Eco Transportation

Salt Water Flow Cell Car Gets European Approval

Source: intelligentliving.co Published: August 28, 2014 by Aaron Jackson A car which uses an electrolyte flow cell power system is now certified for use on European roads. The car is called the Quant e-Sportlimousine, which made its debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor...

UK’s First ‘Poo Bus’ Goes into Service

Source: bbc.com Published: November 20, 2014 The 40-seat “Bio-Bus” runs on biomethane gas generated through the treatment of sewage and food waste. The UK’s first bus powered entirely by human and food waste has gone into service between Bristol and Bath....

What’s a Twike? It’s Half-Bike, Half-Electric Car

Source: mnn.com Published: August 29, 2014 The author in the Twike driver’s seat with Mohammed Rezvani of the University of Cincinnati. (Photo: Jim Motavalli) Jim Motavalli Meet the Twike. It’s a made-in-Germany combination of an electric bicycle with an EV. It...

France is Paying Commuters to Bike to Work!

Source: inhabitat.com Published: June 8, 2014 Shutterstock by Kristine Lofgren You’d hope that better health, lower cost and reduced emissions would be incentive enough to push people out of their cars and onto bikes, but in France only 2.4 percent of the population...

Solar Roadways Installs Energy Harvesting Parking Lot

Source: indigogo.com Published: April 25, 2014 Co-inventors Scott and Julie Brusaw take a break and enjoy their creation About 8 years ago, an electrical engineer and his counselor wife started throwing around an idea to replace asphalt on highways and byways...

London to Heat Apartments with Waste Heat from Subway

Source: treehugger.com Published: November 21, 2013 © London Underground Lloyd Alter The London Transport poster is correct; it IS warmer below. So warm, in fact, that Transport for London is going to give some of it a way, to the Bunhill Heat and Power Network, which...