According to a recent report by the US Environmental Protection Agency , in-use carbon dioxide emissions don't tell the whole story of lithium-ion battery packs.
Lithium-ion battery packs are the current best-technology for just about all electric vehicles and even some hybrid...
Having an electric vehicle ticks all 'green' boxes and yet there is a very limited number of these on the road. The reason for this is very simple. There are hardly enough plug-in stations around to allow freedom of...
Over the years, building a sustainable planet has become more and more important with countries all over the world actively joining the fight to combat climate change and build an environmentally friendly future for us all. As sustainability has...
In order to test out a theory, Nissan is preparing to offer what could be the cheapest Nissan Leaf lease ever, just $150/mo.
The Nissan Leaf isn't selling like hotcakes like the company was hoping, but this new lease offer...
The XL1 owes its unspeakably awesome fuel economy to the generous application of supercar technology. Question: How do you make the most of the engine power in a supercar? Answer: Make it lighter.
Some look at hybrid electric vehicle technology and...
Automotive alternative fuels like hydrogen fuel cell vehicles could actually be easier to implement than electric vehicles, but still suffer from the same infrastructure problems.
Actually, electric vehicle infrastructure is becoming more commonplace, but it's still a game of Catch-22....
The increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has not only bad effects for the environment. A new study based on satellite data shows that deserts seem to get back to life, as a process known as "green...
At the beginning of the 90's, cold fusion was one of the world's favorite topics. At the time, Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons had seemingly obtained excess heat in an electrolysis experiment made with heavy water on the surface...
German highways are in for a makeover, as German chancellor Angela Merkel has set a very ambitious target of 1 million electric vehicles on the German roads by 2020.
Last week during an international forum in Berlin, the chancellor expressed...
An interesting one self-driving system comes from researchers at Oxford University, who claim that their self-driving vehicle can adjust to weather conditions. In addition to this, the technology can be retrofitted to existing cars, and could be purchased for as little...
