The New York Taxi Fleet to Increase with 300 Hybrids per Month
New York authorities hurry to increase the city fleet taxis with a rate of 300 new hybrid cars per month, announced mayor Michael...
Air Powered Motors: Small as Watermelons, More Efficient than Diesel
If you watch The Green Optimistic you already know that we covered air cars in previous posts, both MDI CAT's and the Angelo DiPietro air motor. The first time we wrote about these inventions was about 6 months ago. Now, MDI and Angelo DiPietro have contracts all over the world with auto makers to sell them the compressed air technology so automakers do what they do best: cars.
Ze-O: Very Cheap European Electric Car
The british company Nice Car will present next week at the Auto Salon of Great Britain, in world premiere, the little Ze-O, an MPV-type vehicle, fully electric, available from the next year for families with a lower budget.
500hp Dodge Viper vs Laptop Battery-Powered "Tzero"
See who wins this astonishing race between a 500hp racing car and an electric car powered only by 7000 laptop batteries.
Toyota Prius Will Have Solar Panels by Next Year
Toyota Motor Corp. announced that it will introduce an air conditioning system based on solar energy to the new Prius models next year. General Motors (GM), on the other hand, will launch the small environment-friendly Chevrolet Beat.
Tata Motors is Expected to Release an Air-Powered Nano
For those who don't now, Nano is a car from the Indian company Tata Motors. This mini car would sell at $2500 and will have new green features that would please many eco-savvy people. As some latest news say, Tata will release an air-powered model, running a compressed air engine from MDI Enterprises.
Renault&Nissan to Make Electric Cars and Infrastructure for Portugal
Several weeks ago we presented an article about Denmark having too much energy available by exploiting their wind farms. At that time we knew that Denmark wants to make an electric vehicle recharge infrastructure for use in their future electric cars.
Revetec Controlled Combustion Engine: 50% less fuel, 100% power
A better combustion engine is the one recently patented by Revetec, a small company from Australia. Their engine has been tested by independent parties. It has the same power as an ordinary engine, but it consumes half the fuel and it weights 50% less. It's also smaller than the average car engine.
Pratt & Whitney`s Geared Jet Engine Turbo-Fan to Burn 15% Less Fuel
One of the biggest names in aviation, Pratt & Whitney, spent almost twenty years developing the geared turbofan engine that burns 12 to 15% less fuel than other jet engines. The new turbofan engine also cuts carbon dioxide emissions by 1,500 tons/plane yearly.
Car Sharing in Paris to Go Electric by 2009
The city of Paris will adopt a new way of transport until the end of 2009. Mayor Bertrand Delanoi« announced last week that the...
