1. Albuquerque Puts ZENN Electric Cars on Duty

Contrary to the TV news report, the cars are not built in California, but are imported from France to Canada and converted to electric drive by ZENN in Toronto.

23/05/2007 | 398 Hits | Print | Email

2. All New York Taxis To Go Hybrid by 2012

There are now about 400 hybrid vehicles among the 13,000 taxis ferrying passengers around the city and its five boroughs.

23/05/2007 | 384 Hits | Print | Email

3. Alma Inventor, Autoworkers Team Up to Build Electric Truck

Muenzhuber and Albertson say it's possible to make an electric ranger that sells for under $20,000.

22/05/2007 | 382 Hits | Print | Email

4. Argonne Lab's Lithium Ion Battery Breakthrough

A team from the Argonne National Laboratory, part of the US Department of Energy, has unveiled laptop type batteries with storage capacities of 250mAh/g and better – more than twice the capacity of comparable batteries available today.

20/05/2007 | 383 Hits | Print | Email

5. A Wake-up Call to Americans

Oped by Carrol E. Martin, councilman at-large for the Greeley City Council.

16/05/2007 | 352 Hits | Print | Email

6. Automakers Vie for Green Mantle

Toyota has the track record, but don't count out General Motors, while Chrysler is considered 'polluter number one.'

16/05/2007 | 404 Hits | Print | Email

7. Acta Develops Platinum-free Micro Fuel Cell Catalyst

New Hypermec 3 catalyst has so far worked for 125 days (3,000 hours) in testing without breaking but this has been at lower temperatures than levels that would be normal in a laptop.

14/05/2007 | 416 Hits | Print | Email

8. A Hybrid? Seriously?

This mega-Lexus parallel parks itself and detects if a driver's nodding off. It has everything, except, perhaps, the fun factor.

11/05/2007 | 352 Hits | Print | Email

9. Acumentrics Exhibits New Fuel Cell Powered Home Energy Appliance

The Acumentrics AHEAD combined heat and power device provides residential electricity and heat. It is powered by fuel cells. Excess heat from the fuel cells is captured for hot water. Heat is supplemented with a condensing boiler.

11/05/2007 | 397 Hits | Print | Email

10. Argonne Develops New Materials for Lithium Batteries

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries which would incorporate the new materials with increased capacity and enhanced stability could be expected to be used in a diverse range of applications.

07/05/2007 | 380 Hits | Print | Email