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Green Car Journal's 2014 Green Car Technology of the Year Award will be announced soon, but at least we know the ten nominees, which we've been considering for the last few days. Which green car technology is best? Which will...
Have you heard of the plastisphere? It is a real thing. And it is an entirely new ecosystem in the Pacific that we, the greatest polluters on the planet, have created by disposing of plastics without control or a...
Team of scientists from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory discovered a new method, which allows us to study the way electricity flows through a rechargeable battery. By using transmission electron microscopy, a technique very well known to biologists, who...
Electric vehicles are just shy of being silent which, in a noise-rich urban setting, can be major pedestrian hazard. Bicycles are also silent, but the chance of injury or death due to bicycle impact are just shy of 0%, on...
One of the most valuable automobile manufacturers in the world, Tesla Motors is valued at around $20 billion, which begs the question, does anyone have the cash to buy such a successful company? Entrepreneur Elon Musk doesn't hold on to...
The days are winding down until Green Car Journal's announcement of the winner of the 2014 Green Car Technology of the Year Award, which will take place January 22nd, on the second day of the 2014 Washington Auto Show. We...
In a couple of weeks, at the 2014 Washington Auto Show, Green Car Journal will announce the winner of the 2014 Green Car Technology of the Year Award, and we've been covering the ten technology nominees. So far, we've seen...
The world needs electric vehicles but, in spite of skyrocketing sales, the general public is still fairly unaware of them. For example, most people still think electric vehicles are basically limited to golf carts and minicars. According to a recent...
It's one thing to say that “your mileage may vary” (YMMV) but, when confronted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), at least a couple of companies have admitted to overstating the fuel economy of their vehicles. The EPA doesn't test...
According to some recent words on Kelley Blue Book, electric vehicles will depreciate much faster than their conventional counterparts. Kelley Blue Book (KBB) ought to be known to practically anyone who has ever bought or sold a new or used...