A New Distance Record Set by an Audi A2 Equipped with an Electric Engine
The chief executive of DBM Energy, Mr. Mirko Hannemann gets out of the “Lekker Mobil”, an Audi A2 with an electric engine. The distance...
Liquid fuel to store electricity produced by solar panels
A new method of converting carbon dioxide into liquid fuel isobutanol using electricity produced by solar panels was developed by researchers at the UCLA...
Hybrid Garbage Trucks Powered By Hydraulic Energy
A garbage man’s average routine may seem pretty boring — stop, pick up trash, go, repeat. But the viewpoint of 20-year Miami-Dade Solid Waste...
Toyota’s Small Hybrid Cars on India’s Market
The short-term strategy for carmakers seems to be "small, cheap and fuel-efficient" only in developing car markets like China and India.
Fully electric power trains...
Hybrid energy storage in trains
Researchers are investigating how to make diesel-powered trains more eco-friendly. One way is to implement a hybrid energy storage system that both could lower...
Electric Vehicle Rapid Charging a New Solution Offered by MIT
A team of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) students has been working on testing a rapid-charging system that could help to change public perceptions about...
Europe-wide Green eMotion Initiative to install 10 000 charging stations for electromobility
The European Commission has kicked off a 4 year cross-European initiative to promote electromobility.
The 42 partners in the initiative comprising industrial companies and automobile...
Novel Materials for Hydrogen Storage
The biggest challenge with hydrogen-powered fuel cells lies in the storage of hydrogen: how to store enough of it, in a safe and cost-effective...
Seoul Metropolitan Government to Run Wirelessly Recharging Electric Trams
The Open Leading Electric Vehicle & System, which debuted in March 2010, will begin running in earnest, after the completion of a test operation,...
Electric cars charging stations as a smart grid in Rome till 2012
Electric cars are on the way to come on the streets in the city of Rome, Italy, due to effort of Toshiba. The giant...