doors unlocked, Ottawa police officer says

cbc.ca     yesterday          

A police officer wants the City of Ottawa to levy small fines against drivers who forget to lock their car doors. "The point is that people need to be reminded that there's a group of people who will just go from one car to...                

Ford Introduces 63.6 MPG ECOnetic Diesel Fiesta... Only in Europe

treehugger.com     yesterday   5 related          

Ford Fiesta ECOnetic Diesel At the British International Motor Show, Ford has introduced the ECOnetic version of its Ford Fiesta. The engine is a 1.6-liter Duratorq TDCi (diesel) that has been tweaked for efficiency. Fuel...                

One Fewer SUV: You Decide What Happens to It (Blow it Up? Donate it?)

treehugger.com     yesterday   1 related          

You Decide the Fate of this SUV Ryan Mickle made a website to help decide what he will do with his Range Rover Sport SUV. Here's his story: "In 2006, I bought this beautiful but totally excessive Range Rover Sport. A big part...                

The Mobile Passport Unit of Passport Canada in Iqaluit

newswire.ca     yesterday          

GATINEAU, QC, July 24 /CNW Telbec/ - Passport Canada officials are arriving in Nunavut next week with the Mobile Passport Unit. They will be in Iqaluit on July 30 to review passport applications and accept completed passport...                

GM and 30+ Electric Utilities Form Coalition to Support Plug-In Vehicles

treehugger.com     Jul 23, 2008   15 related          

Infrastructure & Standards for Plug-In Vehicles While making an infrastructure to charge plug-in vehicles (plug-in hybrids and battery electric cars) is a lot easier than making an infrastructure for hydrogen-powered vehicles...                

Google Invests in Aptera Motors and Lithium-Ion Battery Maker AtaCell

treehugger.com     Jul 23, 2008   26 related          

Google's RechargeIT Invests $2.75 Million Google's philanthropic arm, via its RechargeIT program, has just bet $2.75 million on two companies trying to make plug-in hybrids and electric cars a reality: Aptera Motors, maker of...                

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