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Australia is experiencing climate extremes in the Eastern and Western agricultural regions making vineyard owners very nervous. Eastern Australia, one of the countries longstanding regions for producing grapes is experiencing torrential rains. Rainfall is way above average in the region....
It has been a challenge for decades until the time being, to avid solar cell innovators and scientists, how to tweak the design and what material to use, just to completely absorbed the wide solar spectrum of about 300...
Fuel efficiency targets are still a big focus for automakers. At the Detroit Auto Show, vehicles with engines that are just as powerful as years before are being shown off, but with a smaller size and less gas consumption. Carmakers have...
A NASA spacecraft has set a new record for longest distance traveled when using solar power. Juno, the first solar powered spacecraft, was launched in 2011. On Wednesday, it was around 493 million miles away from the sun. Juno was...
I've seen a lot of Tesla Model S test drives, but I've never seen this Russian guy who, although he really loves this car, takes it through mud, reveals all the kinds of faults the car has and then puts...
A novel innovation of battery made out of molten metal was developed by MIT. Its vision is to cater the expanding solar and wind generation. The said battery is designed to store energy on the electric grid. The basic...
Did you know Samsung had its own business unit dedicated to batteries? Samsung SDI previewed a prototype design at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit recently. The prototype, a Samsung electric vehicle battery, was designed to improve the driving...
Another day at the North American International Auto Show, another cool thing to show. Toyota Motor Corp showed off a conceptual “connected” vehicle, which uses satellites for communication. The concept car was developed based on the Toyota Mirai FCV, a hydrogen...
Thinking about an electric vehicle but haven’t pulled the trigger yet? We’ve outlined five electric vehicle benefits to help you make your decision: Reducing Emissions In the state of Utah alone, vehicle emissions contribute to almost half of the total amount...
The solar powered aircraft, Solar Impulse 2, hasn’t yet finished the journey around the world, but next steps are already being considered for new aircraft. The team that built the plane are mulling over not only the fate of Solar...