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We've been following Tesla Motors for a while, covering both its successes and its failures. Wait, failures? Tesla Motors is the most successful electric vehicle startup of, well, all time! No, I'm not talking about their technology or marketing strategy...
China's economic growth could be described as quick and dirty. China's growth has been great for the economy, but not so much for the environment. The strategy in the past could be summed up as “growth at all costs,” but...
The implications of possible sea level rise yet again made the headlines, as an article published by Jeff Goodell in Rolling Stone last week  revealed what would happen to Miami if the predictions of 12-feet rise come true. As stated...
A battery made of tin coated wood developed at the University of Maryland is rated as high as most sodium-ion nanobatteries in terms of lifespan. In addition to this, the new battery is almost 1,000 times thinner than a sheet...
Solar cars, for the most part, have merely been test projects, nothing that anyone would actually drive anywhere. One small group in Australia thinks otherwise, and is planning to move into normal-car territory. University of South Wales in Sydney, Australia,...
No responsible business does anything without considering what it's going to do to their bottom line, including environmental responsibility. According to a study completed by the World Wildlife Fund and the Carbon Disclosure Project , US corporations can act...
It is now widely believed that Indonesian palm oil companies are intentionally starting forest fires to clear land for palm oil plantations. As if this were not bad enough, these widespread forest fires are causing record-breaking hazardous levels of...
Everyone knows that the rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack in the Nissan Leaf, or any other electric vehicle, only has a limited amount of cycles before it starts to lose capacity. This we've come to accept in small items like laptops...
Just a few hours ago, Elon Musk introduced to the world how Tesla stations will perform battery swapping, a totally new approach to Supercharging, if you can call it that way. The process, somewhat similar to Better Place's, takes...
Good news! More and more Americans care about energy efficient products. Over 50% of Americans have bought energy efficient appliances, 61% say they want an automobile that gets more than 30 mpg, and the majority of people are switching...