Si2 Pilots Do Yoga Inside Solar Plane
While flying around the world in a solar plane, Si2 Pilot Andre Borschberg relates, “Though the cockpit is not big enough, I still do yoga and meditation to keep fit, aware and awake.” Then, taking off...
View Article2015 World Green Car Award Goes to BMW i8
Chosen from an initial entry list of 10 new vehicles from all over the world, The BMW i8 was declared the 2015 World Green Car Award Winner at a press conference hosted by the New York International...
View ArticleAluminum-Ion Battery Breakthrough At Stanford
An aluminum ion battery developed by researchers at Stanford costs less, recharges faster, won't burst into flames and is environmentally friendly Aluminum-Ion Battery Breakthrough At Stanford was...
View ArticleSlow Streets Advocates For Greater Bicycle Safety
Slow Streets is a community organization in Vancouver that advocates for greater bicycle safety by changes to city streets. Slow Streets Advocates For Greater Bicycle Safety was originally posted on:...
View ArticleParis Plan To Promote Bicycling
A Paris plan to promote bicycling allocates $165 million to 5 new bicycle highways, subsidies for electric bikes and more bicycle parking spaces. Paris Plan To Promote Bicycling was originally posted...
View ArticleCelebrate Earth Day: 6 Ideas to Help Save the Planet
With more than one billion people around the earth celebrating Earth Day this week, you might be looking for something new to do to show your interest in saving the planet. Compiled below are six great...
View ArticleUS Leads World In Clean Energy, Electric Vehicles, and High Energy Consumption
Next 10’s Green Innovation Index, International Edition for the first time analyzes and ranks the economic and energy performance of the world’s 50 largest greenhouse gas emitting nations. While the US...
View ArticleSolar Airplane #Si2 Leaves China on 5-Day Non-Stop to Hawaii
Update: Solar Impulse 2 Has Been Diverted to Nagoya Japan (Video) “It’s going to be the moment of truth,” said Andre Borschberg, the solar airplane pilot ready for the flight of his life. “We’ve done a...
View ArticleSafe Commuting By Bicycle
When I think about safe commuting by bicycle, of bicycle safety for regular travelers, I call to mind infrastructure changes in the United States that the Northern Europeans began over 50 years ago. I...
View Article5 Secretly Sustainable Travel Destinations
With more travelers interested in their eco-footprint, sustainable travel has become the new trend. According to a recent survey by Booking.com, only 10% of respondents took a traditional sustainable...
View ArticleHonda Power Exporter 9000 — Use CHAdeMO-Compatible EVs As Generators
Those interested in occasionally using their electric car as a portable generator will soon have a new option in that regard, when Honda releases the Power Exporter 9000. The new offering is,...
View ArticleBMW i3 vs Tesla Model S — Decisions, Decisions!
Originally published on EV Obsession. Well, I was hoping to get more clarity by test driving the BMW i3 and the Tesla Model S 70D one day after the other last week. Unfortunately, I walked away more...
View ArticleNissan LEAF, Chevy Volt, BMW i3 — Comparing 3 Top-Selling Electric Cars
Originally published on CleanTechnica. Aside from the amazing Tesla Model S 70D, Cadillac ELR, BMW i8, and Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid — four high-priced heavyweights in the electric car segment — I...
View ArticleTesla Model 3 Will Be Mostly New Tech
Originally published on EV Obsession. Tesla’s Chief Technology Officer, JB Straubel, recently revealed that the Model 3 will make use of mostly new technology — rather than simply reusing many of the...
View Article84% of LEAF Charging & 87% of Volt Charging Done At Home
Originally published on EV Obsession. For anyone contending that extended-range electric vehicles like the Chevy Volt shouldn’t classify as “electric vehicles,” here are two stats for you from the most...
View Article“No-Compromise Car” = No Such Thing
Originally published on EV Obsession. People (especially advertisers) are fond of calling plug-in hybrid and long-range, fully electric cars “no-compromise cars.” In fact, there’s no such thing as a...
View ArticleEVs & PVs — Driving on Sunshine
Originally published on CleanTechnica by Kyle Field This is an overview for how to assess a solar installation for a residential property and pair the system with an EV or two to generate your own...
View Article2016 Green Car of the Year Award Winner
Originally published on CleanTechnica by Kyle Field The Green Car of the Year award is put together by the Green Car Journal and is its pick for the new car with the smallest footprint that year. A few...
View ArticleWhy The BMW i3 Can’t Do Donuts, + Other Interesting Nuggets (Video)
Originally published on EVObsession by Kyle Field The guys over at the Autoline Network dug a bit deeper into the BMW i3 in a video discussion earlier this year, pulling in industry experts and BMW...
View ArticleTesla Model S One Of The 10 Best Cars Of 2016, Says Car and Driver
Originally published on EV Obsession Car and Driver has declared the Tesla Model S 70/70D one of the “10 Best Cars of 2016.” Car and Driver points out Tesla’s innovation and Musk’s popular appeal but...
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