Middle Tennessee State University Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:38:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Forces of Nature: The Car Featuring Solar-Powered On-Board Hydrogen Production https://www.greenoptimistic.com/forces-of-nature-hydrogen-solar-power-20101030/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/forces-of-nature-hydrogen-solar-power-20101030/#respond Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:38:03 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=11549 A professor from Middle Tennessee State University has succeeded creating a hydrogen-powered car that produces its own fuel using the sun. Dubbed "Forces of Nature," the car (a 1994 Toyota Tercel) uses hydrogen extracted from an onboard water supply using solar power.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/forces-of-nature-hydrogen-solar-power-20101030/feed/ 0 11549 Researchers Developing Hybrid Retrofit Kit That Could Turn Your Car Into a Hybrid https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hybrid-retrofit-kit-tennesse-20091012/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hybrid-retrofit-kit-tennesse-20091012/#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:43:20 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=4743 A research team at the Tennessee Tech University and Middle Tennessee State University has developed a Plug-in Hybrid Retrofit Kit that allows car owners to convert their regular cars to a hybrid vehicle.

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