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Solar and Wind Farms Sharing Equipment to Become More Cost-Efficient
A team of researchers at the University of Western Ontario has developed a new way to use solar and wind power installations to reduce costs and improve their cost efficiency. Two Ontario power companies have already signed on to use the new technology.
19 Year-Old James Tuchel Creates H2O Hybrid Vehicle
According to James, the car uses the properties in drinking water to increase fuel economy by up to 30 % while dramatically reducing harmful exhaust emissions.
ZERO Race: Electric Vehicles Team Up for 80-Day Trip Around the World
Electric car enthusiasts don't miss a chance to show the world what their beliefs are, and that their vehicles can even take them for a clean ride around the world - the cleanest ride ever.
Ballard’s Hydrogen Fuel Cell Generator to Power 500 Ohio Homes
According to the company, this giant generator (large as a tractor trailer truck) is planned to be shipped to Ohio where it will be plugged into the power grid. Also being powered by hydrogen, it has a source of energy that can be extracted from a clean natural resource such as water.
Hydrogen Makes Metals Brittle: Fraunhofer Researchers Improving Material Technologies
Being the core of the dispute between early electric car adopters, hydrogen may be the solution to the electric movement, eventually even beating batteries by cleanliness. The technology behind hydrogen powered cars poses a few issues, though.
Want to Ride a Pedal-Powered Electric Vehicle for a Few Bucks? Go To Rome!
I visited Rome last week and went to Villa Borghese just to find that I could too rent one of those pedal-powered vehicles for 10 euros an hour. You can't imagine the excitement and thrill I had - I write about this kind of stuff every day but never got the chance to actually ride something truly electric.
HumanCar: The $15,500 Human/Electric Hybrid Vehicle Accepting Reservations
As it was initially designed, the HumanCar is a 2 to 4 seats vehicle that is powered by moving your body back and forth and not by pedaling. The movement charges a battery than runs an electric motor.
EnerSolar Street Lights: Solar Powered, Self-Contained LED Lighting Systems
As they state in a press release, there's no need to install anything else besides a box, like batteries, solar panels or the lights themselves. Everything is self-contained and ready to be mounted on any lighting pole through by the use of an universal mount. One full charge lasts for three nights.
New Mysterious Battery Technology From MIT Professor Cuts Price by 85%
Having received $6 million from ARPA-E and $10 million from venture-capital funding, 24M (whose name stands for "24 molar") is working with Rutgers University and MIT. Yet-Ming Chiang, the materials professor from MIT, who also founded A123 Systems, is behind the wheel and doesn't yet reveal any in-depth technical details about the new battery.
DeLaSalle All-Electric Vehicle to Set a New World Record for Efficiency
A group of engineers at Bridgestone America's Technical Center in Akron, along with students from DeLaSalle School in Kansas City have recently developed a new all-electric car which has been successfully tested on Bridgestone's Texas Proving Grounds.
