Did you know you can charge up a spin-dryer using an exercise bike? You saw it first in Nimbin, reports Niamh Griffin. The average person looks at a bicycle and sees a way to get from one place to the next. Sure it does not use petrol or produce gases
While major tire manufacturers have recently been jumping on the 'green' bandwagon, it is still a fact that the construction of the tire casing, bead bundles and belt assemblies require significant fossil fuel consumption and energy waste. While these
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British motorists believe they are being bullied into buying more environmentally cars, according to a new study.
Who said that green vehicles couldn't be cool? We gathered the coolest ones that many of us want to have. Our favourite: Venturi Fetish, PoweriZer, Zero Bike and Worn Again. Check them out and tell us what's yours.
In killing Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) the first time, they put off progress on this front for a decade. Now they are preparing, at their March 27 meeting, to kill BEVs a second time and probably waste another decade. We don't have another decade.
Weighing in at a hefty 8,000 pounds - more than double the weight of many SUVs - the, shall we say, less than practical Dream Car seats only one and runs on 80 batteries powering its 4 electric engines. It can reach a top speed of 45 mph, has a ..
The Air Car caused a huge stir when we reported last year that Tata Motors would begin producing it in India. Now the little gas-free ride that could is headed Stateside in a big-time way.
Von Slatt bought a yellow cheese bus for a little over $2,000. By using materials from the dump, and some free labor from his friends, he transformed his bus into a work of art. CLICK TO SEE VIDEO
Americans bought more Toyota Prius hybrid gas-electric hatchbacks last year than Ford Explorer sport-utility vehicles, the top-selling SUV for more than a decade.
Now, most of us don't buy cars every year, but 2007 was a good start.
Sure, you know all about electric cars, smart cars, and even water-powered cars, but this one's new to us, even though a French prototype's apparently been around for ten years. It's the Mini C.A.T. - a tiny, ultralight car that runs exclusively on compre
Saturday, January 19, 2008 at 05:20 EST
TOKYO -- Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda unveiled his diplomatic policy Friday of leading the world in efforts to convert to a "low-carbon society" and creating a financial mechanism to help developing nations deal
GM is scheduled to announce a partnership with Coskata, a year-and-a-half-old company with technology for turning wood chips, grasses, or municipal waste into ethanol.GM plans to promote E85, a blend of ethanol and gasoline that powers flex-fuel cars.
