Virgin Atlantic to Run Bio-diesel Test Flight January 15th, 2008 Virgin Atlantic announced today that they will run their first bio-diesel flight in February by flying a Boeing 747 from London to Amsterdam.The flight, which will have no passengers on board, will be used for...

Turning Heat Into Electricity (With Silicon Nanowires) January 15th, 2008 This is what we do, we turn heat into electricity, at least most of the time. We burn coal/oil/gas to create steam then we use the steam to turn big turbines. For all our fancy...

Detroit 2008: Saturn Vue Two-Mode, with and without a plug January 15th, 2008 Saturn publicly showed two versions of the new Two-Mode hybrid Vue cross-over today using different battery technologies. One is the standard model that will go on sale toward the end of the this year with...

Obama Gets A Boost From the Crucial Bicycle Swing Vote January 15th, 2008 Yes, we all know that politicians pander to special interest groups in the hopes of picking up key votes. Unfortunately, bicyclists aren't usually one of the interest groups targeted by politicians (although there have been...

Detroit 2008: Velozzi teams up with IDC of South Africa to build hybrid cars January 15th, 2008 When our own Sebastian Blanco talked to Roberto Jerez last year about the hybrid vehicle Velozzi is developing, he explained that they were focusing on creating new technology. Velozzi was looking for companies to partner...

Europe's High-Speed Train Networks Continue to Expand January 14th, 2008 While those of us who live in the U.S. continue to (vainly) pine for better, more reliable public transit systems - let alone high-speed train networks - our European brethren, having already enjoyed a bumper...

The Value of Coral Reefs: Saving Nemo and the Economy January 14th, 2008 Drawn like bees to a flower, we soak in the tantalizingly beautiful shapes and colors of creatures both familiar and bizarre that mix and mingle to create a coral reef. A living structure of calcium...

The Kids Are Alright January 14th, 2008 If I asked you if giving up your car and plane travel (permanently) was a sensable solution to global warming, most people of adult age (lets say 20+) would have a hard time doing that....

Triple Hybrid with Ultracapacitors Hits the Road January 14th, 2008  We have not seen an EEStor ultracap car on the road yet, but AFS Trinity Power has a prototype plug-in hybrid on the road for the auto show that mixes batteries, ultracapacitors and a gas...

Lutz says new CAFE standards will increase car price by $6k January 14th, 2008 Ten months ago, Bob Lutz said GM cars would be $5,000 more expensive if the Bush administration got its way with fuel standards by raising fuel economy 4% every year through 2017. Bush didn't get...