ZAP, an electric car pioneer, earlier unveiled the concept drawings of its X Crossover SUV on its website. The images are also highlighted in the April 2007 issue of Popular Science in the article titled ‘Who killed the gas guzzler?’ where you can also find an interview with Steve Schneider, the ZAP CEO.The ZAP-X compact [...]
In 2006, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in an alliance with General Electric, went forward with a 120 megawatt wind farm, named the Pine Tree Wind Project. It is hoped that it will one day satisfy 20 percent of the utility’s energy requirements.Back in 2004, wind energy in the whole state of [...]
Do you know that Hydrogen fuel cell cars can save you almost thousands of dollars on your fuel bills? It is time to act and look out for options that can save you a lot of money on car fuel. You can use the saved money on many other important issues.However, before jumping into conversion [...]
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With rising gas prices and the increasing threat to environmental issues presented by conventional automobiles, there is a cultural shift towards alternate methods of fuelling and operating vehicles. One such method is the hybrid electric vehicle. At one point and time in history, the electric car existed. Through a combination of government intervention, oil company [...]
Hybrid cars operate on the concept of utilizing gas and electric motors in maximizing fuel consumption and longer mileage. However, this does not mean that all the hybrid vehicles available on the market all achieve the same mileage and use up the same amount of fuel. Here is a hybrid car comparison of some vehicles [...]
I saw a hybrid on the road yesterday- the owner was so proud of himself he had a license plate that said “Low CO2″
DUH- Everyone seems to act like electricity is free!!- we all know its expensive- and its production is hardly pollution free
The real questions are is how does the cost of added electric [...]
in 1997 Toyota put out the very first mass produced hybrid in Japan. It was the Toyota Prius, which didn’t make it here to the US until 2000. And the rest is as they say history.The history of the hybrid car reaches all the back to the 18th century. When France had a steam powered [...]
Right now in the United States, there is a huge push for people to use alternative fuels as opposed to gasoline. There are many reasons for this push. Generally, it is because alternative fuels are kinder to the environment and can help to combat the ever-growing problem of global warming.The price of driving a car [...]
The Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) also known as the hybrid car is quite the economic wonder. Even as a work in constant progress, the Hybrid Electric Vehicle technology has truly done a lot to improve the gas-dependence situation. Hybrid cars has also saved consumers from having to spend so much on fossil fuels and has [...]