When it comes to one of the newest developments in the vehicle industry - electric cars - the facts about them are plentiful and easy to come by. This new alternative to regular gasoline powered cars has many people very excited about being able to have reliable transportation without damaging the environment. So what are … Continue reading
Hybrid means the resultant product of two or more things and a hybrid car is a car that runs efficiently on two fuels- gas and electricity. It combines the advantages of being fuel efficient and environment friendly as well as cost efficient. Generally, the hybrid cars are designed in such a way that they have two … Continue reading
Tesla Motors, run by PayPal founder Elon Musk, and backed by Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, is now taking orders for what it says will be the world's first mass-produced, highway-ready electric sedan. Electric cars have several advantages over petrol, and some that you might not expect. They develop … Continue reading
Yes, this is what most of us think an electric car should look like. Small, eccentric, techno-geeky, Toyota's FT-EV has got all the right electric cues, and most importantly it confirms a battery-electric future or Toyota, one that the company says will become a reality in 2012. Certainly, Toyota has partial-electric … Continue reading
Without a good way to store electricity on a large scale, solar power is useless at night. One promising storage option is a new kind of battery made with all-liquid active materials. Prototypes suggest that these liquid batteries will cost less than a third as much as today's best batteries and could last significantly … Continue reading
It's probably not a news flash that gas doesn't seem to be getting any cheaper. People all over are asking what they can do about the rise in price, and often the answer is to choose a different vehicle. That's simple, right? But what kind of vehicle should you choose? Just maybe, you should try a hybrid car. The hybrid … Continue reading
Fuel cells are electrochemical devices that convert a fuel's chemical reaction in an electrolyte directly into electrical energy from fuel (on the anode side) and an oxidant (on the cathode side). While they are similar to batteries in that they have no moving parts, batteries store their energy whereas fuel cells can … Continue reading