Friday, 27 March 2009

Tesla Model S Unveiled: $50,000 Electric Sedan For 2011

Tesla Motors yesterday officially unveiled a new prototype electric sedan that the company hopes will hit the market in 2011, priced at less than half of the base cost of the company’s troubled Tesla Roadster.

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Thursday, 19 March 2009

Toyota MR2 Sports Car To Return With Prius Hybrid Tech

Toyota are apparently developing a new version of their great little MR2 sports car, that ended production back in 2007. This comeback model will be in the form of a compact coupe, rather than the roadster style of its predecessor and will feature a specially developed version of the hybrid powertrain from Toyota’s Prius.

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Friday, 27 February 2009

SunCat Batteries Are Self-Charging, Wrapped In Solar Cells.

Using rechargeable batteries is a great way to cut down on the waste we produce and to save money at the same time, but you need to be organized and keep a charger on hand. Well, inventor Knut Karlsen has come up with a clever solution that crosses a solar charger and a rechargeable cell to make, what is essentially, a self-charging battery.

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Thursday, 22 January 2009

Shelby’s Ultimate Aero EV To Be Fastest Electric Production Car

Shelby Super Cars (SSC) have announced plans to introduce an EV version of their Ultimate Aero sports car, which they claim will be the world’s fastest electric production car. The Ultimate Aero EV will also feature a 10-minute recharge time over a US standard 110 volt wall socket, which will get a range as high as 200 miles between charges.

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Tuesday, 20 January 2009

Fujitsu Siemens Announce “Zero-Watt” PC: The Esprimo Green

Fujitsu Siemens have today announced what they are calling a zero-watt PC, which consumes no energy when in standby mode. The computer, called the Esprimo Green, can still be managed by technicians whilst in its zero-power sleep mode, potentially saving big money on energy costs in large IT departments.

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Thursday, 18 December 2008

Solar Sunglasses Concept Could Power Gadgets…Maybe.

What’s not to love about a gadget that can provide free electricity to your portable devices on-the-go? That’s the thinking behind these solar panel-packing sunglasses. Called the Self-Energy Generating Glasses, or confusingly SIG, this alien-eyewear will supposedly collect energy from sunlight and transfer it to a cellphone or iPod via a power jack at the end of one of the arms.

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Wednesday, 17 December 2008

Piezoelectric Road Will Generate Electricity From Moving Cars

Scientists in Israel have apparently been hard at work engineering a stretch of road with embedded piezoelectric crystals, that will generate electricity from cars rolling across its surface. The road will be unveiled in a few weeks by Israeli company, Innowattech.

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Tuesday, 9 December 2008

Japan: Pedestrian Footsteps Power Lights In Tokyo

Japan is experimenting with an interesting method of generating clean and inexpensive electricity. They are essentially harnessing the power of pedestrian footfalls with a piezoelectric electronic mat, which is capable of generating an impressive 0.5W every time someone weighing around 60kg (132lbs) steps on it.

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Thursday, 27 November 2008

Kingston TTX01: World’s First Electric Superbike Does 125mph

Kingston will unveil the world’s first electric superbike this week at the 2008 NEC Motorcycle Show in Birmingham, England. Their TTX01 motorcycle is capable of 125mph (200km/h) and can apparently recharge in as little as 15 minutes via a high-current charger.

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Tuesday, 25 November 2008

Pexagon Wooden USB Flash Drives For Eco Geeks

Here’s a gadget for all you tech-loving folk with a bit of an old-world wood fetish. These USB flash drives from Pexagon will sit perfectly alongside your iWood iPhone case and should get you feeling a little more down to earth.

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