June 2nd, 2008
Tata Motors, India’s biggest car manufacturer, has become the world’s first major car maker to enter the $10 million Progressive Automotive X-Prize, with plans to enter one car in the mainstream category (electric-hybrid) and one in the alternative category (microcar). Tata joins about 70 other teams, which include entries ranging from musician Neil Young […]
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June 1st, 2008
European aircraft manufacturer Airbus will be displaying its A320 research aircraft, which features An onboard hydrogen fuel cell, at this year’s International Berlin Airshow (ILA).
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May 31st, 2008
When Olympians want to get around London in 2012, they may be able to hail one of the most advanced taxis in the world.
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May 29th, 2008
French researchers at the Atomic Energy Commission (CEW) announced the development of a hydrogen fuel cell that backs up power for cell phones. The fuel cell gets its […] Continue Reading…
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May 27th, 2008
Soaring oil prices are bad news for most consumers, especially those who drive gasoline-powered cars and cringe each time they stop at the pump to fill up.
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May 25th, 2008
This year’s 2008 Green Grand Prix of Watkins Glen, New York, attracted a record field for the event—46 vehicles, powered by every imaginable alternative engine and fuel, including hydrogen […] Continue Reading…
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May 22nd, 2008
Greensburg, Kansas, about 100 miles west of Wichita, is making the proverbial lemonade from its lemons, and gaining big-time recognition and resources in the process.
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May 20th, 2008
According to a piece published in the International Herald Tribune, Tesla Motors is set to open the first of a number of projected ‘stores’ during the first two weeks […] Continue Reading…
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May 15th, 2008
Powered only by solar energy and hydrogen, the zero-carbon Hy-Bird is a developmental aircraft designed by France-based high tech firm LISA Airplanes, which claims the craft will become the […] Continue Reading…
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May 13th, 2008
It’s a start at least.
This week the super-luxury automaker displayed the so-called “Greenpower”—a one-seat, one-wheel drive electric vehicle designed, engineered and built by apprentices that work at its Crewe, […] Continue Reading…
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