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Sugar Battery May Offer Green-powered Gadgets Within 3 Years
A Virginia Tech research team has created a battery that runs on sugar and has an unmatched energy density for long-lasting power. The development...
Battery Can Charge Itself With Only a Squeeze
A small round lithium-ion battery has been hacked to charge itself when it is flexed or compressed, a breakthrough that could lead to a...
New EV Battery Technology Could Lower the Price of a Volt to $20K
A California company says it has built a better battery that could make electric vehicles more efficient and much more affordable. Envia Systems, a...
Inventing a Second Life for the Spent Electric Car Battery
Scientists are expecting big breakthroughs in battery technology over the next five years that will increase the range of electric cars while reducing their...
Missouri Pork Processor Will Reuse All its Waste to Power the Plant
Meat eaters should search out Heritage Acres' all-natural pork products. Not only are their pasture-raised hogs hormone-free and fed only soy, corn and oats...
NJ Retiree Takes Delivery of First Chevy Volt
A retired airline pilot living in New Jersey is the owner of the first Chevrolet Volt hybrid electric vehicle sold to the public. The...
How Obama’s Stimulus is Creating Green Jobs
President Obama's stimulus package is funding green technology around the nation - creating jobs, spurring innovation and quietly transforming the U.S. economy. A portion...
Chevrolet Adds Four States to its Volt Electric Car Launch
Chevrolet is adding Texas, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to the list of launch markets for the Volt -- and some cities will...
Toyota Promises an ‘Affordable’ Plug-In Prius in 2011
Toyota has announced it will offer a plug-in Prius to the masses in 2011 and it will be an “affordable” car. For starters,...
Plastic Bags Recycled into Nanotubes
Waste plastic from "throwaway" carrier bags can be readily converted into carbon nanotubes, cylindrical carbon molecules that have novel properties to make them...
Nissan Rolls Out Electric Car for 2010
Nissan unveiled its new electric car yesterday. The Leaf, a medium-size hatchback, debuted with a top speed of 87 miles per hour (140km) and...
Electric Cars Poised to Give Auto Industry a Jolt
In the next year or so, after only a century or so of trying, the electric car may break free of the lunatic fringe...
US Government, 14 Firms Team up on Lithium Battery
Aiming to mass-produce a lithium battery for vehicles, 14 U.S. companies with expertise in batteries and advanced materials have formed an alliance with a...
Hyundai Aims to Launch First U.S. Hybrid in 2010
Hyundai Motor Co. expects to release its first hybrid in the U.S. market as early as 2010, featuring cutting-edge lithium-ion battery technology, an executive...
New Batteries Boost Electric Car and Laptop Capacity by Thousand Percent
Stanford researchers say they've found a way to make a new rechargeable lithium-ion battery that produces 10 times the amount of electricity of existing...
Where Can I Buy an Electric Car in America?
The transition has begun that will wean our society from gas powered cars to electric. As we strive to improve the environment and grapple...
Chevy Fuel Cell Car Goes 300 Miles Without Refueling — on Hydrogen
General Motors made history yesterday as its Chevy Sequel became the first electric fuel cell vehicle to achieve 300 miles on one tank of...