Kia is set to make an electric version of the Soul in 2014 from the 2013 model. The Kia Soul is an urban cross-over that is smaller than an SUV and is lower to the ground. The 2014...
Methane (CH4) is a far more dangerous greenhouse gas than CO2, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The IPCC’s latest report, released this past Monday, reports that methane is 34 times stronger a heat-trapping gas than CO2...
Stock prices and public perception are fickle things and, after a recent Tesla Model S fire, Tesla Motors stock dropped some 6%.
Thanks to the internet, everyone in the world can get a glimpse of your worst mistake, and it...
Currently, Ford Motor Company has three plug-in vehicles, including the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle Ford Fusion Energi, C-Max Energi, and a pure electric vehicle, the Focus EV. Regarding these plug-in vehicles, it takes a few months to adjust...
Electric vehicles, such as the Tesla Model S and Nissan Leaf, may indeed be the future of automotive transportation, but hybrid vehicles, such as the Toyota Prius and Chevy Volt, may be the stepping-stone that consumers and manufacturers need...
It is finally here. Fuel made of methane extracted from landfills goes on sale in 40 stations across California. Clean Energy Fuels, the company that started this, has the aim to expand the network nationwide and sell around 15...
Scientists from Britain’s University of Southampton found diesel fumes may be disrupting the honeybees’ ability to recognize certain flowers and pollinate. Not only does this threaten the survival of honeybee populations, but there are also concerns of a...
Research from the University of California, Santa Barbara has led to an alternative LED lighting that is just as bright, high-powered, and energy efficient, but powered by a laser diode and inorganic phosphors.
The research was published in the journal...
Generating power from water droplets in the atmosphere may just become one of the most striking and promising discoveries of the year. In a study funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the MIT researcher Nenad Milijkovic and team...
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have found that tristructural-isotropic (TRISO) fuel is much safer and robust than any other nuclear fuel when used in nuclear reactors. This breakthrough...
