Renowned innovator and futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts that within 20 years we will have our energy problem licked. It’s solved. We just don’t know it yet. As he told Lauren Fenny of PBS: “... Read more
Toyota AVOS (Automatic Vehicle Operation System), a self-driving version of the Prius After the World Financial Crisis resulted in an agreement between manufacturers to limit their in... Read more
You really can drive across the country on algae--and a 700-pound battery pack--or so proved the crew behind the documentary Fuel . Read more
The IDEA has a claimed 40-mile all-electric range, and gets nearly 40mpg in standard hybrid mode Read more
Image by gmeurope via Flickr I’ve been fascinated by the Chevy Volt since the day I heard about the concept. Which is this: it’s an electric car without the short range of electric cars. Usu... Read more
THE Prius has become one of the hottest cars in America — an amazing development, because this hybrid-electric car requires some rather large changes in how people behave. I learned the need... Read more
Image by gmeurope via Flickr Chinese leaders have adopted a plan aimed at turning the country into one of the leading producers of hybrid and all-electric vehicles within three years, and ma... Read more