The Solar powered aircraft, Solar Impulse, is to attempt the next phase in its energy efficient development. The aircraft will energize itself during the day and store the energy in its internal batteries ready for the attempt at flying at night. The aircraft which is covered in solar panels will take off on its test flight from Switzerland. Developed by [...]
Electric Vehicles have, currently, a large off-putting factor and that is the distance that the car can travel on a single charge. The Mira EV has now shown that not to be a problem by breaking the distance record not once but twice. Using a modified Mira EV equipped with a staggering 8,320 batteries on board the car achieved a [...]
The Electric Car may be in for a performance boost as the technology behind the battery packs sparks into life. Manufacturers have been erring on the side of caution and limiting their performance to increase the life span. The massive pack of batteries in Electric Vehicles is probably the most expensive component in these new forms of transport and this [...]
The electric vehicle is not a new concept and has been used for specific purposed for many years. There have been some demonstration and experimental cars but not is the time for them to go mainstream. These truly electric vehicles may look the same on the outside but under the hood they are quite different altogether. The most obvious and [...]
The world is on course to make driving electric and its something everybody should be charged up on. Nissan is going full swing with their LEAF which is an acronym for Leading, Environmentally Friendly Affordable Family Car. Electric cars have been here for quite a while and have always had their problems. Mainly battery capacity that would not allow performance [...]
The commercial airline industry has been making test flights with alternate fuels and more specifically Biofuels. Now it is the turn of the military and the US Navy have just flown a F/A-18 partially powered by Biodiesel. The aircraft appropriately named the Green Hornet made a 45 minute test flight powered by a mixture of 50% conventional jet fuel and [...]
A little step on the horizon for improving the quality of the air we breath is an idea called “Start-Stop” technology. Aimed at vehicles which themselves are hungry guzzlers of energy this concept will be hitting new models of vehicles very soon. What is Start-Stop Often when your driving you have those regular stops at junctions or waiting for the [...]
The media is currently full of storied about electric car and the approaches taken by the journalists often vary from “for” to “against”. Reducing pollution in cities is a necessity where those seen and unseen exhaust fumes are concentrated. Switching from gas powered vehicles to electrical powered is really and obvious advantage for our long term health even if that [...]
Golfers spending time on the courses are always thinking Green, the Putting Green. Fortunately unknowingly they may also be driving around the links while being environmentally green in a Solar Powered Golf Cart. Electric vehicles are going to be more common whizzing quietly down our streets in this decade. On the Golf course they have been in action for years. [...]
The 2009 Global Green Challenge as been won by the Japanese Tokai Challenger solar car. The race, which is run ever two years, is a gruelling 3000 kilometre dash across the Australian outback. This year there were 32 solar vehicles entered from 16 countries competing. Coming in second place was Infinium, from the US University of Michigan. The race was [...]