Start-stop technology is one of the fuel economy car technologies to help reduce CO2 emissions. It plays a key role in the way to achieve emission regulation whilst reducing fuel consumption. With ever increasing fuel prices, the start-stop system is the future for vehicle owners. Continue Reading

There’s an old saying that “luck happens when preparation meets opportunity”. There’s no better example of that than a recent discovery at the University of California, Irvine by doctoral student Mya Le Thai. She accidentally found a way to design a battery that doesn’t lose its charge after hundreds years of use, while she was simply...Continue Reading

In our wildest dreams, enviro-geeks imagine a future in which solar hover cars zip silently by while our homes and factories chug along completely pollutant-free, powered only by the wind and the sun.Continue Reading

Battery Storage Will Be As Common As Broadband In 10 Years, Says Simon Hackett Originally published on RenewEconomy. IT guru Simon Hackett must be the number 1 fan of Tesla electric vehicles in Australia. He took delivery of the first Tesla Roadster in Australia in 2009, and now he drives the last Roadster delivered here.Continue Reading

When should I change my car battery? The car battery has no specific expiration date. Depending on the use we make in our car, the battery can last from 2-7 years. In each annual service the car battery is measured. I changed my battery recently and after two weeks, battery was dead.Continue Reading

Recycling is processing used materials (waste) into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from landfilling) by reducing the need for “conventional” waste disposal, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to virgin production.Continue Reading

The lead–acid battery was invented in 1859 by French physicist Gaston Planté and is the oldest type of rechargeable battery. Despite having a very low energy-to-weight ratio and a low energy-to-volume ratio, its ability to supply high surge currents means that the cells have a relatively large power-to-weight ratio.Continue Reading