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Fourth-Generation Toyota Prius Delayed Until December 2015
Toyota Prius started the hybrid vehicle revolution alongside Honda Insight nearly twenty years ago, continuously improving power and fuel economy.
The fourth-generation Toyota Prius, slated...
Chevy Volt Owners Want More, Will General Motors Deliver?
The Chevy Volt, in the right hands, is a pretty impressive hybrid vehicle, but could future versions deliver even more?
One of my Tweeps runs...
Vehicle Fuel Economy Could be Improved by 3D-Printed Composites
Lightweight and strong natural design, as found in balsa wood, has been replicated in the lab, and could improve vehicle fuel economy, in addition...
Toyota FCV Will Start at Just $69,000
Toyota’s approach to the future of transportation, the Toyota FCV, is definitely electric, but not battery-powered.
Instead, Toyota believes hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will be...
Morgan Stanley Says Tesla Motors is the World’s Most Important Automaker
Tesla Motors may be the most-successful automobile startup in the last half-century and, at least according to Morgan Stanley, could be the world’s most...
A Machine that Makes Deforestation Easier: Do We Need This?
After writing the other day about deforestation and its disastrous effects on the environment, this video came to my attention.
We know what shredders are,...
Five Important Things You Need to Know About Recycling
Recycling is probably the best solution to reducing the incredible amounts of waste that our society sends to landfills. After a maximum of one...
General Motors Expanding Solar Power
Cutting into the bottom line and cutting into the carbon footprint, that’s the aim behind General Motors’ continuing solar power expansion at its facilities...
Deforestation and Carbon Dioxide
Did you know that the average tree produces enough oxygen for ten people for a year, storing carbon dioxide in the process? Unfortunately, deforestation...
Tesla Supercharger Expansion Planned in Europe
It’s the age-old “chicken and egg” conundrum, which comes first, the Tesla Supercharger or the Tesla Model S?
Depending on who you ask, public-access electric...
