In what could be a major breakthrough, Joule Biotechnologies announced that it has directly produced fuel from the plentiful carbon dioxide in the air around us using highly engineered photosynthetic microbes.
Biofuels Breakthrough: Making Fuel From Air With Engineered Microbes
November 10, 2009 By 73 Comments
Ferrari Confirms Hybrid All-Wheel Drive System For 2014
November 10, 2009 By 5 Comments
I am extremely vocal on the topic of electric cars, especially when it comes to their performance potential. Instant torque is very, very fun—to say the least—and makes a lot more sense on the racing circuit than internal combustion engines (at least in short bursts). Makers of high-end exotics are starting to pick up on [...]
Study: Bio-Based Plastics Could Viably Replace Nearly All Plastics
November 9, 2009 By 26 Comments
In many ways plastics are simply synthetic compounds that mimic and try to improve upon substances we find widespread in nature—polymers such as you might find in wood, leaves, seeds and fur. Bio-based plastics (those derived from biological sources other than fossil fuels) have been around for more than 100 years. In fact, celluloid, the [...]
Chrysler Kills ENVI Program, Still Promises Electric Cars In Low Volume
November 9, 2009 By 11 Comments
Ever feel like a sucker? Well right now, you should. After taking billions in bailout loans from the Federal Government, promising a half-million electric cars on the road by 2013 and even going so as establishing an electric vehicles program, Fiat-owned Chrysler has renegged on pretty much all of its electric car promises after axing [...]
Electric Vehicles International Brings Electric Delivery Vans to California
November 9, 2009 By 8 Comments
Electric Vehicles International is returning to its home in California from Mexico and later this month will have a state tour to celebrate; from their new home in Stockton to the state capitol, Sacramento. Along the way, they are offering test drives for any interested Californians. So if you’ve ever wanted to test-drive a 13 [...]
Obama to Automakers: We'll Count Electric Cars Double For Low Emissions Standards
November 9, 2009 By 5 Comments
To spur the switch to electric cars the Obama administration is proposing a “build one, get one free” rule for makers of electric cars. For each full electric vehicle they build, it could be used to count as two zero emissions vehicles towards the new low carbon emissions rules they have set. In may, the [...]
Metal-Air Battery With 11 Times More Energy at Half the Cost?
November 9, 2009 By 14 Comments
US Secretary of Energy, Dr. Steven Chu Arizona State University professor Cody Friesen thinks he can make a metal-air battery with up to 11 times the energy density of lithium batteries at potentially half the cost. Now the US Department of Energy’s advanced research incubator ARPA-E has just given his spin-off company, Fluidic Energy, a [...]
