Eco Buses Wirelessly Charge In The Future
The idea for wirelessly charging vehicles has been circulating for the past couple years and has even made it into the realm of reality with soon to be wireless charging of GM vehicles. (more…)...
40 MPG…true or false?
By Ric Romero There are many TV commercials touting 40 miles per gallon and even more. The ads sure are attention getters, but Consumer Reports auto editor Rik Paul says the promises aren't necessarily all...
Eco Friendly Car Concept: Chevy Era
By Ian Andrew While the Chevy Volt is picking up steam as an all-electric, zero-emissions eco friendly car, Chevy has released the designs for a new concept car called Era, which takes the concept of a gre...
All Electric Bus by DesignLine Produces Unparalleled Results
DesignLine Corporation, the leading designer and manufacturer of electric drive systems for the commercial bus market, announced yet another milestone today with its all electric bus, the Eco-Smart I, averaging...
Hypersonic, Eco Friendly Flights By 2050?
By Anuradha Shetty Have your flights made you wish that you reached your destination in less than half the time it says it would? Well, this innovation seems to have been picked out of one such wish. Come 2050,...
Virginia Tech Takes EcoCAR Challenge
After three years of competition, collaboration and electrification, the EcoCAR Challenge is over, and the student-engineers at Virginia Tech have come out on top with an extended-range EV powered by E85 fuel. ...
Honda CR-Z Mugen prototype
This is the Honda CR-Z Mugen hybrid, and it isn’t a production car… yet. Instead this prototype (valued at over £150k!) is designed to showcase just how far Mugen can push the CR-Z envelope. (more&hel...
40 mpg dollars and sense: Chevrolet Cruze Eco saves fuel–as long as you shift yourself
By Eric Evarts Chevrolet has been getting some great mileage out of its ads about the Cruze Eco’s fuel economy. “Cruze Eco offers 42 mpg on the highway by sacrificing nothing,” says Chevr...
National EcoCAR competition: Penn State takes 4th Place
Students from Penn State won fourth place and brought home a number of other awards at the EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge competition, held in Milford, Mich., and Washington, D.C. Sponsored by General Motors (GM) a...
Hyundai is driving home the green car message
By Rochelle LaMont & Kenric Nilsson As gas prices are reaching a record high, people are looking to automobile manufactures to produce more fuel efficient cars. Hyundai is answering these cries with a trio ...