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...

VW, Sanyo to develop lithium-ion battery: paper

More good news concerning hybrid and electric cars: Nissan, Volkswagen and its subsidiary Audi are all planning on rolling out new hybrid models as early as next year. The highlighted article quotes an article...

Long-awaited electric sports car rolls out

Good News: A production-model sports car that can go for two hundred miles on a charge and re-charge in less than four hours:"Although a fully loaded model can set a buyer back as much as $124,000, that's still...

A motorcycle that's fast, silent and green

Motorcycles are cool. So is emission-free fuel. An electric bike: extra-cool! This bad (little) boy is the equivalent to a 250cc motorcycle in terms of power, so it'll do the commute but will not compete with the Ducati Monsters or KTM Dukes of this world, at least not yet....

Sony's profit plunges 94 percent in 2Q

"Sony's profit plunged 94 percent for the July-September quarter as a global battery recall and red ink in its video-game business hurt the Japanese electronics and entertainment company. Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news).'s group net profit for the fiscal second quarter totaled...

Airline bans 'fire fear' laptops

"Korean Air has barred all Dell laptops and some Apple models being used after they were subject to a battery recall. Passengers will still be able to use the machines if they are run from the in-seat power supply and the batteries are removed, Associated Press said. Dell...

Rough Day for Apple recalls 1.8 million laptop batteries, Settles for 100mm w...

Shocked the stock is where it's at with the 1.8mm recall and the 100 Million to settle the patent suit with Creative Technology..."the company recalling 1.8 million Sony-based, rechargeable lithium-ion battery packs for a number of its iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 notebook...

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