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Cadillac ELR arrives on lots in January
If you've been saving your pennies in anticipation of the Cadillac ELR's pricing and availability announcement, it's almost time to smash the piggy bank. Come January, you'll have the distinct privilege of dropping upward of $76,000 on the fully rebranded and slightly upgraded Chevy Volt.
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Scientists Find Evidence Of Prehistoric Recycling
If you thought the green movement was a 21st century phenomenon, you’re off by about half a million years. Research shows our prehistoric, cave-dwelling ancestors also lived by the apothegm of the Three Rs (reduced, reuse, recycle).
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Run Your Office From A Shipping Container
When shipping containers reach the end of their voyaging lives, what happens to them? They're being re-purposed as homes, offices and even medical clinics!
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2014 Green Car Of The Year Finalists Announced – No Electric Vehicles To Be Found
The finalists for the 2014 Green Car of the Year award, sponsored by the Green Car Journal, was announced Thursday. The eventual winner be announced at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November.
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Meet The Man Who Lives Without Any Form Of Money
Mark Boyle was once just like you and me. He had a bank account, lived in a house, had access to electricity, clean water and a virtually continuous supply of food.
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If US states want to really put 3.3 million electric cars on the road, they should listen to Elon Musk
California, New York and six other US states announced yesterday they would collaborate to put 3.3 million electric cars on the road by 2025, by promoting the installation of charging stations and encouraging ownership of zero-emission vehicles. (Separately, the federal government has set a target of 1 million electric cars by 2015.)
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Giancarlo Zema realizes modular lotus system for Luminexence
Giving the appearance of an over-sized leaf emerging from the ground, the ‘lotus’ designed by italian architect Giancarlo Zema for Luminexence in partnership with tecnopali is a modular system of eco-furniture.
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First sign that humanity is slowing its carbon surge
2012 may go down in history as a remarkable year. For the first time, the maddening pace of humanity's greenhouse gas emissions showed signs of a global slowdown. Importantly – and unlike the drop in emissions triggered by the 2008 recession – the let-off is happening at the same time as global wealth continues to swell.
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Epic Holiday Gifts: 9 Bags that Charge Your Devices
There’s no greater digital nuisance than a dead battery. Especially when you’re miles away from the nearest compatible charger or the power's out. And at that moment—when it dies mid-call or just as you’re about to add on the perfect photo filter—don’t you wish you could reach in your purse and pull out a device that’s magically juiced up? Now you totally can with these 9 bags that charge your devices while you’re on the go.
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The BMW i3 Is Officially Much Greener Than Almost Every Other Car
When I say officially, I mean it. The BMW i3 got ISO certificates 14040/14044 from Germany's respected TÜV inspectors on the car's carbon footprint and product life cycle, and it's very good news for polar bears.
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An Eco-Friendly Way to Own a Hummer
Driving a Hummer is both impractical and a bit unfair to the environment, unless, of course, you’re a soldier. Nevertheless, there is something to this bulky vehicle that makes it a rather desirable possession. Well, if you’re sure you must own a Hummer, one way to fulfil this dream is to build a reduced-size replica.
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Tesla Is Planning To Make A Pickup Truck
Electric car company Tesla is planning to make a pickup truck, CEO Elon Musk said. The truck will likely be the same type of vehicle as Ford's F-Series.
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Renault ships a brickable car with battery DRM that you're not allowed to own
You can't buy a battery for the new Renault Zoe. Instead, you have to rent it. And if you stop making payments, the battery's DRM will prevent you from recharging it. It's part of a larger product strategy through which the Zoe collects huge amounts of data on your driving and ships it all back to the manufacturer.
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Most of the world’s solar panels are facing the wrong direction
You’d think it would be easy: the sun is “up,” and, like leaves and basking reptiles, solar panels should face in that general direction. But most installers of solar panels, especially the ones for homes, follow conventional wisdom handed down from architects, which holds that in the northern hemisphere, windows and solar panels should face south.
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The metal that just keeps on giving
Two hundred years ago, no-one knew aluminium existed. Today it is everywhere - in cans, window frames, packaging, even car bodies. New uses for it are constantly being discovered - but it's possible that one day we'll be able to stop mining the ore, and rely completely on recycling.
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State Pushing Hard To Expand Solar Energy To Homes
As Connecticut pushes aggressively to expand solar energy to homes across the state, few supporters are more enthusiastic than Eugene DeJoannis.
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The dirty secrets of clean cars
WHEREVER automotive engineers gather, some wag will sooner or later announce that hydrogen is the fuel of the future—and always will be. The hydrogen-powered car has been just around the corner for decades. However, judging from announcements by Honda, Hyundai and Toyota at last week’s motor shows in Los Angeles and Tokyo, hydrogen cars will be hitting the showrooms from spring 2014 onwards. It seems the future is about to arrive.
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The future of wind power?
Capture, accelerate, concentrate. These three words express the essence of SheerWind’s approach to wind power. The name INVELOX comes from this dedication to INcreasing the VELOcity of wind. What the technology produces—energy that is affordable, abundant, safe, and clean—is nothing short of revolutionary.
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Are Electric Vehicles Already Halfway to Market Dominance?
Electric vehicles have been all the rage in the last few years, but those who have studied EVs and their history know that this isn’t the first go-round at the rodeo for this “new” technology. In fact, EVs were the most popular type of vehicle at the dawn of the vehicle era. In 1899...
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This Bike Not Only Stops You From Making Pollution, It Eats It
Want to pedal your way to work but scared of what you're breathing in? Sick of smog spewing in your face while you cycle?
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