“Electric vehicles have zero tailpipe emissions,” might say one electric vehicle proponent, while others might say, “but the carbon dioxide from the power plant is the same as filling up a conventional vehicle.”
Electric vehicle proponents, such as ourselves here...
“If you build it, they will come,” seemed to be the mantra in the early days of electric vehicle manufacturing. With government backing, it seemed that companies like Tesla Motors, Fisker Automotive, and A123 Systems had a bright future.
As...
If there's anything I love *ahem* to hear more about Tesla Motors than how great they are, it has to be when (insert famous person here) talks about how much they don't like it.
Part of the problem is that...
Every time you replace your old monitor or TV for a wider, thinner and better one, you must wonder what happens to all the ones that you dispose of. Well, most of them end up in e-waste sites, and...
When it comes to climate change, the invisible elephant in the room is ocean acidification. Climate scientists have long considered it a legitimate concern, but only recently has it been found that the rate increase and ecological influence of...
At United Nations climate talks in Warsaw on Friday, Japan, much to the dismay of UN members, announced it is slashing its greenhouse gas emissions target after the Fukushima disaster all but destroyed the country’s nuclear power industry.
The Japanese...
After three Tesla Model S fires in twice as many weeks, some have begun to question the safety of the $70,000+ performance electric vehicle.
Of course, if you take these fires out of perspective, it might seem that there is...
On of the first complaints you might hear when considering an electric vehicle is limited range, but how much of that is our own fault?
You can drive an electric vehicle long distance, but only if you're very careful, much...
Liquid metal battery technology, a specialty of Ambri, an MIT spin-off, will be developed and produced in a new facility, which opened its doors in Massachusetts last week.
Here, scientists and engineers will be manufacturing, what they claim is, a...
Google has made another clean energy investment, this time buying six solar power plants, which are currently under development and are expected to become fully operational in January 2014.
Together with the global investment firm KKR, and Recurrent Energy, they...
