It’s not necessarily an easy promise to make come true, but Barack Obama has promised that, if elected, the entire Whitehouse fleet will be Plug-in hybrids (as security permits.)
Toyota to Sell Two New Hybrids by 2010
Toyota has announced that they’ll be selling two new Hybrids (along with the updated Prius.) One of the new hybrids will be a Lexus, and the other will be a Toyota. We don’t know much more than that, aside from that they’re emphasizing that they’re not just another iteration of the Prius. All we’ve got [...]
Sweden Boosting Alternative Energy Intake
A couple eco news blips show that Sweden is boosting its wind and ethanol intake. First up, Sweden’s Sekab just signed a deal with Brazilian ethanol exporters Cosan, Guarani, NovAmerica and Alcoeste to ship 115 million liters of anhydrous ethanol. Keeping up with the forward thinking Sweden tends to exemplify, the ethanol is manufactured according [...]
Clever Little Cars Goes On Three Wheels
Coming in slightly wider than the,lumeneo but still an ultra tiny 3.3 feet wide and 10 ft long, the clever is a three-wheeled zoomy little low emissions car that could make its way to the street…maybe…possibly…who really knows. But the prototype is here!
Electric Motorbike Programmable for Any Rider
Not ready to lay down $11,000 for the Electric Vectrix? Well, an electric dirt bike might not be as styling’ as the Vectrix, but what if you could cut that price in half Zero Motorcycles is working on the Zero X Electric Motor Cycle; the “Zero” stands for zero emissions, zero noise, and “almost zero maintenance.” [...]
Want to watch video secretly?
There are some excellent strides being made in LCD efficiency, and OLED displays promise to continue that trend. But while LCDs and Plasma sets are more efficient per square inch than CRTs ever were, they’re also allowing us to build and sell much larger sets.
Sexy, Simple, and Pricey Electric Motorbike
Right here we have a sweet looking motorcycle. The design is an awesome mix of old and new. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a henchman in Indiana Jones riding one of these, but it’s modern enough to be instantly appealing.
McDonald’s Grease Powering McDonald’s Trucks
McDonald’s, known mostly for smiling like an evil clown while the world gets fatter and fatter, is now actually doing something productive with all of those kilojoules of grease. The company is planning on powering its entire UK truck fleet with bio-diesel created from its own waste vegetable oil.
Folding Bike Bag Charges ipod
A backpack that recharges your gadgets isn’t even news anymore, but what if it could also turn into a bike? Frag Woodall, a student of University of Technology Sydney, has designed a backpack, called the Ever glide that amazingly is a backpack bike than can charge your iPod.
GM Awards Battery Control Contracts
Exciting news from the auto-world. General Motors has just awarded contracts to Compact Power and Continental Automotive Systems to create the battery systems for a new line of high-efficiency vehicles. One of those vehicles is the (potentially) awesome Chevy Volt that they announced earlier this year.
