ECOstrive – Tesla Motors yesterday announced the details of the long awaited electric sedan called the Model S. This family sedan can seat 7 people and travel up to 300 miles on a charge. “Model S doesn’t compromise on performance, efficiency or utility — it’s truly the only car you need,” said Tesla CEO, Chairman and Product Architect Elon Musk. “Tesla is relentlessly driving down the cost of...

Trials commencing today promise a new era of solar cells that are printed like money. 19 February 2009 World leading research from CSIRO’s Future Manufacturing Flagship as part of the Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium (VICOSC) aims to develop flexible, large area, cost-effective, reel-to-reel printable plastic solar cells. Victorian Minister for Energy and Resources, Peter Batchelor, announced today the start of printing trials by...

by Frederic Happe Frederic Happe – Wed Mar 4, 2:17 pm ET BERLIN (AFP) – Siemens has become the latest German firm to up its game and tap into the renewed interest in nuclear power being seen all across the world — but not in the company’s own backyard. The Munich-based industrial giant said late Tuesday it had signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture with Russian firm Rosatom that they...

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