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It's Not Easy Being Green: Solar Windows 1, Prius 0
As if inattentive drivers, potholes, vandalism and acid rain weren’t enough to worry about, it now seems that urban motorists have one more thing to raise their insurance rates. As one southern California resident recently found out, high-thermal-efficiency windows can reflect a significant...
University of Michigan's Quantum Solar Racer Laps Michigan
The World Solar Challenge race is a little over three months away, so if you’re the team from the University of Michigan, how do you prepare? You could spend late... July 15, 2011 by Kurt Ernst
Mitsubishi Joins The Crowd, Unveils Solar Charging Station At HQ
It's moving from an innovation to a fad, this business of solar-powered charging stations for electric cars. The latest car company to jump on the bandwagon is Mitsubishi... July 11, 2011 by John Voelcker 4
Tesla Electric Car Plus Solar Power Equals Zero-Cost Driving (Video)
Almost every Tesla Roadster owner is probably a car enthusiast, but Mike Koenigs is also a true clean-power activist. First, he set up a “Life with Tesla” website... June 30, 2011 by george parrott 7
How To Send Hybrid Cars From Japan? Diesel-Hybrid Cargo Ship, Of Course
In this day and age, when it comes to being green, looking at the end result is never enough. You have to take a life cycle approach to assessing how green something is... June 15, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Sun Shines on GM’s New Solar Panels at Chevy Volt Factory
You hardly need us to tell you that there’s been an ongoing race to become the king of plug-in vehicles between Nissan and General Motors ever since the two firms... May 12, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 1
Nissan Goes Solar With Electric Car Charging Station at TN HQ
While the majority of its vehicles will be gasoline powered for the foreseeable future, Nissan North America has taken more steps towards zero emissions motoring for its... February 28, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 4
Greening The Rouge: Ford's More Sustainable Pickup Plant
A green roof is not at its most photogenic in a Michigan winter. In fact, it's hardly green at all--more like gray and brown--though it still insulates the building below... January 18, 2011 by John Voelcker 3
Audi Using Solar Panels To Power Future e-tron Cars
Audi is demonstrating the use of solar energy for future mobility by converting the roof of one of its factories in Ingolstadt, Germany to solar panels. Here, Audi e-tron... November 30, 2010 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 2
Zero Emission Solar Charging At Chevrolet Volt Plant [Video]
We've discussed before the issue of how clean electric cars really are when you take into consideration the source of the electricity you use to charge them - they're only as... November 24, 2010 by Antony Ingram 2
Getting Younger Generations Interested In Electric Cars
Cape Town in South Africa has just hosted the end of a journey of almost 2,500 miles on solar, hydrogen or electric power. The race, the South African 2010 Solar Challenge... October 5, 2010 by Antony Ingram 2
Will Old Chevy Volt Batteries (Eventually) Store Solar Energy From Your Roof?
Pretty much everyone loves renewable energy. The problem is that wind usually blows at night--often sporadically, at that--and solar power is unpredictable. Suppose the... September 21, 2010 by John Voelcker 2
Solar Array, Lithium Cells To Power Part of Ford Focus Plant
Many houses, stores, and factories across the U.S. now have arrays of photovoltaic solar cells mounted on their roofs. These days, that's hardly news. But Ford's announcement... August 13, 2010 by John Voelcker 2
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