![Buy the Nissan Leaf - Lease the Battery [at least only in the EU]](https://i0.wp.com/www.greenoptimistic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Fullscreen-capture-4222013-110745-AM.bmp.jpg?resize=681%2C317&ssl=1 "Nissan Leaf’s Battery Lease Program to Start in Europe")
Instead of paying for it up front, buyers can opt for a Nissan Leaf battery lease program, with just a couple of restrictions.
For 2012, the best-selling pure electric vehicle was the Nissan Leaf. What better way of increasing adoption of...
Worldwide, there are just over 200 hydrogen refueling stations, which reflects the addition of just 27 stations in 2012.
There are probably just as many hydrogen fuel cell vehicles on the road, which doesn't include fleet operators with private hydrogen...
We've talked a lot about fuel economy legislation in the past, but does it really work on the business side of things? Perhaps more importantly, does fuel economy legislation, such as the CAFE regulations for 2017 and 2025,...
Graphene has been touted as the ultimate supermaterial - better conductivity, one-atom thickness, stronger-than-steel mechanical performance etc. However, Rice scientists have discovered recently that graphene may not be so mechanically potent, after all.
Graphene is made of a single sheet...
Fumes from gas-powered cars (diesels, mostly) can harm your health seriously if you live near high-trafficked roads. Fine particle matter (PM) emitted by ICE engines enter your lungs and access even the deepest parts of them, as they're just...
Denmark-based BIG recently came first in an international competition to design a next green-roofed city. The design, known as Europa City, would be located in the Paris area, and would be made up of a park combining the iconic...
On Wednesday, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said that low-carbon energy development is progressing far too slowly to have any limiting effect on global warming.
Governments are not taking quick enough action, and power generation is still dominated by the...
For the most part, electric vehicles use an invertor to change the direct current coming from the battery pack to alternating current to power the electric motor.
Direct current motors are more efficient than alternating current motors, but...
With concerns over lithium-ion battery flammability and toxicity, adoption of electric and electrified vehicles has been slower than it could have been.
Case in point: Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Fisker Karma*. In response to this, manufacturers have been researching how...
Hydrogen fuel used in hydrogen fuel cells, as a replacement for natural gas, or even in an internal combustion engine, burns clean and emits zero carbon dioxide.
This is great news for those concerned about increasing carbon dioxide emissions, but...
