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Price of Tesla Roadster in Europe could be 150 000 $
Published on 17 Jul, 2008 at 10:44 in Featured Articles | Viewed 391 views times | 2 Comments
Tesla Roadster is making us dreaming. There was others cars before, and there will be others after, but this one is the most spectacular. Well finished, the best one I ever saw. We all love it. But. Since the price in US is about 100 000 $, so with the simple calculation we could convert
BMW’s MINI going to be hybrid…
Published on 16 Jul, 2008 at 4:42 in Featured Articles, hybrid cars | Viewed 354 views times | 2 Comments
BMW is now committing to testing completely electric vehicles, but not quite ready to take the plunge to actually market them. As for hybrid cars that use a traditional gasoline engine combined with an electric motor, they should arrive “at the end of next year,” a company spokesperson for BWM was quoted as saying. “This
235 MPG efficient Volkswagen…
Published on 13 Jul, 2008 at 12:40 in Featured Articles | Viewed 224 views times | No Comments
I just saw this post at technoride…. I want to share with you…. Volkswagen has approved top-secret plans to build a limited-edition ‘one-liter’ car, which will be capable of one liter per 100km, or about 235mpg using U.S. standards, Next Energy News reports. Originally, the company unveiled a concept version at an annual meeting back
Mercedes will produce electric car in 2010
Published on 2 Jul, 2008 at 10:42 in Featured Articles | Viewed 199 views times | No Comments
Mercedes is developing a 100% luxury (what else?) car referred to as the “S-Class.” It will be manufactured luxury to mid-size and will run on a lithium-ion battery. The lithium-ion battery pack is stored under the hood. The driver will have the options of plugging it in to charge it or letting the “dynamo” device
What are the best solar panels and inverters
Published on 30 Jun, 2008 at 14:01 in Featured Articles | Viewed 290 views times | 2 Comments
Best solar panels to use, best brand of solar panels for value vs. efficiency, based on a short interview with Dan Yechout of Namasta Solar SunPower and Sanyo solar panels are two high efficiency and high end brands which means you get the most power per square foot but also the highest cost per watt.
IBM to develop CIGS 15% efficient
Published on 22 Jun, 2008 at 5:45 in Featured Articles, Solar-thin-film | Viewed 651 views times | 2 Comments
IBM becomed a partner with company Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (TOK). IBM wants to develop cheaper and more efficient solar power technologies based on CIGS ( copper-indium-gallium-selenide ). Those cells should be more than 15% efficient. This is much more efficient than usual 6% to 12% efficiency that current (CIGS) solar cells have achieved. Classic photovoltaic
Solar Showers – easy way to save money
Published on 16 Jun, 2008 at 10:05 in Featured Articles | Viewed 1,226 views times | No Comments
A solar shower is a fun and highly efficient device for summer. It operates by attaching a standard garden hose to the shower — water is heated inside an integrated solar-thermal tank. After 1-2 hours the water will be hot enough for a shower. Solar heated shower are also handy for camping — you can
E6 Electric Car from China
Published on 8 Jun, 2008 at 11:29 in Featured Articles | Viewed 777 views times | 1 Comment
BYD, China’s biggest battery maker, isn’t wasting any time carving its niche in the new world of electric cars and plug-in hybrids. It all started with the F6DM plug-in hybrid sedan, followed by the smaller and less expensive F3DM plug-in hybrid compact car. Now BYD has introduced its E6 electric car at the Beijing International
Solar panel – water heating for the masses
Published on 25 Apr, 2008 at 14:52 in Featured Articles | Viewed 2,821 views times | 5 Comments
An English company, IDC, has announced plans to mass-produce an inflatable solar panel and make it commercially available for less than 100 pounds ($200) , a great leap forward in making green energy available to the masses. Capable of heating up to 3 full tanks of water, IDC envisions the panels being used primarily in
New turbines designed for more efficiency and easy transport…
Published on 20 Apr, 2008 at 10:50 in Featured Articles | Viewed 302 views times | No Comments
There is a big demand on wind turbines at the moment so the manufacturers can’t build enough turbines to fill orders, and waiting lists are already years long. So something’s going right in Wind. But the CEO of FloDesign Wind, Stanely Kowalski thinks things could be going even better. Using FloDesign’s expertise in aircraft engines,
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