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This Month's Innovations For a Greener Future: Megakites, Solar Flowers, and...

Up and Away The kite generates electricity as it ascends. © 2009 KiteGen Research S.R.L. All contents copyrighted. All Rights Reserved A kite flown in a strong breeze will quickly unspool string as it...

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Test Drive: 2010 BMW ActiveHybrid X6

2010 BMW ActiveHybrid X6BMWBMW debuts the most powerful hybrid ever made Two years ago, when BMW first unveiled the X6, its high-performance, high-end crossover SUV, it announced a hybrid version as...

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Gallery: The Best of the 2009 L.A. Auto Show

The first morning of this year's Los Angeles auto show, the CEO of General Motors, Fritz Henderson, was scheduled to give the keynote address. The night before, he got fired. (Excuse me: He...

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The Best of the 2010 Detroit Auto Show

The GMC Granite ConceptSeth FletcherA smaller but surprisingly less depressing North American Auto Show features a shaken industry seeking a fresh start The 2010 North American International Auto Show...

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Nissan Gets $1.4 Billion Loan from Feds to Build Electric Cars

Nissan Leaf Ready Let's get the manufacturing lines moving NissanA retooled Nissan factory is expected to create up to 1,300 jobs in the U.S. Nissan can officially start its engines for its...

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Future Electric Cars Could Earn Money for Owners While Sitting Still

Vehicle Recharging Let's get paid Better PlaceCars could shed their image as energy hogs and become mobile storage points for the electric grid, if engineers backed by the National Science Foundation...

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Hungarian Firm Envisions Electric Car That Splits Into Two Smaller Cars (No...

Antro's Planned Three-Seater Prototype Two of these little electric wonders can dock together into a single vehicle; at least, that's the idea. With Detroit reeling and Toyota busy trying to explain...

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The Chevy Volt Gets a Price Tag: $41,000 Before Tax Credit, First Deliveries...

When the Chevy Volt concept first materialized a few years back, there were a lot of questions surrounding America's first mass-market electric car. While answers to most of those questions dribbled...

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By 2035, Smarter Technology Should Triple Efficiency of Regular Gas-Powered...

A University of Michigan researcher thinks we can triple the fuel economies in our petroleum-powered vehicles in the next 25 years. All we need to do is replace horsepower with brainpower.John DeCicco,...

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Jaguar's C-X75 Concept: A 205MPH Electric Supercar

Jaguar C-X75JalopnikHappy 75th birthday to British automaker Jaguar! As a birthday present, they've actually given us something new to drool over: A 780 hp mostly-electric supercar capable of hitting...

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Pru External Battery Trailer Adds 700 Extra Miles of Range to Electric Cars

Pru TrailerEMAVModern electric cars are still in their infancy, and one of the most onerous growing pains has to be their limited range--even the otherwise-pretty-awesome Nissan Leaf can only go about...

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767-Horsepower Hybrid Porsche 918 RSR Unveiled in Detroit

The Porsche 918 RSRPorsche AGThe Detroit Auto Show is kicking off this morning, and the first big news from the showroom is the Porsche 918 RSR, a hybrid supercar that not only takes design cues from...

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VW's 260-MPG Diesel Hybrid Concept May Actually Get Built

VW XL1VWVolkswagen's latest eye-catching creation, the ultra-efficient diesel-hybrid XL1, debuted at the Qatar Auto Show, immediately garnering attention both for its looks and its specs. But according...

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At The 2011 New York Auto Show, Exciting New Signs of Life

Lexus LF-Gh ConceptSeth FletcherIt's been a brutal few years for the auto industry. But at this year's New York International Auto Show, the world felt right again. The crowds were thick, the parties...

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We Can and Should Put a Million Electric Cars on the Road by 2015

BMW Active-E Electric Car A 1 Series coupe converted to electric drive, the BMW Active-E will get 100 miles of driving range from a full charge of its lithium-ion battery pack Seth FletcherPopSci's own...

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Uptown Volt

Cadillac ELRCourtesy GMThe Cadillac version of Chevrolet's plug-in hybrid is finally on its way. In January 2009, General Motors unveiled the luxury cousin of the Chevrolet Volt-the Cadillac Converj...

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Can Your Hybrid Cut Your Lawn? Here's One That Can

The Raven MPV-710 is a Chevy Volt for your backyard. A Toyota Prius is many things, but a convenient lawn mower isn't one of them. Useless, right?Luckily, it is now possible to buy a hybrid lawn mower,...

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Hungarian Firm Envisions Electric Car That Splits Into Two Smaller Cars (No...

Antro's Planned Three-Seater Prototype Two of these little electric wonders can dock together into a single vehicle; at least, that's the idea. With Detroit reeling and Toyota busy trying to explain...

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The Chevy Volt Gets a Price Tag: $41,000 Before Tax Credit, First Deliveries...

The 2011 Chevy Volt Mariordo Mario Roberto Duran Ortiz via wikimediaWhen the Chevy Volt concept first materialized a few years back, there were a lot of questions surrounding America's first...

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By 2035, Smarter Technology Should Triple Efficiency of Regular Gas-Powered...

Making Cars Smarter Osvaldo Gago via WikimediaA University of Michigan researcher thinks we can triple the fuel economies in our petroleum-powered vehicles in the next 25 years. All we need to do is...

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