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Lexus Hybrids Muddying Electric Vehicle Waters
Look anywhere, at politicians, journalists, ignorantes, even in some of the comments here on The Green Optimistic, and you’ll find electric vehicle opponents.
One place...
Have we Been Incentivizing Electric Vehicles Wrong All This Time?
Electric vehicles aren’t exactly the biggest sellers in the automarket, and it’s easy to see why.
First, electric vehicles, not including the $100,000 Tesla Model...
eBay Motors Garage Tesla Model S Giveaway Ends in Ten Days!
The Tesla Model S is a beautiful and efficient electric vehicle, but it’s also quite expensive, which effectively keeps it out of a lot...
Department of Energy to Fund Zero-Emissions Cargo Transportation Technology
While zero-emissions transportation is still a fairly new field, zero-emissions cargo transportation is practically unheard-of.
Cargo transportation, the backbone of which, at least in the...
BYD Electric Bus Line Starts Production in California
Chinese automaker BYD doesn’t sell electric vehicles in the United States, but the electric bus is a go, starting with a new plant in...
Space-Based Solar Power – An Expensive Proposition
It seems like the stuff of a science fiction book, but space-based solar power, at least theoretically, could eliminate the need for fossil-fuel energy...
Green Rooftop Farms: Solution to Depleting Food Resources and Urban Green Spaces
Food security is one of the most pressing issues that governments around the world will have to tackle, as outlined in the latest IPCC...
Semprius’ Four-junction, Four-terminal Solar Cell Achieves Record High Efficiency
In an attempt to develop high efficiency solar cells that can surpass polluting energy generating facilities in terms of amounts of electricity output, a...
West Coast Electric Car Guest Drive – May 2014
If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to own and drive an electric vehicle, and you happen to live on the West...
Renewable Energy has Always Been Favorable, but Reasons Keep Changing
According to research don’t by a think tank in Europe, renewable energy technologies have always found a soft spot in our hearts, but the...
