Because of America's decentralized pattern of residential development, this country will always be heavily dependent on personal rather than mass transportation. While I am lucky...

The government's bold commitment to new sources of power is welcome. But we must not botch it this timeThis week, our leaders are expected to commit Britain to a civic overhaul that no other nation has had the courage – or recklessness, depending on ...

In an event flanked with all the electric cars that have recently come to market, and a handful of those that are poised for sale later this year, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa flipped the...

Solar power, magnetic cars and a green Big Brother. Does this experiment near Abu Dhabi work?Masdar City – in picturesA dusty construction site on the edge of an Arabian desert is an unlikely place for a model of green living. But this is Masdar City...

Electric cars are gaining in sophistication, but mass sales are unlikely with mains power coming from fossil fuelsElectric cars have taken their time to return to our roads. A century ago, they were serious rivals to petrol-fuelled vehicles, with early...

Starting in January 2012The prime minister of Québec, Jean Charest, has unveiled his incentive plan for electric vehicles yesterday. Rebates of up to C$8000 will be offered on a sliding scale, with the biggest ones offered to the EVs with the biggest ...

Published: Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 09:09 in Earth & Climate Li-air batteries are a promising opportunity for electric cars. "If we succeed in developing this technology, we are facing the ultimate breakthrough for electric cars, because in pra...

Cella Energy used nanotechnology to develop microbeads that can trap hydrogen and release it when heatedOne of the biggest stumbling blocks on the road to hydrogen power has long been the difficulty in storing the fuel. Hydrogen atoms are so small that...

Green Futures: China and India take a lead in electric vehicle manufacture• China's E6 electric carChina is aiming to put more than a million electric vehicles onto the road each year by 2015, according to the state-run People's Daily. It claims that...

Do you want to own an electric car but worry the battery won’t be able to handle your heavy driving? Chevy Volt has solved your problem, and television host and car aficionado Jay Leno is impressed! Although Leno spoke poorly of the Volt in the past, calling it “a people mover, ...