Carlos Ghosn, Nissan Motor Company's CEO, isn't all that worried about Nissan Leaf's poor sales numbers. The 20,000-unit sales goal isn't anywhere close to being realistic this year. As of October, not even 7,000 units had been sold, even...
Electric vehicle batteries are expensive for a number of reasons, in addition to all the science and engineering that goes into them, they are also made up of materials and chemicals that are expensive, scarce, and difficult to...
Many manufacturers have been turning to electrification in order to reduce emissions, from the Toyota Prius and Nissan Leaf to high end cars like the BMW i-series and Fisker Karma. Other manufacturers have followed their lead, leading to the...
New research published in the journal Science earlier this week reveals that heat can travel like waves through new nanostructures called ‘superlattices’.
Heat usually travels in the very difficult to control “random walk”. The team of scientists at the MIT's Department of Mechanical...
Three brand new hybrid systems were presented by the Japanese giant “Honda”, each covering a different need of individual customers. It seems hybrid technology takes over a large part of Honda’s future plans.
Each hybrid serves multitude of uses in...
Engineers at Stony Brook University in New York have won a national award for developing an energy harvestor that significantly reduces railroads’ carbon dioxide emissions. The harvestor may even save $10 million in New York trackside power supply costs...
Four San Francisco gas stations got a surprise this week. The bay area company, Solazyme, made algae-based biofuels available to drivers. Their product, Biodiesel B20, is 80% petroleum and 20% algae. Amazingly, any diesel vehicle can use the emissions-lowering...
Mine waste has unexplored greenhouse gas trapping potential with a great economic value. According to Michael Hitch, a mining engineer and geologist at University of British Columbia, if mining companies recognize the potential, they could be able to offset...
Climatological data from the past 50 years uncover unexpected ecological trends observed in the northern hardwood forest in New England. These might change the composition as well as plant and animal biodiversity of the forest. Furthermore, these might serve as...
At the Electronica trade fair in Munich (13 – 16 November), researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM in Bremen is presenting a striking innovation. A printed thermogenerator, manufactured by the team, which deposits...
