All-new Ford C-MAX Energi delivers the top electric-only speed of any plug-in hybrid – 85 mph – more than 20 mph higher than Toyota Prius plug-in; unique EV mode button allows customers to deliver electric power on-dem...  more

Helios Solar Works, a manufacturer of mono-crystalline PV modules, has announced that modules from its Milwaukee, Wisconsin production facility were supplied for the 1.7 megawatt installation at the Marine Corp Recruiting Depot (M...  more

Engineers at GE Global Research are building a new “battery brain” that will make car batteries powering electric vehicles smarter and last “significantly” longer. The research aims to drive down EV co...  more

All-new 2013 Ford C-MAX Hybrid delivers EPA-certified 47 mpg city, 47 mpg highway ratings – 7 mpg better than Toyota Prius v on the highway – for a 47 mpg combined rating Ford’s first hybrid to achieve equal city...  more

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules, has announced that it has been selected to provide BIPV solar modules in a pilot application at Foxconn&...  more

The Senate Finance Committee passed a one-year extension to the wind energy tax credit. The Senate Republicans took a stand against their Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney who claimed a few days ago that he was not i...  more

The Department of Energy has announced that 19 transformative new projects will receive a total of $43 million in funding from the Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to leverage the nation&rs...  more

Ford ’s new C-MAX Hybrid soon will make a big statement in the largest hybrid segment with projected leading fuel economy of 47 mpg city – beating the Toyota Prius v by 3 mpg, plus a $1,300-lower base price. The segmen...  more

One of the auto industry's most closely guarded secrets, the enormous cost of batteries for electric cars, has spilled out. Speaking at a forum on green technology, Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally indicated battery packs for ...  more

IBM today announced that two industry leaders -- Asahi Kasei and Central Glass -- will join its Battery 500 Project team and collaborate on far-reaching research with the potential to accelerate the switch from gasoline to electri...  more