The world’s first off-road solar car, Stella Terra, operates more efficiently than initially calculated with a range of approximately 550 kilometers, depending on the terrain. TU/e student team Solar Team Eindhoven has reached the end point of their 1,000-kilometer test drive, from northern Morocco to the Sahara, with the world’s … [continued]
Auke Hoekstra, who researches electric vehicles at The Eindhoven University of Technology and NEON Research, and whose specialty lies in comparing CO2 emissions of EVs with fossil fuel vehicles, just debunked a study claiming that EVs needed to go 48,000 miles before emitting less CO2 than fossil fuel vehicles.
Students in the Netherlands and Hong Kong are designing and building innovative electric cars that may become important elements in the zero emissions future of transportation.
For the third year now, the student team from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) has taken first place in the “Cruiser Class” at the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia.
The Eindhoven University of Technology student research team behind the electric STORM Pulse motorcycle will be sending it on a cross country trip from Europe to China later this month, according to recent reports. The trip will be undertaken by two of the researchers behind the electric motorcycle project, and … [continued]
We’ve already written about Stella, the solar-powered family car created by students at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) for the World Solar Challenge (a solar car race across the Australia Outback). However, after our post, Jo shared a cool video of the car over on Gas2 that I’ve been meaning to … [continued]
We’ll keep you posted on more World Solar Challenge stories as the 2013 World Solar Challenge approaches, commences, and ends. For now, check out this awesome solar-powered family car from the Netherlands! If you’re unfamiliar with the World Solar Challenge, it’s an event where universities and research institutes create solar-powered … [continued]
To date, producing hydrogen from natural gas as a clean fuel alternative has been anything but clean. The effort to produce hydrogen from natural gas has had the negative impact of producing carbon dioxide in the manufacturing process.
