Sep 8 2008
Fiat appears to be readying itself for the launch of electric powered vehicles in established markets. The company has joined hands with two Brazilian utilities, Cemig and Itaipu to develop electric vehicles for Brazil. Both of the utilities have been...
Sep 8 2008
This September will see the release of Citroen’s first flexfuel vehicle for Europe, the C4 BioFlex. The cars will first be launched in France and Sweden, followed by the rest of Europe. Most of the European countries have attractive policies for...
Sep 7 2008
I wonder why most clean vehicles look like spaceships that have come from Star Trek. Here’s another one, but this vehicle has some real cool specs to brag about. It can post a fuel economy of 230mpg; though lower than the original claim of...
Sep 7 2008
The world of hybrid cars just can’t have enough of the Prius. Here’s another first for this car. The Prius is now certified to Japanese 2015 fuel economy standards with JC08 test cycle, the first vehicle to do so. Japan revised its existing...
Sep 7 2008
The erstwhile Soviet Union had a penchant for things that were big, and they built huge radars, jets and helicopters. The biggest helicopter ever built, according to the Guinness Book of Records, is the Mil V-12 built in the early ’60s. This...
Sep 7 2008
World Solar Challenge has been designed to showcase advancements in solar energy and other alternate fuels for transport needs. The challenge runs 3,021kms in Australia, stretching from Darwin to Adelaide. GM has sponsored University of...
Aug 22 2008
Starting up the biggest scientific experiment ever built is not as simple as flipping a switch. Earlier this month, the successful injection of the first particles - protons - into part of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment at CERN, the...
Aug 22 2008
I’m not going to ask why you’re fighting twenty children. That’s your own business, although most reasons are as old as time itself
Aug 1 2008
American intelligence agencies have concluded that members of Pakistan’s powerful spy service helped plan the deadly July 7 bombing of India’s embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, according to United States government officials.
Jul 8 2008
DNA furnishes an ever clearer picture of the multimillennial trek from Africa all the way to the tip of South America