A few months ago, Smart has unveiled an amazing electric car concept dubbed ForSpeED, at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. Now, the same company said it is planning to launch its first electrically assisted bicycle, unveiled at the Paris...
A team of researchers from the Lafayette campus of the University of Louisiana have not only gotten used to the idea of putting plant oil (biodiesel) into their tanks, but are also thinking how they could convert alligator fat...
Scientists at the University of Victoria (UVic) are creating the first North American ship to integrate all sorts of electricity for power. They plan to convert an old coast guard vessel into a "green ship" that will be powered...
The Australian National University (ANU) has recently developed wearable lightweight solar panels that will be used by Australian soldiers in order to power their devices in the field. The panels are able to convert light directly into energy using...
The Schluckspecht E, a 100% German electric car has recently succeeded hitting record after record and breaking them all by running exactly 1,631.5 kilometers (1,013.8 miles) on a Bosch-owned test track from Boxberg, Germany. What's more interesting is that...
A team of researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University has invented the most power-friendly integrated circuit so far, by combining spintronics and straintronics. The circuit needs so little energy to run that it doesn't even need a battery - it...
One of Ford's factories in the UK, the Dagenham Diesel Engine Assembly Line, is going green (actually, greener) with the installation of a third wind turbine to power its needs, doubling the CO2 savings from 2,500 tons to 5,000...
Zimbabwe's electricity authority is planning a giveaway of around 5.5 million energy-saving CFLs in order to reduce their own energy consumption.
"We will give the compact fluorescent lamps for free in exchange for incandescent bulbs which we will destroy. This...
The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has recently unveiled country's first electric car, entering the EV industry. Called SKEV 1 (Signal Custom Electric Vehicle 1), the car is an improved version of the 1992 Honda Genio.
The body was modified...
A student team at the Ohio State University has announced plans to develop a new version of its high-speed electric vehicle, Buckeye Bullet, that they hope will reach a top speed of 400 mph.
The students claim that the Version...
