By Alternative Energy News on July 23, 2010
Electric cars, as the name indicates, are vehicles that work on electricity and whose only source of power is electricity. They are also known as battery electric vehicles. The most advantageous feature of electric cars is that they are zero emission vehicles and so, do not pollute the atmosphere.
The number of parts in an electric [...]
Posted in Electric Cars | Tagged electric cars, electric vehicles, Hybrid Cars, lithium ion batteries, zero emission vehicles
By Alternative Energy News on July 16, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Electric Cars | Tagged batteries, electric car, electric cars, Gasoline, greenhouse gases
By Alternative Energy News on April 19, 2010
Ever curious how exactly hybrid cars became the economic revelation they are today? Well, it definitely didn’t start in the 1990s, that’s for sure. In fact, alternative-fuel vehicles and transportation were being developed as far back as 1665, which Flemish inventors used to experiment with steam-power in order to power unmanned cars, and, moving forward [...]
Posted in Hybrid Cars | Tagged alternative fuel vehicles, conventional vehicles, electric cars, henry ford, Hybrid Cars, steam power
By John on February 10, 2010
We’ve all seen the commercials talking about how technology was all going to be about flying cars and cold fusion. In reality, though, we have our very own science-fiction-turned-fact in looking at hybrid vehicles which are taking over. They truly are efficient and are money-saving at some levels, but most consumers assume that the concept [...]
Posted in Electric Cars | Tagged electric cars, electric powered cars, rising gas prices
By John on December 12, 2009
Biofuels. What a great name! It just sounds green. Looking around I see a proliferation of Biodiesel bumper stickers everywhere I look. In my home state of Oregon all filling stations will be required to add at least 10 % ethanol to all gasoline by next year. Environmentalists are cheering as politicians and the media [...]
Posted in Biofuels | Tagged biofuel, Change, Climate, electric cars, electric vehicles, Energy, energy efficiency, Great, greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gases, Hoax, hydrogen fuel, Policy, solar energy, tidal energy
By John on August 23, 2009
It appears that every automaker in the world has caught electric car fever, save one: Toyota, the one best known for green cars.
While General Motors and Nissan will both introduce plug-in cars next year, and Ford will follow in 2011, Toyota does not plan to bring an all-electric car to market until 2012. Yesterday, The [...]
Posted in Electric Cars | Tagged chevy volt, clean energy, electric cars, electric vehicles, Hybrid Cars, Toyota FT-EV
By John on August 20, 2009
Germany is falling in the footsteps of the United States in making electric cars a priority. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition parties pledged this week to spend more than $700 million by 2011 on developing electric vehicles, as it tries to put 1 million electric vehicles on German roads by 2020. Earlier this month, the [...]
Posted in Electric Cars | Tagged 2007 frankfurt auto show, chancellor angela merkel, efficiency strategy, electric cars, electric vehicle, german automakers, Hybrid Cars, japanese automakers, lithium ion
By John on June 26, 2009
Designs for the Riversimple urban car, capable of a 50mph top speed and a 240 mile range, will be freely available online in a bid to help grow the hydrogen market.
A new hydrogen-powered car, whose designs will be “open source” and posted for free use on the web, was unveiled today in London. The company [...]
Posted in Gas | Tagged electric cars, greenhouse gas emissions, hydrogen car, hydrogen market, hydrogen powered car, hydrogen technology, smart car, Toyota Prius
By John on May 23, 2009
Ground-breaking Technology For Electric Cars. A new type of air-fuelled battery could give up to ten times the energy storage of designs currently available.
This step-change in capacity could pave the way for a new generation of electric cars, mobile phones and laptops.
The research work, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), is [...]
Posted in Fuel Cells/Batteries | Tagged electric cars, energy storage, lithium batteries, rechargeable batteries, renewable energy
By John on April 17, 2009
It might sound like something out of a science fiction film, but researchers at MIT reckon they have developed a way of making batteries from genetically engineered viruses that promises to reduce the cost and environmental impact of a wide range of battery technologies, including those used in electric cars.
One of the main criticisms of [...]
Posted in Fuel Cells/Batteries | Tagged battery technologies, electric cars, lithium ion batteries, MIT, nanowire, video
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