TGER: the Machine that Turns Trash into Electricity
TGER is the name of the trash-eating machine. It uses multiple technologies to fuel a standard 60-kilowatt electrical generator.
Very Fast Battery Chargers for Future Electric Vehicles
Chrysalix Energy invested several million dollars in a Dutch-based maker of ultrafast battery chargers that aim the market of electric cars and plug-in hybrids. Epyon B.V.,produced a "supercharge" technology that reduces the charge time of lithium-ion batteries 20 times below the times reached by current chargers.
Mazda Hydrogen Car – to be Tested on Japan’s Roads
Mazda is in the process of testing a car that runs on both hydrogen and gasoline (it's a dual fuel system). They're allowed to test the car on the public roads from Japan.
Nanotube Solar Cells Improve Efficiency 10 Times
Nanotechnology seems to help a lot in solar cells improvement. Recent research in solar cell technology shows that a film of carbon nanotubes could replace two of the layers normally used in a solar cell, with improved performance and reduced costs.
Nanosolar’s Flexible Solar Panels – a GigaWatt Promise Kept
Remember Nanosolar? I wrote on article on them a few months ago, telling that they invented a light sensitive thin layer, that could be imprinted on various flexible surfaces and then used as solar batteries. They kept their word to it.
Home Made Refueling Station for Honda FCX Clarity
It is essentially an electric car. Everyone's talking about their fears that they don't have hydrogen refueling stations around, forgetting that we have water all around us.
Toyota Prius Batteries: Not Enough of Them!
Toyota has announced they just don't have the necessary capacity to produce the batteries they're required to put in the already ordered Priuses.
GM Hy-Wire Fuel Cell Vehicle Tested by Top Gear
...and here's the HyWire technology, the one the world has been talking about in the last few months. It's a concept made by General Motors, there is only one example of it made, and it runs on fuel cell power. I mean... hydrogen power.
Japanese Car Runs Exclusively on Water!
The Japanese company Genepax has unveiled a car that runs exclusively on water. They even have a working prototype that was showed off in front of the press. They claim that using only one liter of water it can run with 80km/h.
General Motors to Open Hydrogen Fueling Station Near LAX
Despite all the accusations that blame them not caring for, it seems like General Motors is getting more and more involved in the making of a fueling infrastructure for their fuel cell cars. GM has already invested heavily in two different ethanol companies (Coskata and Mascoma). Now they have partnered with Clean Energy Fuels Corp. to open a hydrogen fueling station near the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The stationshould be operational by 2008 fall.
