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Toyota Goes Electric

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:54:01 PST

Toyota Goes Electric: Two Strategies For Alternative Powerplants - look at the electric hybrid models we can expect to see from Toyota.

The Wind Explorer - A Wind Powered Car

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:15:47 PST

The Wind Explorer is a Wind Powered Car built by Dirk Gion and Stefan Simmerer. Wind and battery power from a portable windmill generator power this car for up to 250 miles. Find out more about the wind powered Explorer.

All Charged Up Over Electric Cars

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:52:48 PST

Are You All Charged Up Over Electric Cars? Electric cars are coming, experts advise, and many communities are working on ways to make driving them easier and less expensive for their citizens.

The Rinspeed BamBoo The EV Goes To The Beach

Mon, 23 May 2011 23:32:47 PST

The Rinspeed BamBoo is the EV that goes to the beach. With the Rinspeed BamBoo you get an EV that more than gets you to the beach, it becomes your beach chair too. Electric vehicles are all the rage and it's about time, but this beach buggy is way more than you would expect from your electric vehicle.

Is there still a future for hydrogen-fueled fuel cell cars?

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 13:42:55 PST

Is there still a future for hydrogen-fueled fuel cell cars? Hydrogen powered fuel cell vehicles, electric vehicles or EVs, gasoline powered engines all come to mind when we think about a clean energy future. Let's find out where hydrogen fits in the mix with the many all electric cars and hybrid electric vehicles offered by car manufacturers.

Nissan Electric Car The Nissan Leaf

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:56:31 PST

The Nissan Electric Car, The Leaf, is a new breed of Hybrid electric vehicle. Let's find out the good, the bad and the verdict on this new car with the electric motor.

Veritas RS III Roadster Hybrid

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:40:19 PST

Veritas RS III Roadster Hybrid - It seems that since the Chevy Volt and Nissan Versa have hit the showroom floors the floodgates have opened for electric vehicles. Everyone from Ford to Bentley has announced some sort of plug-in or pure hybrid on the horizon, while newcomers like Fisker and Tesla are hoping to seize upon the new market.

Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid The Fastest Hybrid Plug-in

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:17:23 PST

The Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid was introduced at the Geneva Auto Show in 2010 and again at this year's Geneva Show. This electric and gasoline hybrid is scheduled for production in 2013, but only 918 of these plug-in supercars will be produced.

The SUNY Solar Car Model Racing Team's Sunhawk

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 04:04:56 PST

The SUNY Solar Car Model Racing Team's Sunhawk: Car of the Future?

The Sunhawk, a car built by students at SUNY's New Paltz college, prompted Forbes to ask "Is The $250,000 Sunhawk the Solar Car of the Future?" Yes, and no. The car itself isn't unusual in the solar racing field, but its construction at a lower level school is.

Toyota Electric Cars - John Elfreth's EV

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:16:23 PST

Find out aboout Toytota Electric Cars and John Elfreth's EV. EV means Electric Vehicle and John Elfreth wrote a magazine article in 1900. What could electric cars, Toyota's electric microcar and this man have to do with each other?