Pay-As-You-Go Solar Power for Customers Off the Grid in World’s Youngest Country
UK start-up Eight19 is trying to make a name for itself installing pay-as-you-go solar systems across Africa. Their first […]
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Over 31? You May Still Buy a Hybrid by 2020
More car buyers than just those belonging to Generation Y may be looking to buy hybrids, at least according to a report published by New York-based marketing research firm ABI Research. The firm’s analysts foresee […]
EV Home Charging Stations – Now Easier to Install
Electric vehicles are pretty neat (understatement), and they definitely have the potential to be one of the cleanest types of transportation around. Integrating them into the market, however, isn’t always an easy task. One of the issues is the hardware necessary to recharge EVs and plug-in hybrids at home, … [continued]
Next Five Years: 4x the Energy Storage (Maybe)
Energy storage is always an issue, whether it’s storing enough power to run an electric car or storing enough solar-generated electricity to supply power while the sun isn’t shining. KEMA, a global energy consultancy company headquartered in the Netherlands, recently released a report analyzing U.S. energy storage over the … [continued]
Hagent, the Heat-Storing Robot
Developed by German designers – Andreas Meinhardt and Daniel Abendroth – Hagent is a sort of mobile space heater. Only, instead of plugging into the wall […]
Fleet of London EVs to Ferry Olympic Athletes
The 2012 Olympics are almost upon us, and we all know what that means. Droves and droves of tourists, athletes, and everyone in between will descend upon London, overcrowd it briefly, and then vanish. But rather than build huge facilities that will never be used again, London is using … [continued]
New Solar Cell Efficiency Record for Organic Solar Cells
The most organic solar cell possible is a leaf, but photosynthesis is ridiculously difficult to reproduce. That hasn’t stopped a number of researchers from trying, and this week an American company from Illinois has set the new efficiency record for an organic solar cell, or OPV. So Close to … [continued]
We Need an iCar, Market Experts Conclude
100 industry experts were polled by financial services firm Ernst & Young last week on what the electric vehicle market really needs, and somehow the answer coming out was: “The market needs an iCar.” Apple Does Not Make an Electric Car The poll didn’t come out and specifically ask … [continued]
Hertz Tests Wireless EV Charging in the U.S.
Electric cars need to be charged – they run on rechargeable batteries. But taking a long cord and plugging it into an actual outlet seems so… so… 20th-century. Enter […]
How Consumers and Federal Stimulus Might Revitalize the Electric Car
The return of the electric car to the United States can perhaps be lauded as one of the Obama administration’s successes; the rebirth of the electric car here—and it is a rebirth—is well under way. While the first electric cars were on the roads right alongside the first gasoline … [continued]
