US aerospace company Lockheed Martin have signed an agreement with Reignwood Group, a resort developer based in Beijing, China, to construct an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) plant – the first of its kind in the world – off...
Sales of the Nissan Leaf in Australia haven't been all that great, but then the market is a fledgeling one. Perhaps better pricing will help to spur the market?
Americans may think that had a stranglehold on the muscle-car market...
When Elon Musk tweets about something, it usually becomes news for a day or two. But when he doesn't, people speculate. So it's been the case with Bloomberg and their anticipation of a self-driving car from Tesla. It looks...
A new paper on the theory of gravity published last week could revolutionize the world as we know it by demonstrating - through basic algebraic and geometric equations - the existence of a new energy reservoir: the spacetime.
It may...
The Spanish engineering company Abengoa announced that they will invest $110 million to build a plant, which will turn garbage into electricity. The new factory will be located in the city of Glendale, Arizona.
Abengoa states that the construction will...
Scientists from Argonne National Laboratory discovered that the efficiency of solar cells is reduced by traces of residue from the manufacturing process of organic photovoltaics.
Solar cells based on organic polymers, or the so-called organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs), are known to...
Ever wondered how it'd be like generating electricity while walking? A team of students at Rice University have created PediPower - a device that, embedded in the soles of your shoes, generate as much as 400 mW of power...
Chevy Volt sales have been fairly steady and has sold a bit over 26,000 units since its introduction, but the rumors were true, General Motors is “losing money on every one,” CEO Dan Akerson admits.
Losing money on every transaction...
The Nissan Leaf was originally released in 2010, so one wouldn't expect it due for any radical changes quite yet, but Nissan isn't sitting on its haunches waiting to release its latest enhancements.
Takeshi Miyamoto, a Nissan Electric Vehicle engineering...
Tesla Motors reported its first profitable quarter this year and looks to be well on its way to a second. Good news begets good news, and Tesla Motors stock reached a peak just shy of $60/shr yesterday.
Most of those...
