Jul 28 2011

Electric Vehicle Charger Powered By Wind and Solar

The electric vehicle charger could get your car completely off the coal- and natural gas-powered grid.

Jul 22 2011

Spaceship Builder Unveils Flying Car

Tag: Cars,Electric Vehicles,Hybrid CarsIrene Klotz @ 10:47 am
So far, the two-seater, electric-hybrid has only made some short hops over the Mojave Airport runway.

Jul 19 2011

Shock Absorber Harvests Energy from Bumps

New shock absorbers could increase fuel efficiency up to 8 percent.

Jul 11 2011

Alert Noises Coming To Hybrid And Electric Cars

Tag: Electric Cars,Electric Vehicles,Government,Hybrid Cars,Safety and PreventionDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 10:23 am
A badly written Congressional bill has mandated a single solution to an ill-defined problem that may not exist.

Jun 23 2011

Live Out of Your Car in Style

Mini-home combines a 100-square-foot pod with an electric car that doubles as a living room.

Jun 15 2011

VW Hovercraft Bring Us One Step Closer to the Jetsons

This car can drive over rocks, sand, ice and water at speeds of up to 65 mph with no carbon emissions.

Aug 10 2010

Only One Hybrid Car Pays Back Its Owners

Tag: Auto,Carbon Footprint,Hybrid Cars,TechnologyDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 2:21 pm
Can you guess which one it is?

Jul 02 2010

A New Look at an Old Engine

To hear some people tell it, the internal combustion engine is dead. But engineers are coming up with new ways to improve the engine's efficiency.

Feb 19 2010

New Electric Car Pays For Itself

Tag: Cars,Electric Cars,Hybrid Cars,Technology,VehiclesDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 5:34 pm
A new concept vehicle earns money for its driver instead of guzzling it up in gasoline and maintenance costs.