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Eco Factor: Lightweight car achieves 102mpg.

Manufactured by a Virginia-based company, Edison2 Very Light Car Number 98 has took the top honors in the Automotive X Prize competition with a fuel-efficient engine that gets about 102mpg. The…

Eco Factor: Solar panels produce energy using artificial light as well.

Konarka Technologies has unveiled a range of bags that are equipped with the company’s new solar panel technology called the Power Plastic. Unlike conventional solar panel…

Eco Factor: Electronic paper display could eventually replace newspapers.

Sony has demonstrated its new flexible e-paper display at the 2010 Dealer Convention, which carries a plastic substrate rather than the usual glass panel for flexibility….

Eco Factor: Zero-emission UAV will be powered by solar energy.

DARPA’s Vulture program, which aims to develop and demonstrate technology to enable a single high-altitude UAV that can stay aloft for a period of five years has entered its second…

Eco Factor: Personal electricity generator converts kinetic energy into electricity.

We live in an age where life is always on the go. So, why should our renewable energy sources remain stationary. Designer Satoshi Yanagisawa brings to us a device.

Eco Factor: Electric car powered by a quiet, emission-free electric drive offers a range of over 124 miles.

After its attempt to go green with the B-Class F-CELL fuel-cell car, Mercedes-Benz adds yet another green version to its name. The German…

Eco Factor: Teched-out micro-trimaran features pedal, sail and electric propulsion.

Steven Roberts, the technomad creator of the Microship, a custom pedal/wind/solar-powered micro-trimaran now wishes to pass on his legacy to someone who is as…

Eco Factor: 400MW solar power plants to be set on public land and building rooftops in GSND.

SunEdison, the solar energy development subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with…

Eco Factor: Bicycle stand to harness renewable solar energy for electric bikes.

Sanyo Electric has opened a new stand for motor-assisted electric bikes in Tokyo. This is the second such solar-powered bike stand in the area and these two stands can.

Eco Factor: Electric assist bicycle generates electricity from wind.

Auto designer Thierry Dumaine has come up with an interesting electric assist bike concept that generates renewable energy when it moves. Called the “Miss Courant D’air”,…