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New Energy Technology, Inc. (NET) has created a novel method for generating electricity using existing vehicles by way of its MotionPower™ System. NET, in partnership with the City of Roanoke, VA, debuted the electricity-generating system (the first of its kind) the last week of October. Around 580 vehicles participated in the 6 hour event, the [...]
Alternative fuels have a lot of negative press to overcome, first and foremost in my mind is the idea that only gas-powered cars are fast. Well my friends, tell that to Susan Roush-Mclenaghan who, along with teammate Donnie Bowles, took their propane-powered Ford Mustang to a second-consecutive drag racing championship a few weeks ago. Driven [...]
GM has garnered a lot of attention, positive and negative, over its new halo car the Chevy Volt. While expensive, GM has assured us that the technology will get cheaper and filter down to other vehicles. Meanwhile, models like the Chevy Cruze make up a bulk of the bowtie-brand’s sales. Now comes word from the [...]
One day till turkey time! I am excited for the heaviest travel day of the year. Are you? I hope so. But in the meantime, here is the daily dose of green news. Some highlights include Mitsubishi and Suzuki talking EV’s, Baltimore introduces bike sharing, and Shenzen pledges to go all electric in five years. [...]
I love cars, nearly as much as I love women, and for as long as men have worked on cars, they have convinced pretty young things to pose with them. Typically though, women have tended to pose with performance vehicles, from muscle cars to Lamborghinis. These days though, the “hot” thing is fuel efficiency…and Pump [...]
Chemical engineering is amazing, and there are so many incredible accomplishments possible by just mixing one element with another. Lithium-ion batteries represent an important (if expensive) advancement in battery technology…but they aren’t quite “there” yet. But a new electrode developed by researchers at Northwestern University could increase the capacity of lithium-ion batteries by 10, while [...]
Much ado has been made over a Chevy Volt bursting into flames a few weeks ago at the NHTSA’s testing center, three weeks after the Volt has been through a crash test. Questions have been asked regarding safety procedures, and what this means about accidents involving electric vehicles. As it turns out, GM does have [...]
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