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Dean Benstead’s Yamaha Motorbike Runs on Compressed Air, Competes With...

Compressed air has been one of the fields “in vogue” a few years ago (namely, four or five), ever since the invention of the DiPietro motor and the dreams of a French company called MDI Cat. However,...

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Eco friendly airships: The green future of transportation

Transportation technologies have got a new form over all these years and have made traveling comfortable and convenient. There are a variety of transportation modes that help us travel all around the...

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How to Prolong the Life of Your E-bike Batteries

Wouldn’t it be great if you could free yourself from the high costs of gas and oil by turning to an electric bike or electric scooter? It sure would, but how do you make their expensive batteries last...

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6 Months of Free Electricity Offered with Plugless Power Reservation

Evatran, which produces Plugless Power, a wireless electric vehicle (EV) charging system, opened its online reservation system last week and announced that it is offering a $150 rebate card for up to 6...

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Leaf-Shaped Lotus Electric Vehicle Charger Doubles as a Solar-Powered LED...

Springing up from the ground like a large leaf, the Lotus is a solar-powered electric vehicle charger that doubles as an LED streetlight and a sheltered bench. Perfect for parks and parking areas...

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Who needs a road? Chinese designer creates eco-friendly all-terrain car for...

A Chinese inventor has come up with an incredible new design for a car that will work on tarmac, sand, ice... and even water. The all-terrain vehicle, which has a top speed of 62mph and works like a...

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Interesting Solar-Powered EV Charging Stations

We’ve covered solar-powered EV charging stations in the past several times, but I don’t think we’ve ever shared these interestingly designed solar-powered EV charging stations:

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Kinesis concept vehicle converts mechanical energy to electricity

A concept proposed by Marcus Martinez, the Kinesis electric vehicle concept is a combination of a bicycle and a car, also having some features of a motorcycle. This concept is based on kinetics which...

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Air-powered bike for the future

Design student Dean Benstead has produced a bike that runs on nothing but compressed air. He says that with further development there is a place in the future for compressed air as an economical and...

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Tûranor PlanetSolar: World’s Largest Solar Ship About to Complete Trip Around...

The epic voyage of the Tûranor PlanetSolar – the world’s largest solar-powered boat – will soon come to a close as the ship closes in on its final stretch. The Swiss vessel is a full-bore high-tech...

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Toyota 2000GT swapped into a solar electric vehicle

The classic Toyota 2000GT has managed to carve an everlasting image in the minds of people, thanks to its style and of course James Bond. Japanese engineers have given James Bond getaway car a new...

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Electric car that that folds itself launches in Spain

Compact cars take on a new meaning when they can literally fold themselves. Spain will begin producing an electric car next year that's about the same size as a Smart, but can collapse itself into an...

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Microbubbles Enable More Efficient Production Of Algae Biofuels

Algae biofuel is one of the most promising alternative fuels on the market – so far we’ve seen cars and even planes adapted to run on it. The main drawback thus far has been high production costs and...

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First Solar-Powered Electric Car Charging Stations Open in Sofia, Bulgaria

This month, A1 Co., Ltd. and BIES Ltd. opened the first set of solar-powered electric car charging stations across Sofia, Bulgaria. Built as simple structures, each station simply uses solar panels to...

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Solar car hits U.S. in round-the-world jaunt

Last October, the SolarWorld GT solar-powered car set out from Darwin, Australia on a drive around the world. It has since driven 3,001 kilometers (1,865 miles) across Australia, logged 1,947 km (1,210...

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London’s First Zero-Emission Electric Taxis Hit the Streets

When it comes to clean transportation, London is charging ahead at maximum speed – not only is the city’s mayor a cycling enthusiast, but he helped to push the introduction of London’s first hydrogen...

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Stanford pioneering a wireless electric highway

Stanford researches may have solved the problem of range anxiety by wireless charging technology that could one day create an electric highway. Wireless recharging already is used by some electric...

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Solar Powered Vehicle for a green ride in deserts

Designer Omer Sagiv’s futuristic Solar Powered Vehicle (SPV) is an ideal vehicle for long rides in deserts or other open lands. The SPV is a typical solar vehicle design. The aluminum structure mounts...

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London Designer Creates a Super Futuristic Solar-Powered Concept Car

London designer Omer Sagiv created this solar-powered concept car that looks like it’s straight out of the latest sci-fi movie. The concept car is referred to as the SPV (Solar Power Vehicle) and Sagiv...

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Voltaic Introduces Solar Backpacks Charger for Laptops

The dream of going wireless with a laptop or iPad becomes pretty meaningless when reality hits and you’re left with a battery drained to nothing. But Voltaic‘s new solar backpack brings things back...

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