With all the talk about fuel economy regulations and building more fuel efficient vehicles, Bob Lutz explains that we're attacking the problem from the wrong angle.
Everyone in the automobile industry by now is familiar with Bob Lutz, former chairman...
The environmental group Oil Change International (OCI) analyzed the climate change impacts of the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline and discovered that it would move so much tar sands oil that 181 million metric tons of greenhouse gases would be...
Since Tesla Motors proved the electric vehicle could be cool and capable, what could possibly interest us more than if it was half the price? Well, no, the Fiat 500e isn't even in the same class as the Model...
When you're paying $600/yr for a Tesla Motors Service Plan, the least you would expect them to do is to offer loaner vehicles while your Tesla Model S is in the shop.
Most dealership service centers offer loaner vehicles for...
A new nanotech hybrid solar cell developed by Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology and Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea, generates electricity from light as well as from sound.
“The best of both worlds” is a common term when it comes...
One problem that hydrogen fuel has is the efficiency of the system by which it is produced, mainly electrically or chemically, but what if there was a naturally-occurring source of hydrogen?
This is one reason why some believe that hydrogen...
University of Missouri engineer Randy Curry has developed a plasma generator that can send a ring of plasma out a couple of feet into open air, instead of the normal requirement of vacuum tubing and magnetic fields.
Energy research is...
With the ability to put solar power anywhere just like a bumper sticker, the possibilities for solar power just expanded.
Thin-film solar power, it was thought, were as thin as could be, but a combination of processes developed jointly between...
After years and many thousands of miles, the hybrid and electric vehicle lithium-ion battery pack performance starts to degrade, but they can't just be thrown into the nearest landfill.
This is a problem that conscientious consumers and automakers are struggling...
As technology progresses, and wind power is becoming less expensive, the demand for larger wind farms increases. Alongside with growth comes a new challenge: the profit that needs to be obtained is in direct correlation with the accuracy with...
