In spite of a strong effort on the part of Tesla Motors and others, a bill to allow direct sales, that is, outside of the dealer network, never even made it to the floor of the Texas Legislature.
Ostensibly, we...
European energy policy is in dire straits. The fact that Spain is in the process of cutting subsidies for renewable energy production points to the slow decline of green initiatives in Europe.
The European solar industry grew too big too...
With the recent news that Fisker Automotive is looking at bankruptcy, the next obvious step, aside from selling off assets, is to figure out who is to blame.
Fisker Automotive and A123 Systems could be inextricably linked in the minds...
Siemens, basically the General Electric of Germany, has a lot of stake in renewable energy, from generators to energy storage.
Siemens recently started a supercapacitor regenerative braking project in Portland. It helps to reduce the demand and spiking that occur...
Sales of plug-in electric vehicles have been on the rise, 69% more this May compared to last, but is this a good thing?
Part of these increases could be attributed to the seasonal shift in gasoline prices, because seasonal travel...
Better Place, the Israel-based company that we've been talking about lately and that proposes battery swapping instead of charging, has seemingly found a savior in the person of Yosef Abramowitz, aka "Captain Sunshine."
Abramowitz, known for building Israel's first commercial...
Experts from leading scientific institutes in Japan and Britain claim that severity of floods on some of the major rivers in south-east Asia, Africa and South America will increase dramatically. The Danube, the Mississippi, and the Euphrates will become...
Students from Brigham Young University (BYU) designed a car which can travel almost 1,700 miles on as little as one gallon of fuel. The super-vehicle took part in the SAE Supermileage Competition last weekend (6-7th June, 2013) in Michigan.
As...
The US Military is heavily involved in technology to assure US independence, which includes biofuels and other alternatives.
The thing is, if any one country has a hold on a key commodity, such as fuel, then all they need to...
In order to make use of all the energy in a moving system, like a hybrid electric vehicle, for example, regenerative braking converts the forward momentum of the vehicle into electricity.
Energy is never lost, but it can be wasted,...
