Elon Musk doesn’t just want to put solar tiles on top of your house, he also wants to put them on top of your car. How @ElonMusk and @TeslaMotors Can Save the World https://t.co/K3VC2RSylq @solarcity @mzjacobson @billmckibben @NaomiAKlein @BillNye @NRDC — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) October 31, 2016 According to Futurism, shortly after the enigmatic Tesla CEO […]
By Laura Goldman Energy conservation is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about freeways jammed with idling vehicles. But in California, which has some of the most congested freeways in the country, that’s about to change. The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved a pilot program in which piezoelectric […]
The number of public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in the United Kingdom will overtake gas stations by the summer of 2020 or even sooner, according to a new analysis by Nissan Motors. More than 75 percent of gas stations have closed in the last 40 years, while EV charging stations have risen from a […]
China’s incredible “straddling bus” went for its first test ride on Tuesday in the city of Qinhuangdao in the Hebei Province. Cars driving under the world’s first Transit Elevated Bus in the city of Qinhuangdao Xinhua The Transit Elevated Bus, or TEB, first made headlines in May after a prototype debuted at the 19th China […]
Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the world’s first big rig that drives without a drop of fuel. The Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruckMercedes Benz The new Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck has an electrically driven rear axle and is powered by three lithium-ion battery modules. The zero-emission vehicle has an admissible total weight of up to 26 tonnes with a range […]
The shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy is occurring mainly at the power plant level. But what about transportation? Can we significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions by switching to cleaner fuels? Or is this just an attempt to keep 20th century technology chugging along while trading one set of environmental problems for another? Biofuels […]
An unconventional and first-of-its-kind form of transportation infrastructure could be the answer to traveling across fjord-ridden Norway. Photo credit: Norwegian Public Roads Administration To complete the 680-mile drive under current conditions, you would have to allow 21 hours for travel. Why? Traveling north-to-south across the country requires eight ferry trips across fjords. Norway’s fjords are […]
When Volkswagen (VW) engineers were challenged to enable small diesel engines to meet stringent U.S. standards for nitrogen oxide pollution, they tried—tried—and failing—cheated. Now VW has agreed to one of the largest pollution penalties in history—whose hidden underside is that the engineers are still failing. Of the $15 billion VW has so far committed, $5 […]
Since we can already fly on sunshine, why can’t we drive on it? Chinese company Hanenergy, the world’s largest thin-film solar panel maker, has launched four concept cars that are fully powered by sunlight. Hanenergy’s cars are basically electric vehicles (EV) covered with solar panels. According to Dr. Gao Weimin, Hanergy vice president and CEO […]
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