KAIST’s operational OLEV. Click to enlarge. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed and deployed a prototype implementation of its online electric vehicle (OLEV) technology that picks up electricity from power ca...

Click for Video Click for Video About a decade ago, a Massachusetts-based energy entrepreneur named Jim Gordon had an idea.  Instead of building another natural-gas-fueled power plant, which would pump more carbon into the atmosphere and add to th...

Scientists from IBM and Stanford University are developing organic molecules for use as catalysts (organocatalysis) that could lead to the development of new types of biodegradable, biocompatible plastics. In a Perspective published in the ACS journ...

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Asia In September, the Korea Advanced Institute of Technology (KAIST) demonstrated the technical concept for the On Line Electric Vehicle (OLEV) using individual cars (which were really kind of cute - see them here ). Today...

Photo: Google Maps Loblaw Couldn't Resist Ontario's Generous Feed-in Tariff? Loblaw is announcing today that it will put solar panels on the roof of 4 supermarkets in a pilot program, with the ultimate goal of installing solar arrays on more than 10...

Filed under: EV/Plug-in Modec electric truck - Click above for high-res image gallery The joint venture that was formed last year between Navistar and Modec has selected A123 Systems to develop and produce lithium ion battery packs for its trucks. M...

Key senators, industry officials, senior advisers and cabinet members met yesterday with President Obama to talk about the upcoming Climate and Energy Bill. The bill has been largely put aside by Congress in favor of passing Healthcare legislation an...

China and India endorse the Copenhagen Accord, but hopes for it leading to a new global treaty are fading...

Porsche's take on hybrid technology is a 918 Spyder that uses " ... a plug-in hybrid system comprised of two electric motors coupled to a 3.4-liter V-8 racing engine ... a parallel hybrid, the car can run on pure electricity, just gas, or a combinat...

US investigators launched a probe Tuesday into a runaway Toyota Prius in California, a high-profile case that threatens to undermine the Japanese automaker's effort to repair its battered image.