(PhysOrg.com) -- Only an extremely small amount of new cars go from the lot to the road without owners having some kind of problems. It seems that one part or another will invariably cause problems. As it turns out electric ...
The breakthrough with electric cars is a long time coming -- not least on account of their key component, the battery. Lithium-ion batteries are still too expensive and their range too limited. New materials should pave the ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 14, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Score some points for the green set this week! In Australia a wind-powered car has completed a roughly three-week, 3,100 mile test ride.
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Toyota Motor Corporation is set to show off its EV car, an electric-car prototype version of Toyota's iQ model, at the Geneva auto show next month.
Engineers of the four-seat Chevrolet Volt electric car often refer to its 435-pound battery pack as the fifth passenger. Given the care taken to keep the pack at just the right temperature in all temperature conditions, there ...
Engineering
Feb 15, 2011
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During the State of the Union address, President Obama reiterated a goal that surely set the hearts of electric car makers revving.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 15, 2011
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These heralds of a new age are remarkably quiet. No drums, no trumpets, just the whirr of a robot changing batteries and an electric car silently gliding around the Better Place test track.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 14, 2011
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Green vehicles stole the show at the Detroit Auto Show this year but their success depends on consumers, who are still shying away from their higher price tags.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 11, 2011
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This month, thousands of new Chevy Volt owners will begin the real road tests of the first mass-produced plug-in hybrid electric car. While much of the car's engineering is unique, consumers may be unaware that some of its ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 11, 2011
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Automakers are taking a drive into the future at the Consumer Electronics Show.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 9, 2011
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