The BMW Evolve app has settings that let you track a trip&39's distance and &34'get charged&34' at destinations that offer EV recharging. (Credit:... read more »
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Control4 spread further into energy on Wednesday, announcing deals with Silver Spring Networks and utility AEP around its home energy management sys... read more »
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Customers registered to buy a Nissan Leaf electric car will take delivery before summer is over, the carmaker said yesterday. Nissan delivered few... read more »
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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--The ARPA-E Summit opens this morning with seemingly dual purposes: toinspire scientists to invent and to convince Congress of ... read more »
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Tesla unveiled its sign over the old NUMMI plant, where it will build the Model S electric car. (Credit: James Martin/CNET) On Wednesday, Tesl... read more »
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Thanet Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Kent, England, is a precursor to the North Sea project. (Credit: Vattenhall) Swedish energy company Vat... read more »
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Hertz is adding 100 Coda EVs to its California rental fleet for 2011 as part of its Hertz Global EV initiative to introduce electric car options to... read more »
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The different sources of natural gas, including conventional wells, shale rock, and coal beds. Not included are methane hydrates, or gas trapped in... read more »
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Screenshot of the algae calculator's iTunes app version. (Credit: Texas A&'M/iTunes) So, now there's even an app for planning your algae oil ... read more »
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Japanese electronics giant and battery manufacturer Panasonic has invested $30 million in Tesla Motors, the U.S. automaker best-known for its all-ele... read more »
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A unit of Spanish conglomerate Abengoa has gotten the final sign-off on the U.S. Department of Energy's largest renewable-energy loan to date, a $1.... read more »
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Gazoo Racing fitted the CT 200h with a larger engine. (Credit: Lexus) Hybrids face the stigma of being more about fuel economy than sport, but t... read more »
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A view of 100 flywheels, inside the blue cylinder-shaped structures, out of a planned 200 installed in a 20-megawatt storage system. (Credit: Beaco... read more »
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A General Motors patent application addresses one of the downsides of electric vehicles--battery degradation--with a system that would let technicia... read more »
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In a move to beef up demand for its product, Chinese solar wafer manufacturer LDK Solar announced today it has acquired a 70 percent stake valued at $... read more »
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A Tesla Roadster waits at the starting line. (Credit: Tesla) During practice sessions for the Race of Champions last week, two Tesla Roadsters g... read more »
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Luxury carmaker Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, a unit of German auto giant BMW, said over the weekend that it had developed a fully electric-powered car, ... read more »
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Diagram of how a device with WiTricity couples with its source to draw power from the source&39's magnetic near field. (Credit: WiTricity) Chargin... read more »
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The European Union is sponsoring a multimillion-dollar research project to boost the efficiency of everyday electronics and choke the constant flow ... read more »
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Transphorm came out of stealth today with the high-profile backing of Google Ventures and Kleiner Perkins, and power-conversion technology it says can... read more »
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