![Nissan Leaf in US - ChaDeMo Port [L] & J1772 Port [R]](https://i0.wp.com/www.greenoptimistic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/800px-Nissan_Leaf_Charging_Sockets_2012-04-01.jpg?resize=681%2C454&ssl=1 "No Standard for Electric Vehicle Chargers in EU Makes Adoption Difficult")
Every automaker wants to have it their way, but sometimes a universal standard makes things smoother for everyone. For example, before the mid-1990's every automaker had a different diagnostic port for computer communications and diagnostics.
If you wanted to diagnose...
Prius drivers often have one thing on their minds when they're signing the papers and taking their new keys in hand, that is, reducing fuel consumption. Reduced fuel consumption, of course, is better for your wallet as well as...
Nuclear power, essentially steam turbines driven by the fission of Uranium , is powerful, doesn't emit carbon-dioxide, and is reliable. On the other hand, nuclear disasters, such as Chernobyl in 1989, and Fukushima in 2011, point out the possibly...
In the post-Sandy aftermath, you've surely heard of Fisker and their loss of several million dollars-worth of hybrid cars. Karma, Fisker's flagship hybrid, costs about $100,000 and contains a V8 engine and an electric motor. However, it is not...
Artists from across Nepal created 75 art sculptures out of the 1.7 tonnes of trash collected from Mount Everest. The materials included empty oxygen bottles, food cans, torn tents, ropes, boots, plates, bags, and many other items dumped by...
With all these heated discussions going on across Europe about handling and dumping waste, it is almost unbelievable that Sweden is facing the exact opposite problem- there is not enough garbage.
The country has long history of recycling and incinerating...
General Motors decided to increase their range and sales of Electric vehicles by introducing new Smartphone Apps that will bring down the cost of charging.
The company has set a target to sell 500,000 EVs annually by 2017. They are...
Biologists at the University of California - San Diego disproves last month’s report of National Academy of Sciences to the Department of Energy that claimed algal biofuel production might be limited by freshwater, by demonstrating that marine algae can be bioengineered...
Hy9 and Altergy have announced a 3-year partnership and distribution agreement to develop and market a new integrated fuel processor for Altergy’s Freedom Power fuel cell system. Hy9 develops hydrogen systems and purifiers and Altergy develops proton exchange membrane...
The Gulf desert states are some of the largest greenhouse gas polluters in the world. Fossil fuels are consumed at record speed thanks to desalination, large-scale construction projects, and widespread air conditioner use. Projects fueled by the gas and...
