Lithium-Air Batteries – Likely To Be The Most Important Breakthrough For Deposing Gasoline
5 January 2010 | Green Technology | 1 Comment
With no viable alternative to gasoline oil in sight, the search for a more environmentally-friendly solution is still on, but, as it turns out, the day gasoline is to be displaced is years away, as current research standings seem to indicate. Nevertheless, some favorite gasoline replacements have come to light. One of them certainly is the lithium-air battery. As far as its capability goes, the arrival of this technology will surely produce great excitement in the scientific community, as well as for most energy corporations.
The New Citroen C-Zero – Zero Emissions, 100% Electric
12 November 2009 | Green Cars | No Comments
The new model from the french car manufacturer, Citroen, is the company’s second electric car, after the Berlingo van. Made in partnership with Mitsubishi, the new model earns its name from a number of aspects: it has zero fuel consumption, zero CO2 emissions and zero noise. Based on the earlier version of the Mitsubishi iMiev, the new car will be available as from late 2010 and it will be deprived of 5000 euros from the French government, as a bonus to buyers who pick environmentally-friendly models.
Solar Powered Bicycle Of The Future Can’t Be Stolen
26 August 2009 | Green Cars | No Comments
Simple design, elegant and full of electronics. This is how Chris Boardman pictures the bike of the future. The 40-years old cyclist, who won an individual pursuit gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and broke the world hour record three times, imagined a bicycle that is “impossible to steal” ,working only by passing the fingerprint recognition system installed. It also features a mini-computer that display the burned calories, wheels without spikes to make it more aerodynamic and self-inflating, puncture-proof tyres.
Nissan LEAF – An Affordable New Electric Car
3 August 2009 | Green Cars | 4 Comments
We are living some incredible times. Big changes are about to take place in the way we think of electric vehicles. With worlds oil reserves much lower than evaluated, an alternative solution is needed more than ever and it’s becoming clearer that the electric car is one of the answers.
Solar charger for iPhone and Blackberry
30 July 2009 | Green Technology | 1 Comment
With all this current hype about environmentally-friendly products, it seems that Apple, with their iPhone and the Blackberry phones have been left behind. Well, that is about to change. 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.