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Recyclable milk cartons, made entirely from plant-based plastics, are about to hit Finnish supermarket shelves before the end of January. The maker, Tetra Pak, proudly refers to the cartons as the "world's first fully renewable carton package". Finally, finally! The...
BYD is taking high-performance hybrid SUVs to the next level by entering the cheap car market with the heavy Tang 542. The car has the comfort one expects from a high end SUV along with 505 horsepower, four wheel drive, and a quite boast-worthy...
This new 80-day race starts from Europe and requires that contestants meet the same time conditions, and they can do so in any order. The only rule is that no fossil fuels are used. We’ve all heard of the story...
Tesla Motors has long been chastised for its adoption of the direct-sales model, much to the dismay of many automobile dealer associations. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, at the 2015 Automotive News World Congress (link might be behind a paywall),...
Iranian restaurant, built from salt, sets a new trend in eco-friendly building and design. The salt is derived from local salt mines and a salt lake and has double function- 'green' building material and air-purifier. The idea for the clever design...
On a recent visit to Michigan, Musk stated again his belief that electric cars are just ‘fundamentally better’ than gas guzzling cars, and noting that they ought to be the way of the future. Given Tesla’s currently tiny market share...
A company called Lucid Energy has already installed four underground turbines in Portland's water pipes and connected them to the grid. They produce enough energy to power over 150 local homes from what they call "in-pipe hydropower." Green energy is...
You know that the world is about to change when a plug in hybrid pick-up truck enters production. Yet this reality has come to fruition, the truck itself being produced by VIA Motors, and apparently already 40 of them...
New competition for Uber and Lyft has popped up in Cincinnati where a new competitor called Drivr has begun to use modern electric Tesla cars in their taxi service. This is generally good news for the development of renewable resources,...
A new streetlights concept by a team of Spanish researchers and entrepreneurs, holds the potential to revolutionize the energy efficiency plans of urban environments. What makes the new design different and much more promising than existing ones, is the...