The Wheego Whip Life: 90 miles on a charge. (Credit: Jim Motavalli) ATLANTA--We've reached the make-or-break point for electric vehicles . As many as a half dozen different models will be on the road by the end of the year, and when it comes right d...

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...

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...

Two companies -- including E Light Wind + Solar -- won a $17.3M design-build contract for a 3.2 mW solar power system at the Denver Federal Center. One is Centerre Government Contracting (Denver). The other partner is E Light Wind + Solar, a division...

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...

While the focus continues to be on expanding means and methods for generating electricity from renewable sources, the limits of the existing grid to handle that generated power and distribute it to where it is needed are beginning to show. Last week...

I wish to make nine points in my response to George Monbiot's latest round in our disagreement about the importance of solar photovoltaics (PV) and the UK government's upcoming feed-in tariffs . I have posted a longer version of this comment on my w...

Filed under: Hybrid , Toyota Second-gen Toyota Prius - Click above for high-res image gallery Following weeks of bad news for Toyota involving brake and acceleration problems and millions of recalled vehicles, something kind of strange happened: a s...

Google “green czar” Bill Weihl has just reported that if all things go as planned, we could see Google rolling out breakthrough solar thermal technology within 1-3 years. Google’s new concentrated solar technology, he says, would cut the cost of sol...

by Tina CaseyA lunch box staple is the core idea behind solar technology that could bring cost effective solar-heated hot water to cold climates. Solar Panels Plus has come up with a solar hot water heater