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The guys from Solar Impulse have just revealed the record winning route, which they intend to travel by the new and improved Solar Impulse 2. The plane will not use any fuel, which will make it the first ever...
With the introduction of the new Ford F-150 and its lighter aluminum body work, many had come to the conclusion that Ford would introduce aluminum across the lineup to improve fuel economy. Not so, says Ford Motor Company executive Joe...
Justin Capra, the original inventor of the jetpack and the 784 mpg car died yesterday at the age of 81. We wrote a couple of articles on Justin Capra - most of his inventions have been focused on transportation. He...
Saturday morning, an oil pipeline burst outside of Glendive, Montana, resulting in an oil spill, some 300 to 1,200 barrels of oil, some of which made it into the Yellowstone River. Unfortunately, oil. Regarding this particular oil spill, Bridger Pipeline...
Especially for commuters, plummeting gasoline prices are common and welcome knowledge, but will it kill the electric car? For some analysts, opponents, and plain old haters, falling gasoline prices would have to be the “killing blow” to the electric car....
While it has been long known that climate change is effecting sea level rise, it seems that the measurements haven’t been quite accurate over the last century, making recent corrections a cause for alarm. There’s a good reason that “climate...
A mall developer in the Philippines may as well have “paved paradise to put up a parking lot” as it cut down trees to build an eco-friendly wing (sic). This was done even as Pope Francis proclaimed en route...
After launching a new line of buses at the Hanover fair last September, Polish bus maker Solaris plans to make a 24 meter long (79 foot) electric bus that also uses fuel cells for power. The train of a bus...
The founder of Tesla Motors and Space X, Elon Musk, is setting his sights back on Earth by ramping up his epic plans to develop what he has called a fourth mode of transportation aside from planes, trains and...
Generating energy to charge and power devices or household appliances for free is the ultimate dream of many. Here are a few ideas of how to achieve this at home, or at least get close to it. The thing is,...