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The Highway Trust Fund, among other funds of its type, depends on fuel taxes, but what happens when the funds dry up, thanks to more fuel-efficient vehicles on the roads? For decades, it seemed that the best way to fund...
On the 22nd of January, 2014, at the 2014 Washington Auto Show, Green Car Journal will announce the winner of the 2014 Green Car Technology of the Year Award. Until then, we've been offering insight into these technologies, ten nominees,...
Although biomimicry has been around for quite some time, the products that scientists can develop inspired by nature never seize to amaze. One such example comes from German scientists from the Foundry Institute of the RWTH Aachen University and...
New York City is about to become the proud owner of the biggest wastewater biogas plant, which will supply sustainable energy to the national grid, thanks to the Newtown Creek project. The new technology is a real breakthrough, which...
In spite of the proven-disastrous-to-the-environment track record of oil pipelines, a new pipeline has been approved for construction in Canada. The evidence shows that all phases of the petroleum business are bad for the environment, including drilling, transport, refining, and...
Coming Soon! Green Car Journal will name the winner of the 2014 Green Car Technology of the Year Award. In just a few short weeks, one of ten nominees will be announced at the 2014 Washington Auto Show, and...
For the most part, conventional power producers have been safe from the threat of “free” solar power energy producers, but a recent collaboration between Tesla Motors and SolarCity could up the threat level. Solar power has always had a few...
Aside from the price of the hydrogen fuel cell alone, another obstacle to a hydrogen future would have to be the lack of infrastructure. If you have a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, you have to stay pretty close to one...
If it isn't one thing, it's another, but that's not preventing Tesla Motors from making changes to address things that are not even under its control, such as the charging station a Tesla Model S is plugged into. Many people...
In slightly less than a month, at the 2014 Washington Auto Show, Green Car Journal will announce this year's winner of the 2014 Green Car Technology of the Year Award. We've been considering the ten nominees, one by one, such...