By now it's no longer old news when we talk about yet another electric vehicle company going down, such as A123 Systems, CODA Motors, Better Place, and now Fisker Automotive.
Bob Lutz, previously of General Motors and the driving force...
Good breaking news today: Tesla Motors repaid its entire loan to the U.S. Department of Energy that it received in 2010. This ends all kinds of malicious talks about them not having money or the government failing to back...
A new study released Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change found that in the 2020s, heat-related mortality may rise by up to 20%. In the very worst cases, by the 2080s, that number might rise to 90%.
The study...
![Japan's First [of 100] Hydrogen Fuel Station Went Live Last Month](https://i0.wp.com/www.greenoptimistic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/japan-h2-fueling-station.jpg?resize=455%2C304&ssl=1 "Japan’s Hydrogen Fuel Infrastructure is World’s Most Advanced")
As automakers gear up to release even limited numbers of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, perhaps the biggest struggle will be getting infrastructure in place.
Electric vehicles have pretty much the same problem right now, with limited opportunities for fast charging...
In business, sometimes death comes from a series of unfortunate events, as seems to have happened with Fisker Automotive.
It's been a story long in coming, but the end result is that Fisker Automotive can't produce any vehicles. In...
Take a look at your mobile device. Other than worrying about battery life and data plan overages, have you ever thought about the energy efficiency of the network itself?
In our ever-increasingly connected world, many have come to rely...
A German engineer is planning to utilize the pressure difference between the seafloor and the sea surface in order to create a new highly efficient energy storage system.
Rainer Shramm, and co-founder of the company Subhydro AS, together experts from...
A new study reveals that vehicle emissions affect the levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, leading to hardening of arteries and increased risk of artery clogging.
The study will be released in the June's issue of the the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis...
Algae-based fuels are still a very expensive idea and the technology behind their production is not yet ready to compete with fossil fuels, according to the latest press release by Synthetic Genomics.
ExxonMobil was the company, which hired Synthetic Genomics...
The Vancouver City Council and Parks Board works hard to through on programs to support the Greenest City 2020 initiative by attracting green building projects, increasing staff commuting options, sourcing local food for city cafeterias, and planning community based...
