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Will plummeting gasoline prices affect Tesla Motors? I doubt it.

Tesla Motors vs Falling Gasoline Prices – This Won’t Hurt a Bit

We have a question for all buyers of Tesla Motors and Toyota Prius high-efficiency vehicles: “Why did you buy your electric vehicle or hybrid...

Highly-Efficient and Cheap Solar Technology Challenges Fossils Prices

An American solar panel manufacturer claims to have found what was missing in solar technology. They developed the cheapest and most efficient panels made...
The Chevy Volt-based Chevy MPV5 never made it to production. Will Chevy Crossvolt finally be unveiled at NAIAS 2015?

Chevy Volt-based Crossover, Chevy Crossvolt, Coming to NAIAS 2015?

A few years ago, General Motors filed to protect the name “Chevy Crossvolt,” designated for a crossover sport utility vehicle based on the Chevy...

Kyocera to Build 7.5 MW Solar Power Plant in Japan

On the coattails of the announcement by the  government of Kawajima-machi’s plans to develop a 7.5 MW solar power plant at Umenokifurukori reservoir comes...
Google Car - Autonomous Drive Prototype Ready for Real-World Testing

Google’s Autonomous Car Ready for Road Testing

Google is not an automaker, but has been using its considerable technological weight to develop autonomous drive. The result of this Google Skunkworks research and...

EVs and Biofuel Powered Cars Worse for the Environment?

A research team composed of members from the University of Minnesota and NREL recently evaluated the overall impact of different fuels we use in...
This holiday season, every other season, can you do your part to reduce food waste?

Holidays or Anydays – Controlling Food Waste Helps the Environment

No one wants to admit that they’re wasting anything, but sometimes, such as during the holiday season, we go overboard. The result is waste,...

Hybrid-Electric Airplane Built by Boeing

Many would argue that hybrid-electric vehicles nowadays are the wisest choice. Clean and smooth, yet minus the fear that the battery will run out half...

Different Kind of Solar Power Helps Steer Kepler Spacecraft

'Tis the season for recycling - gifts, food and what have you.  'Tis also the season to be jolly as well, as dead satellites...

Trefecta E-Bike – The Revolutionary Transportation Gadget

Trefecta e-bike will completely change, or to use the makers' words, create a new way of thinking about the comfortable items that are almost never seen...