Neil Young Creates Linc Volt to Convert Cars to Electric
Rock legend, Neil Young, created a company called Linc Volt Technology that will focused on converting conventional gas gars into alternative energy vehicles.
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Smith Electric Vehicles’ new all-electric, 24,000-pound Smith Newton truck will be arriving in the US. With a range of 150 miles, it can accelerate from 0-30mph faster than a diesel truck and will chug along at 50mph.
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According to Harvard University, tiny gizmos of the future could be powered via a "silicon nanowire that can convert light into electrical energy."
The cable itself looks like what we a re used to seeing, but it is 100,000 times smaller, and made of silicon with three different types of conductivity arranged as layered shells.
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Human Electric Hybrid - Bike, That Is
It sounds like something out of The Terminator–a "human electric hybrid." But, it’s actually a bike that you can buy now. Made by Matra, the MS1 can run for 62 miles on the juice, achieving a speed-limited velocity of 28 mph and capturing energy during braking. The "human" part is what comes in when the [...]
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For centuries now, the Moon has complained–to deaf ears, until now–that it could be providing all the street light we need, most of the time. No need for gas or electric streetlights, no sir, not unless there were clouds and such. Finally, someone’s listened, and developed Lunar-Resonant Streetlights, which use LED lamps that adjust lighting [...]
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For $6,900 you can get your hands on - or your seat onto - a Zero X …the quiet electric bike touted as having “the world’s best acceleration, agility and durability of any in the motorcycle in the market, electric or gas.â€
Powered by a lithium-ion battery, it weighs 120 pounds, goes from 0-50 miles in [...]
Electric Bike
Brammo’s Enertia is a plug-in bike that does 0-60 MPH in under 4 seconds and can go for up to 50 miles on one charge. Brammo is the Ashland, OR manufacturer that designed and built the bike, and claims it can reduce a commuter’s carbon footprint by 92 percent. It comes with six 12 Volt [...]
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