A few manufacturers have been working on autonomous vehicles, so-called "robot cars," that can drive themselves and avoid accidents. Nissan recently showed the NSC-2015 prototype electric vehicle at Japan's Cutting-Edge IT & Electronics Comprehensive Exhibition . The new prototype can...
A Romanian design team, made up of automotive journalist Dan Scarlat, designer Marian Cilibeanu, and engineer Cristian Ionescu, has come together to design a unique hybrid vehicle, the SCI hyMod. The hyMod is basically an electric vehicle, equipped with a 5 kWh battery...
People who care about the environment would always prefer to jump in an electric vehicle (EV) instead of a conventional one. Unfortunately, the cost of leaving a smaller carbon footprint is still quite high, preventing the sales of electric...
There is no single person who has never been in a situation when the battery of his electronic device ran out exactly when it is most needed. Here we would like to show you 10 ways to add that...
Thanks to Volta Industries, the eco-friendly image of Hawaii might just have been boosted up. By the end of the year, Volta plans to install twenty additional stations for charging electric vehicles on the island, bringing the total number...
Everyone knows that the price you pay for a vehicle isn't the only cost. Cost-to-own can vary significantly from vehicle to vehicle, and includes the price of the car, insurance, interest, fuel, maintenance, and repairs. Tobacco has a lifecycle...
The National Ignition Facility in California, US, is the world's leading nuclear fusion research lab. Fusion is the stuff stars are made of, literally. Heat energy in the billions of degrees, and pressure in the billions of atmospheres,...
Once again, scientists forewarn us of the consequences of global warming unless greenhouse gases emissions cease. By 2050, they predict that more than 600 species of fish will shrink in terms of maximum body weight by 14% to 24%...
Brisbane Materials of Australia has recently developed a 110-nm thick anti-reflection coating with refractive index of 1.25 that they claim to be the most cost-effective and highest performing coating to date, improving a photovoltaic cell’s efficiency by as much...
Economists at the University of Chicago and MIT published a study, which reports an annual cost of $21 billion for manufacturing companies, due to enlarged environmental regulations. Although cleaner air and improvements in U.S public health are now clearly...
