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RedRock Boardshop offers DIY electric-powered skateboard kit

, Oct 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

A new project has landed on Kickstarter that offers a DIY kit allowing users to create their own electric-powered skateboard. The kit comes from a company called RedRock Boardshop and is for a "universal motorized skate truck." The idea is that by offering a modular kit with a motorized skateboard truck, users can choose their own board deck and create the electric vehicle themselves. Read The Full Story

iPod EarPod holder package turns to a pile of mush in water

, Oct 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

A lot of major technology companies out there are very concerned with being green. The concern with being green for many of these companies extends far beyond using green building processes and components in their product offerings. For many of these electronics companies the green push extends all the way to the packaging they use to ship their products around the world. Read The Full Story

Carbon emissions mapped at street level by researchers

, Oct 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Typically, when we talk about pollution, including carbon emissions, the numbers are talking about entire areas rather than specific locations. Researchers in the US have developed a new software system that is able to accurately map carbon emissions at the street level. The new system allows you to see each individual building, and the carbon emissions that it produces. Read The Full Story

Smart Electric Drive coming to the US in 2013 starting at $25,000

, Oct 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

Smart cars have been available in the United States for several years now. Odds are you've seen one of these tiny little gasoline-powered two-seaters cruising the streets in your area. What you probably haven't seen cruising around the streets is the electric version of the Smart car. Smart is on the third generation of its electric vehicle and in 2013, the car will come to the US. Read The Full Story

DENSO announces new lithium-ion battery pack for start/stop systems

, Oct 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

DENSO is a Japanese company that produces a wide range of products for the automotive industry. Some of the products the company produces are aimed at automakers producing green vehicles such as hybrids and EVs. One of the technologies that is finding its way into many gasoline-powered vehicles is start/stop systems. Read The Full Story

Ford working on natural fiber materials for automotive applications

, Sep 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Ford has announced that it has teamed up with Weyerhaeuser to develop automotive applications for natural fiber materials. Ford is looking into the use of tree fibers called cellulose in some of the plastic composites used to produce its automobiles. Ford says that the use of cellulose in automotive applications has the potential to significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions and weight. Read The Full Story

Consumer Reports slams the Fisker Karma saying it’s “plagued with flaws”

, Sep 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

I think most people knew back in March that Consumer Reports' review of the Fisker Karma wasn't going to go well. Consumer Reports ordered up its most expensive car ever for review at over $107,000, and the vehicle broke down before Consumer Reports had finished checking it into its fleet. That initial flaw was foreshadowing for what was to come when the vehicle returned. Read The Full Story

Toyota RAV4 EV ready to roll into California

, Sep 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

Toyota announced its new all electric 2012 RAV4 SUV several months ago. The EV will go on sale in California to begin with through select dealers who focus on major metropolitan areas. Toyota has announced special financing and customer lease options for the RAV4 EV. Read The Full Story

iPhone 5 launch date imminent as 4S included in “recycling” program

, Aug 31st 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple has launched a program on their own website called Reuse and Recycling in which they're more than willing to take your iPhone 4S for a gift certificate in their store. Of course the main reason a lot of people will be doing this is that once the iPhone 5 (or whatever it'll be called) is on the market, the iPhone 4S might not look so fabulous anymore. To the early adopter "must have it" crowd, that is. Read The Full Story

Zipcar and the City of Houston team for municipal electric vehicle sharing program

, Aug 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Zipcar is a company that operates a car-sharing network around the country. The company also operates car sharing networks outside the US with operations in Canada, the UK, Spain, and Austria. Users can rent over 30 different vehicle makes and models by the hour or by the day to take care of whatever it is they need a car for. Read The Full Story

ECOXPOWER adds a headlight and smartphone charger to your bicycle

, Aug 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

At first glance, this seems like a weird device. It's designed as both a headlight and a smartphone charger for your bicycle in one device. Every time I see something like this it reminds me of that episode of The Simpsons where Bart has the headlight dynamo generator thingy that makes it nearly impossible to pedal his bike. I don't think you'll have that problem with the ECOXPOWER. Read The Full Story

Ford invests in electrification big time

, Aug 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

It seems like Washington and the big automakers in Detroit have gone electrification crazy. Everyone is working on the electrification of the automobile industry with more hybrids and pure electric vehicles being researched and produced all around the world. The push for electrification is to save drivers at the pump, help the environment, and to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil. Read The Full Story
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