‘Drunken’ Electric Vehicle Breaks World Record
Most boozers are more likely to break the law, not a world record. But here’s a “boozer” who did just that and has left the electric vehicle design scene feeling…
Can Electric Cars Win Over the Mass Market?
It’s not every day that a U.S. governor accepts an invitation to the launch of a Japanese-built car, but Nissan’s all-electric Leaf offers environmental credentials that top any nationalistic concerns.…
Tron-like Two-wheeler to Hit U.S. Streets
MonoTracer MT e150: $100,000 The first cabin motorcycle, EcoMobile, debuted in 1982. Hmm, let’s see … what else debuted that very same year? Perhaps a certain video game-oriented science fiction…
Electric Roads Could Power Cars
If you are old enough to remember slot car racing, this might look familiar: an electric car powered by the roadway itself, rather than carrying its power supply along. Some…
Electric Car DIYers Rev Up at Summit
Several hundred electric vehicle enthusiasts from around the world are bonding this weekend in a somewhat unusual locale: an airport hangar at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The get-together is tapping into…
Smart Transformers: Making the Grid Smarter
skip to main content Right now, the power grid is a one-way stream of electricity from the power company to a house or business. But engineers are working to develop…
Paris Launches World-First Electric Car-Share Scheme
Self-service electric cars appeared on the streets of Paris Sunday, as a French group launched a public car-hire scheme modeled on the capital’s popular bicycle-sharing system and designed to become…
App Simplifies Vehicle Charging
The rise of EV cars has been good for reducing emissions, but they add unknown variables to the utility infrastructure, because power companies aren’t sure when or how much their…
How Google’s Self-Driving Car Works
Once a secret project, Google’s autonomous vehicles are now out in the open, quite literally, with the company test-driving them on public roads and, on one occasion, even inviting people…
Solar Cars Blaze Across Outback
Teams racing sleek sun-powered vehicles across the desolate Australian Outback this week have faced brushfires, searing heat, exploding car batteries and baby kangaroos along the highway. Today the futuristic cars…