| Websites in Transportation |
- ACEEE Green Book
Ranks cars and trucks according to environmental friendliness. Using this consumer guide, buyers can compare cars, vans, pickups, and sport utility vehicles by their environmental impacts, including air pollution, global warming, and fuel efficiency.
 http://www.greenercars.com/
- Argonne National Laboratory Transportation Research
Performs research in advanced automotive technologies such as hybrid electric vehicles, emissions reduction, and clean diesel engines.
http://www.transportation.anl.gov/
- BC Research: Centre for Alternative Transportation Fuels
Information resource on alternative fuels (propane or LPG, natural gas, hydrogen, methanol, ethanol, biodiesel), hybrid electric vehicles, batteries and fuel cells.
http://catf.bcresearch.com/
- Boron: A Better Energy Carrier than Hydrogen
Proposes that cars should use boron as a fuel for propulsion and asserts that boron is a safer fuel than hydrogen or gasoline.
http://www.eagle.ca/~gcowan/boron_blast.html
- CALSTART
Information about advanced transportation technology development, particularly in California, including electric, natural gas, and hybrid electric vehicles; intelligent transportation technologies; and clean ferries.
http://www.calstart.org/
- Clean Vehicles
Alternative fuel resources companies, products, refueling sites and funding sources.
http://www.clean-vehicles.com
- Dual Fuel Caterpillar Engines
Truck engines use natural gas and diesel fuel simultaneously to reduce emissions without power and compression loss.
http://www.dualfuelengines.com/
- IndiRail: A clean transportation system
Conceptual proposal for an infrastructure for transportation aimed at the use of renewable energy sources.
http://home.hccnet.nl/j.val/indexir.htm
- Nitrogen Powered Car: CooLN2Car
New University of North Texas car uses cryogenic heat engine fueled/powered by liquid nitrogen: summary, FAQ, power train closeup, engine gas flow diagram.
http://www.mtsc.unt.edu/CooLN2Car.html
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Center for Transportation Analysis
Research and development on transportation energy and environmental issues, national transportation planning and policy, and transportation systems engineering.
http://www-cta.ornl.gov/cta/
- Office of Transportation Technologies
U.S. Department of Energy -- Alternative fueled vehicles, electric vehicles, encouragement of "clean cities".
http://www.ott.doe.gov/
- Permo-Drive
A hybrid-drive braking system designed for the heavy transport industry that recovers braking energy thus increasing fuel efficiency.
http://www.permo-drive.com.au/
- Propane Vehicle Council
Trade association provides information about propane as a fuel for school buses, agricultural equipment, forklifts, and other vehicles.
http://www.propanevehicle.org/
- Research: Georgia Tech Research Institute
The Advanced Transportation and Advanced Systems (ATAS) Laboratory works on electric and hyrogen vehicle projects.
http://www.gtri.gatech.edu/atas/
- San Joaquin Valley Clean Cities Coalition
A complete alternative fuel vehicle (afv) resource including a buyers guide, alternative fuel station locators, state and federal funding list, current alternative fuel prices, laws, events and news. Specific areas of focus are CNG, hybrids, ethanol, methanol, and electric vehicles.
http://www.valleycleancities.org/
- The Alternative-Fuel Vehicle Directory
Comprehensive. Covers EV conversions, batteries and fuel cells, U.S. Gov research sites, university projects, regional associations and manufacturers.
http://www.vwc.edu/library_tech/wwwpages/gnoe/avd.htm
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Alternative Fuels Data Center
information on alternative fuels and vehicles.
http://www.afdc.nrel.gov/
- US Council for Automotive Research
Umbrella organization of DaimlerChrysler, Ford and General Motors, formed to conduct cooperative, pre-competitive research.
http://www.uscar.org/
- Veggie Van
Fueled with used vegetable oil from fast food restaurants, this van can go up to 65 mph and has traveled 10,000 miles.
http://www.veggievan.org/
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