The i MiEV is powered by a 330-volt lithium ion battery system mated to 47kW electric motor that provides better performance than the standard 64-hp gasoline engine of the regular Mitsubishi ‘i.’
The electric motor improved performance and quicker acceleration over the 64-hp gasoline version.
The advanced lithium-ion battery is developed by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation / Mitsubishi [...]

A company called GreenCore Air has released an air conditioner than can be powered by a single 170 watt solar panel. The GreenCore air conditioning unit can heat and cool a 600 square foot room. It runs on DC power, so there is no need to put an AC inverter between the solar panel and [...]

There might be another possibility of producing solar panels - from Cadmium
Cadmium Advantages in Solar Panels Silikon based solar panels are facing price growth, so alternative photovoltaic technologies can step into the competition. There is Cadmium, which has several advantages over traditional silicon technology.
Those advantages are:

The electricity comes from properties of two types of cadmium [...]

I came to this article about the Sunflower’s Fresnel lens . Those lens concentrates sunlight more than 1,000 times, enabling cheaper electricity than traditional photovoltaics. The system is self-powered.
Technical specifications:

200-watt system
features trackers that shift with the sun’s location, as well as a controller and communications system.
The low-slung Sunflower is built to withstand winds, and it [...]

After the Roadster for 100 000$ which is already available in US, the second car from Tesla is still in developpement ( code name ‘Whitestar’). The second one should cost about half of the first one. There might be a third one - electric car which will cost under 30 000$. Electric car for the [...]

The scientists from Institute for Solar Energy at the Polytechnic University and the Institute of Catalysis of the Spanish Higher Scientific Research Council in Madrid, Spain developped new solar cells that are more efficient. The new material developed can supposedly absorb both visible and infrared light, giving it a theoretical absorption limit of 63 percent. [...]

The Devotec Solar Charger is solar charger which looks quite cool. At first look you are not really supprised with the nice look of this solar charger. It looks like that it’s been with all your other stuff (cellphone, wallet, carkeys etc……) since ages…. It’s part of the ‘indispensables’ accesoires of your everyday life. But [...]

If you are the lucky owner of the new iPhone 3G (yes even at the Reunion island where I live, there is a 3G now…) you may be dissapointed with quite little battery life. You should know that there are solutions - solar solutions - on your problem.

The solution is a solar powered case which [...]

The new Tata NANO - The electric version is being developed for Norway and will be introduced this year, Tata said. The vehicle will be introduced in other markets subsequently.
The price of the Nano is just above $2,500 and Tata’s chairman Ratan Tata says he expects demand to exceed supply. Tata’s plant in the city [...]

I know that this blog is and always will be about Solar Energy, but when I find interresting article about another industry’s discovery, I can’t hold myself from covering this subject as well…. -:) I’m like the guys at the EcoGeek blog. They are my favourites… So here we go.
The scientists from Melbourne’s Monash University [...]