The overall performance and fuel economy of any vehicle is determined by the complex interaction of engine power, aerodynamics, weight, and drag, among other things, and automakers are continually looking for ways to tweak these.
When it comes to weight,...
Like many solar power startups, Siva Power started with some big dreams, but after the Chinese glut of cheap solar panels, Siva needed to change direction.
At first, under the name Solexant, the company was focusing on thin-film photovoltaic solar...
Third time is a charm, people say, and they are not wrong. After two failed attempts, a devastating one back in 2009, and another just a day before the actual take-off, NASA finally sent to space the Orbiting Carbon...
Various objects that can charge your electronic gadgets using solar power, while you are doing something completely different, seem to be making an appearance at every (other) designer fair.
But while displaying what you have done in the local gallery...
Despite all efforts and technological advances, pollution still remains one of the major environmental problems. A lot of attention has been directed towards limiting emissions and greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, but solid waste on the ground is...
I sure hope Tesla Motors gives us some more solid information on what its third production model will be like, but so far we can glean a few things about it.
For example, we were somewhat disappointed to learn that...
Current electric vehicle range is limited by how much energy you can stuff into them, that is, the energy density of the battery pack, which also explains range anxiety.
For example, gasoline has an energy density of about 12.8 kWh/kg...
Perhaps to be a little clearer, the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern produces some 120% of its energy needs from renewable energy sources, exporting the rest to other states in the country.
Germany is already known for its outstanding efforts in...
The attention that has been paid on plastic pollution over the course of the past few years has grown incredibly. Nevertheless, for every article talking about means and ways to recycle and reuse the least bio-degradable material of all,...
For decades, scientists have been trying to at least prevent desertification from escalating further, if not to reverse it. Unfortunately, all their efforts have been ineffective, and have only resulted in a handful of scientific articles that outline the...
