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Waste Management Puts its 1000th Natural Gas Refuse Truck into Service

Waste Management Puts its 1000th Natural Gas Refuse Truck into Service

The country’s largest waste hauler, Waste Management, achieved a milestone this summer as it put its 1,000th natural gas refuse truck into service. Even more promising, Waste Management’s newest

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China Halts 80% of High-Speed Rail Projects Following Devastating Crash

China Halts 80% of High-Speed Rail Projects Following Devastating Crash

China’s 200-mile-per-hour high-speed rail system was the envy of the world until a terrible crash earlier this year killed 40 people and injured another 200 in the southern city of Wenzhou. The

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Peugeot Citroen Reveals Its Futuristic VELV Concept Car

Peugeot Citroen Reveals Its Futuristic VELV Concept Car

PSA Peugeot Citroen has just revealed its futuristic new VELV electric concept car at the ADEME innovation forum. This tiny car with a narrow rear track is envisioned as being created only for rental or

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Winners Named for the Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Design Challenge Bike Design Competition

Winners Named for the Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Design Challenge Bike Design Competition

The winners were recently chosen for the Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Design Challenge, a competition to design and build the ultimate modern utility bike. Tony Pereira of Pereira Cycles (pictured

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New Axeon Battery Could Extend Electric Car Range by 35%

New Axeon Battery Could Extend Electric Car Range by 35%

UK manufacturer Axeon has successfully led a consortium to develop a new battery pack that could extend the range of electric vehicles by 35 percent. That would be enough to make your Chevy Volt go 50

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World’s Strongest Electric Train Chugs Through Swiss Alps with Over 10,000 Horsepower

World’s Strongest Electric Train Chugs Through Swiss Alps with Over 10,000 Horsepower

The Gotthardbahn rail line running from Luzern, Switzerland all the way to Chiasso, Italy is one of Europe’s most important and treacherous railways. Climbing up, down, and around some of the

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Microcab Debuts Its H2EV Hydrogen Mini Cars as a Cab Fleet in the UK

Microcab Debuts Its H2EV Hydrogen Mini Cars as a Cab Fleet in the UK

This week, UK specialist car maker Microcab is launching its brand-new Microcab H2EV hydrogen fuel cell car. The first recipient of the green mini cars will be West Midlands’ CABLED (Coventry and

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Dimini Birdhouse Bike Rack Holds Your Bike and Your Helmet Too

Dimini Birdhouse Bike Rack Holds Your Bike and Your Helmet Too

If you live in a small space, you know how much a bike can clutter up your home. Well, designers Lauren Thomas and Jennifer Karam of Dimini have come up with an elegant solution that not only gets your

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Toyota’s 80.3 MPH Ku:Rin Racer Smashes Speed Record for Compressed Air Vehicles

Toyota’s 80.3 MPH Ku:Rin Racer Smashes Speed Record for Compressed Air Vehicles

Toyota subsidiary Toyota Industries Corp. just set a new record for compressed air vehicles that proves this green technology really could be a viable option for powering production vehicles. The Ku:Rin

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Revolights LEDs Are Head and Tail Lights That Make Your Bike Glow

Revolights LEDs Are Head and Tail Lights That Make Your Bike Glow

Bike lighting is usually a pretty pedestrian affair: a handlebar-mounted headlight and possibly a seat-mounted rear flasher to make the bike visible to motorists. Palo Alto startup Revolights wants to

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William Brown’s Lockheed Stratoliner Hydrogen Jet Can Go Anywhere On Earth Without Refueling

William Brown’s Lockheed Stratoliner Hydrogen Jet Can Go Anywhere On Earth Without Refueling

Some of the best aircraft in the world are inspired by unique birds, and this zero emissions jet concept from designer William Brown is no exception. The Lockheed Stratoliner is a hydrogen jet that uses

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This Thursday is World Car-Free Day

This Thursday is World Car-Free Day

World Car-Free Day – a day when people organize their own events to explore alternative transportation – is coming up this Thursday, September 22nd. The event is loosely run by the World

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Zambikes: Bamboo Bikes That Help Fight Poverty & Save Lives in Africa

Zambikes: Bamboo Bikes That Help Fight Poverty & Save Lives in Africa

Customized fixies may be all the rage in urban America nowadays, but even the simplest, cheapest bike is a rare sight in rural Africa. Fortunately, the bamboo from which to craft bikes grows on trees –

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NOAA Finds That Ships Switching to Low-Sulfur Fuel Causes Some Pollutants to Plummet 90%

NOAA Finds That Ships Switching to Low-Sulfur Fuel Causes Some Pollutants to Plummet 90%

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently conducted a study to examine the effects of a 2009 California law that requires ships to switch to low-sulfur fuel and slow down when

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Toyota’s Plug-in Prius Pricing Revealed

Toyota’s Plug-in Prius Pricing Revealed

We recently brought you an advance look at the 2013 plug-in Prius, which was just revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Now pricing details are coming out along with the plan for a gradual rollout across

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Embry-Riddle Students Make History With “Eco Eagle” Hybrid Propulsion Aircraft

Embry-Riddle Students Make History With “Eco Eagle” Hybrid Propulsion Aircraft

Students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University recently demonstrated an aviation first by cruising the sky in a hybrid propulsion aircraft. A team of nearly 200 students spent the last year and a half

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U.S. Army Could Replace the Humvee with the Diesel Hybrid L-ATV

U.S. Army Could Replace the Humvee with the Diesel Hybrid L-ATV

The U.S. Army isn’t expecting green street cred for their upcoming decision to potentially replace the aging Humvee with this diesel electric hybrid L-ATV. The decision to go green may be made out

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Frankfurt Motor Show: Husqvarna’s e-Go Electric Bike Looks Just Like a Motorcycle

Frankfurt Motor Show: Husqvarna’s e-Go Electric Bike Looks Just Like a Motorcycle

Among the many green offerings from the Frankfurt Motor Show is a new bike from Husqvarna called the e-go, an electric bicycle that looks just like a motorcycle but appears to be floating on air. The e-go

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Sealander Aquatic Trailer Morphs From Camper to Boat for the Best Vacation Ever

Sealander Aquatic Trailer Morphs From Camper to Boat for the Best Vacation Ever

The Sealander camper boat is everything you always wished your parents’ pop-up trailer could be — a go-anywhere vehicle that is always ready for an adventure. There are no winches, cranks, or

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VIDEO: Mercedes Benz Reveals Its Zero Emissions F-125 Luxury Sedan at the Frankfurt Auto Show

VIDEO: Mercedes Benz Reveals Its Zero Emissions F-125 Luxury Sedan at the Frankfurt Auto Show

Mercedes-Benz just gave us a peek at the future of luxury cars as it unveiled its F-125 hydrogen fuel cell sedan at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The vehicle has a zero emission propulsion system and gullwing

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Mitsubishi Unexpectedly Raises Price of the i EV

Mitsubishi Unexpectedly Raises Price of the i EV

We told you back in April that Mitsubishi was working hard to keep the cost of its i electric car lower than any other EV on the U.S. market. Originally this brought the price to an extremely affordable

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Researchers Find That Electric Vehicle Battery Cost Could Halve by 2018

Researchers Find That Electric Vehicle Battery Cost Could Halve by 2018

Right now, one of the biggest roadblocks to the widespread adoption of electric cars is the cost of the vehicles — which is mostly linked to their very expensive batteries. A group of researchers in

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