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Breakthrough battery can charge up in seconds

" Scientists in the United States have invented a battery that can charge in seconds, promising a revolution in power storage that could also help green cars and renewable energy. The advance allows lithium-ion...

Hybrid Hype

Thinking about innovation? Than let’s innovate the right things. The environment will suffer from the economic downturn that soon will become a global depression.Much is written about tailpipe CO2 that should be...

Power-generating shock absorbers

This is brilliant!  It is almost free energy that we can tap without any major modifications.  Add in improved thin film solar panels and we could eventually end up with electric cars that use very little external energy!  " Shock absorbers tapped to...

A bright idea: Hybrid cars could be energy-storage units

by Tracy Davis | The Ann Arbor News Monday November 24, 2008, 1:14 PM Scientists at the University of Michigan are rethinking the role of electric cars in the future. What if, instead of sucking up resources, those cars could serve as storage for alternative energy, and...

Supercar runs on water

Supercar runs on water - Mark NicholThis is the RMC Scorpion, the American supercar unveiled at SEMA 2008 this week. And though it might look like a run-of-the-mill motor show supercar, with its 20-inch chrome...

The "Other White Meat" Of The Auto-Fuel World :: Oblate Spheroid

"The "Other White Meat" Of The Auto-Fuel World That's right, there is another fuel alternative that would allow all of us to become less dependent on foreign sources for fuel in our automobiles and this one...

North America's Only Road Rally Underway in Newfoundland

The seventh annual Targa Newfoundland, a 2,200-kilometre rally through eastern and central part of Newfoundland, is underway. The rally, which consists of sports cars racing on public roads, is the only...

First Toyota plug-in Hybrid London, edf energy city recharge station

VIDEO Toyota Plug-in Hybrid "London"Charge electric at home or City up to 40 mls , Longer trips hybrid mode fuel rechargeStop and Go City  pure electric "60 mls/gln"   The Nice car's battery, which...

The Dirtsurfer: getting dirty on a Skateboard

This is SO COOL !"The Dirtsurfer: New Bike And Skateboard Hybrid Thing It's part bike and part skateboard and it looks all fun. It's the Freestyle Dirtsurfer and it's a new hybrid like toy for all of you X Games types who can't wait for winter to get here soon...

Honda Delivers FCX Clarity to Jamie Lee Curtis

It is great to see those in a position of celebrity showing off new green products.  Though, this is clearly publicity for Honda, it is spreading the word on future technologies that will replace gasoline...

How organic agriculture is creating new export opportunities for African farmers

"The staunchest supporters of each of the two sides in what I call Africa's 'agro-ideological debate' are unlikely to see eye to eye any time soon, so deep is their suspicion of each others' motives. To advocates of intensive 'green revolution' revolution methods, Africa's...

New Giant Breed of Cat to be Imported to Australia

  London Zoo houses some beautiful serval cats, a larger, sleeker version of the domestic cat.  Now a hybrid has been bred, known as a SAVANNAH CAT, by crossing a serval with a domestic cat.  ...

UK's green motorists face 20-week wait for eco-cars

Gordon Brown wants all UK motorists to be driving electric or hybrid cars by 2020, which is a great idea, but could be undermined by a shortage of the most popular hybrids on the market.The Honda Civic Hybrid and...

Ruling finds Japanese man died from overwork

"TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A Japanese labor bureau has ruled that one of Toyota's top car engineers died from working too many hours, the latest in a string of such findings in a nation where extraordinarily long hours for some employees has long been the norm. The man who died...

Chevy Volt hopes to shock fuel-efficient auto market

The buzz about GM and it's electric car is palpable. The Chevy Volt, GM's concept car is making a flashy entrance. Having 200 engineers and 50 designers working on this project alone, the unveiling in September...

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