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
AMID the hype about electric cars, one problem remains: their price. General Motors’ Volt, for instance, will cost $41,000 (though that is before generous subsidies). It therefore rem... Read more
Image via Wikipedia THE whole point of paying an extra $5,000 or so for a hybrid car was supposed to be that it would deliver more miles to the gallon, possibly a bit of extra pep, and a war... Read more
Although wave power is attracting a lot of attention as a renewable energy source, it is possible to generate power from still water. All you need is an electrolyzer, which separates water i... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Electromobility makes sense only if car batteries are charged using electricity from renewable energy sources. But the supply of green electricity is not always adequate.... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Electric cars made from carbon fibre will be safer and go farther MARK WEBBER has a lot to thank tiny strands of carbon for. When his Formula 1 car cartwheeled in a spect... Read more
One of the biggest hurdles on the road to make electric vehicles attractive for the mass market is the long time it usually takes to charge batteries. But a Japanese company called JFE Engin... Read more
Image via Wikipedia ChargeCar aims to create a kit that makes it easy for local auto shops to convert conventional cars to electric. PITTSBURGH — Chuck Wichrowski remembers the first c... Read more
Image by gmeurope via Flickr In order to make electric cars a part of everyday life, new vehicle designs and parts are needed. Take wheel hub motors, for instance. One of the advantages of w... Read more
Image via Wikipedia THERE are many innovations turning up in the latest experimental and production electric cars, affecting everything from batteries to motors to control systems. The need... Read more
Image by lennox_mcdough via Flickr For many years, few metals drew bigger yawns from mining executives than lithium, a lightweight element long associated mostly with mood-stabilizing drugs.... Read more
Image via Wikipedia About 98 percent of the vehicles sold in the United States last year were powered by conventional gasoline engines, and hybrids occupied just a tiny niche. But at the ope... Read more