BMW and public transportation are not exactly synonymous. So why is the luxury German brand building 97.5% recyclable aluminum subway car for Poland? Must be some leftover guilt from World War II. Sorry for the invasion, here’s a subway car. I kid, I kid. I can probably count the number of actual subway rides I’ve [...]
A biomass-based synthetic diesel is being featured at the Green Cars LA Auto Show Ride & Drive event. Rentech, Inc. says its synthetic RenDiesel(R) fuel is powering an Audi A3 TDI, coming on the heels of the recent four-day, 1,000 mile endurance drive that is part of the 2010 Green Car of the Year Tour: [...]
It is no secret that over the years, cars have gotten progressively larger. Just how much larger? A study by Edmunds suggests that today’s compact cars are 549 pounds heavier than they were just ten years ago. How could the smallest cars get so much heavier in just a few years? To be frank, the [...]
Click here to see the video. Middle school and high school students from across the country descended on the State Dining Room at the White House today with their award-winning science fair projects in tow. From a robot that plays soccer to a smart toilet that conserves water and an innovative approach to treating cancer, [...]
The driverless car has always been part science fiction, part hopeful reality. Many ideas out there have been pitched, from cars riding on rails to robot chauffeurs. Yet despite promises that in the next few years, such technology would be the reality, so far nobody has delivered. Could it be Internet giant Google who finally makes [...]
