Tesla fans, you’ve got a friend in Digg founder Kevin Rose. He managed to get his hands on what look to be three press photos of Tesla‘s upcoming Model S sedan, and proceeded to leak them out to the public.
Schwarzenegger Can't Fit In His Tesla Roadster, Wants Refund
March 26, 2009 By 35 Comments
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has owned a Tesla Roadster for almost a year now, and while he has publicly praised the electric car manufacturer’s work, he’s not a fan of the car itself and has been looking to get his money back. The news, disclosed by the tech gossip blog Gawker, seems to have been [...]
‘Flintstones’ Car First to Combine Pedals, Solar, & Battery
December 13, 2008 By 34 Comments
Solar Car Finishes Record-Breaking Around-the-World Trip
December 4, 2008 By 4 Comments
To celebrate the record-breaking environmental achievement, the driver arrived at the World Climate Change Conference in Poland and plowed through a wall of Styrofoam, releasing some of the only harmful emissions on the car’s 32,000-mile trip. Louis Palmer, 36, drove the “solar taxi” through 38 countries, picking up celebrities and global officials for short legs [...]
Fire Departments Turn to Solar to Stop Idling Engines
December 1, 2008 By 9 Comments
No Joke: Flying Car Runs on Ethanol with 180 Mile Range
November 10, 2008 By 25 Comments
The flying car has been the inventor’s enigma since the dawn of motor vehicles, but using a simple fan and parachute combo, a British engineer has created the an ethanol-powered road-legal flying car with a range of 180-miles. Best part? All you need is a one day course and a powered-parachute license to fly the [...]
Can E. Coli Help Make Biofuel Production More Efficient?
October 20, 2008 By 5 Comments
In a breakthrough discovery announced today, scientists have found that a bit of E. coli could help put biofuel waste products to good use, and increase profits for the producers too. Glycerin, a common biodiesel waste product, has become so abundant amid the rise in biofuel use that producers often have to pay to dispose [...]
Landscaper to Fuel Truck Fleet with Own Biofuel Crop
October 18, 2008 By 16 Comments
A large Florida landscaping business has planted a 22-acre biomass crop at its nursery that will produce enough fuel to operate its fleet of 25 diesel trucks. Brian Shank, president of Clermont Scapes in Groveland, Florida, said he decided to plant a 22-acre plot of Jatropha in order to save money for his hurting business, [...]
