Electric Vehicle Batteries Cheaper Than Expected
One of the biggest things holding back sales of electric vehicles is the price of the battery. Sure, you save money on gas and...
New Lithium Sulfur Battery is Cheaper, Lacks Titanium
I don't think that being bulletproof, and having nothing to lose, is a characteristic desired of batteries. But a revolutionary new material will soon...
Blue Freedom – the Smallest Portable Hydropower Plant
A new tiny portable hydropower plant offers a super fast alternative to solar and kinetic energy powered back-up chargers.
Back-up power devices have grown in...
Lithium-Ion Battery Enhanced with Recycled Packing Peanuts – Purdue University
Purdue University researchers stumbled upon an even better electrode material than currently used in the lithium-ion battery, made even better because it involved recycled...
Nissan Leaf “TRON Edition” on Dutch Smart Highway
Here at The Green Optimistic, we love solar power, and it turns out that lots of Nissan Leaf owners love solar power, too.
We already...
Self-storing Solar Power Possible with Graphene, says Sunvault Energy
Graphene, in concept, has been around since the latter half of the 1800s, but it wasn’t until just over a decade ago that scientists...
BYD’s New Gigafactory Could Lower Lithium-Ion Battery Prices
As discussed, one of the things that keeps electric vehicles expensive, particularly with regard to their range per charge, is the price of lithium-ion...
Electric Vehicle Battery Prices Forced Down by VW
Demand and deployment for electric vehicles remains low, but automakers tend to agree that the technology could be the biggest shift in automotive technology...
Space Based Solar Power Brought a Step Closer to Earth
Capturing and sending solar power from space has just gotten real, as a the team of Japanese scientists demonstrated wireless transmission of energy from space...
NASA’s New Solar Powered Space Travel Device Violates Laws of Physics
NASA just discovered that science classes nowadays are actually obsolete. A principle that violates any rule of physics known to man has recently been...
