One of the issues with biofuel production is that the amount of energy required to produce the fuel often exceeds the amount of energy available from the fuel itself. There are also issues with trying to produce biofuels from other cellulosic sources…
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Video: Your daily Tesla fix!
We know you all need your daily hit of something from San Carlos related to a certain wicked fast electric car. But since we're short on actual news from Tesla today, we'll just point you at this promo video for the Roadster that has turned up on…
Hyundai shows off its hybid development center
Just because Hyundai thinks that diesels are a better option than hybrids, it doesn't mean they aren't hedging their bets. In the car business as with others if you want to succeed you have to offer customers what they want to buy. That's why…
Lightning Car Co to use Altairnano batteries in new sports car
Click the photo for a high-res gallery of the Lightning GT
Another British specialist car maker has popped up with a new electrically driven sports car. With styling that looks like a Jaguar from the front, a more recent TVR from the rear and a…
First phase results of UK electric vehicle trial complete, average of 23 miles a day
The first three-month period of an electric vehicle trial in the UK is complete and it turns out the fleet of of 25 Mitsubishi iMiEVs has been running an average of 23 miles a day and have been parked 97 percent of the time. The majority of…
In the Wild: 2009 MINI E in Beverly Hills
Click for a high res gallery of the MINI E on the street
The electric MINIs have arrived! While getting ready for today's festivities here in Los Angeles, we spotted one of the 500 MINI Es that will be leased starting in January. Apparently…
Volkswagen finishes up Jetta BlueTDI development, on sale this summer
The new, fifty-state legal Jetta BlueTDI is finally done and it's coming soon. At the International Vienna Motor Symposium in Austria, Volkswagen announced that it's completed development on what they are calling the BlueTDI system for their US…
Sebring 2010: Bad start for Jaguar as XKR goes out in first hour
Unfortunately for Jaguar, the only XKR to make it to the finish of the 2010 12 Hours of Sebring was the green and black pace car. Sebring was to have been the full-season competition debut for the new JaguarRSR XKR GT2, but it looks like team has a…
Cellulosic ethanol could get a boost from a sea grub
As we know, breaking down long-chain cellulose molecules into individual sugar molecules is problematic on an industrial scale. In nature, of course, this happens all the time thanks to little critters like the Limnoria Quadripunctata, or four…
Jaguar-Land Rover shopping for hybrid engineers
2010 Jaguar XF Supercharged – Click above for high-res image gallery
So far, aside from a couple of concepts and test vehicles, Jaguar and Land Rover haven't made much of a dent in the vehicle electrification space. Adding electric drive to a vehicle…