January 5th, 2010

Lithium-Air Batteries – Likely To Be The Most Important Breakthrough For Deposing Gasoline

Lithium-air batteries basically consist of a air cathode which supplies air (more exactly oxygen), a lithium anode and the electrolyte separating them.

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November 12th, 2009

The New Citroen C-Zero – Zero Emissions, 100% Electric

The new model from the french car manufacturer, Citroen, is the company’s second electric car, after the Berlingo van and has zero fuel consumption, zero CO2 emissions and zero noise.

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August 26th, 2009

Solar Powered Bicycle Of The Future Can’t Be Stolen

Chris Boardman designed an elegant bike of the future, which features a solar powered motor, to assist when tired, fingerprint recognition to make it theft-proof and puncture-proof tyres.

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August 3rd, 2009

Nissan LEAF – An Affordable New Electric Car

The Japanese automaker Nissan presented on Sunday, 2. August, at the new HQ in Yokohama, their first 108 HP electric car, available in Europe, US and Japan late 2010.

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July 30th, 2009

Solar charger for iPhone and Blackberry

A company called Motion Touch, announced a new eco-friendly product called “Powcell”, a solar mobile phone charger which works for iPhone’s and Blackberry’s.

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July 29th, 2009

Nissan Altima – The Cutting-Edge Hybrid Car

Nissan Altima, a environmentally-friendly hybrid car, with EPA rating of 35 miles per gallon(~56 km) in the city and a gas mileage of 34 on highways and almost no gas emissions.

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July 27th, 2009

Nissan’s New Electric Car

The Japanese car manufacturer, Nissan, announced today it’s latest electric car prototype, a model similar to the existing car, Tiida, with improved performances, which tells you when and where to charge the battery.

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July 24th, 2009

Microfluidic Fuel Cells Could Provide Energy for Portable Devices

Daniel Spencer an engineer who recently finished studies at Meng in Electronic Engineering at the University’s School of Electronics and Computer Science, has found a new way to store electricity for portable devices.

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July 19th, 2009

Mint Energy Rechargeable Battery-Just Shake it for Full Energy

The metal hydrate battery use a permanent magnet that moves between the coiled bobbin and when we shake the battery, the magnet starts to move and the electricity is produced.

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June 15th, 2009

USB phone charger using solar cells

4-port USB that is to be able to charge mobile phone batteries.

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