NEW FOLD-UP SCOOTER TO BE MANUFACTURED & RELEASED The Voltitude fold-up electric scooter has an ingenious EasyFold system. Once folded, a special button on the handlebar enables you to “walk” it alongside you indoors, so you never raise a sweat in reaching a power outlet, which will fully replenish the battery inside four hours. The [...]
Posted on January 30th, 2012 by Editor
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STANFORD SOLAR CAR CLAIMS TO BE FASTEST SOLAR CAR EVER BUILT The Stanford Solar Car Project has been working for two years on its latest all-solar vehicle, called Xenith, which later this year will travel across the Australian Outback powered by nothing but sunlight. The team says the stanford Xenith is the fastest solar car [...]
Posted on August 21st, 2011 by Editor
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SOLAR PLANE READY FOR FIRST INTERNATIONAL AIRFLIGHT Solar Impulse is on standby for its first international flight this week. Brussels has been chosen as the destination for the first venture outside Swiss borders, which follows the solar powered aircraft’s maiden flight and first overnight flight last year and will mark another important step towards the [...]
Posted on August 13th, 2011 by Editor
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Brammo Empulse motorbike employs carbon prepreg to reduce weight 23 May 2011 This year’s lower weight Brammo Empulse electric racing motorbike features structural components made from Amber Composites carbon fibre prepreg. Manufactured by Oregon-based electric vehicle company Brammo Inc, the Empulse sports some design improvements this year, including a new seat assembly and tank made [...]
Posted on May 25th, 2011 by Editor
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Could green cars drive up home prices? May 17, 2011 Home prices on busy suburban roads could benefit from new quiet electric cars. There’s plenty of things that affect house prices. Falling consumer sentiment, rising interest rates and natural disasters, none of which help prices to grow. The economy, which is looking up. And migration [...]
Posted on May 20th, 2011 by Editor
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New battery technology may allow for complete recharging within minutes By Ben Coxworth 15:08 March 21, 2011 A diagram of a lithium-ion battery constructed using Braun’s nanostructured bicontinuous cathode (left), and a scanning electron microscope image of the nanostructure (right) (Image: Paul Braun, University of Illinois) Of all the criticisms of electric vehicles, probably the [...]
Posted on April 14th, 2011 by Editor
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Kia Naimo electric concept makes debut in Seoul Kia added to its electric vehicle concept line-up at the Seoul Motor Show today with the world premiere the Naimo electric crossover utility. Designed as a five-door, four-seater urban runabout, the Naimo is powered by an 80 kW electric motor which Kia says produces maximum torque of [...]
Posted on April 4th, 2011 by Editor
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Researchers create material to more efficiently harness wasted heat By Darren Quick 20:28 January 18, 2011 Thermoelectric materials offer the potential to harness electricity from otherwise wasted heat. Continuing research in the field could yield applications scavenging energy from vehicle exhaust systems, industrial processes and equipment, and even sunlight. Now researchers have created a material with [...]
Posted on January 25th, 2011 by Editor
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Amphibious Dobbertin HydroCar goes under the ebay hammer By Darren Quick 23:36 January 4, 2011 The Dobbertin HydroCar on a test-launch The HydroCar’s amphibious capabilities come courtesy of its two articulating sponsons (or pontoons) that run the full length of the vehicle. On land, the sponsons are raised to form the vehicle’s fenders, but when [...]
Posted on January 6th, 2011 by Editor
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Solar Powered traffic lights for Haiti Dec 13 – Amid the confusion and chaos that has shaken the Haitian capital of Port au Prince, shines a beacon of reliability. The city’s solar-powered traffic lights have brought a measure of order to the city. Tara Cleary reports. View video here Solar traffic lights shine on Haiti [...]
Posted on December 23rd, 2010 by Editor
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