Do It Yourself Electric Vehicle
Friday, August 19th, 2011What would it take to build you own electric vehicle? If you are the type who is really comfortable around mechanical things and love to get your hands dirty, creating your own EV is not very hard. And for the first-timer and part-time tinkerer there are now so many resources available in terms of parts [...]
The Greener way to Car Disposal in the UK
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011In the UK approximately two million vehicles come off the roads annually and up to half of these scrap vehicles are not disposed of in and environmentally responsible way. Instead many are simply abandoned or scrapped externally of Authorised Treatment Facilities which serves to advance numerous ecological hazards. Soil leaching is a common side-effect with [...]
Installing Grid Tie Solar Inverters in Vehicles
Saturday, June 12th, 2010Grid tie solar inverters are usually used to draw in solar energy and feed it back into the grid and electric company to help reduce the costs of the electric bill over time. These have several different uses and can be put into larger vehicles such RVs and Semi trucks that can be sure to [...]
Ford Of Canada Has It Backwards
Saturday, May 1st, 2010Ford of Canada weathered the recession without the need of a bailout, but their latest announcement seems like the typical American car company policy that nearly sunk their domestic rivals. Ford is announcing that they are offering to Canadian consumers the opportunity to retire their 2003 model year vehicles or older, in exchange for up [...]
2010 Honda Insight Hybrid Hatchback
Saturday, April 11th, 2009To coincide with Earth Day, Honda which has been doing business in Canada for 40 years, is making the 2010 Insight hybrid hatchback available to the Canadian consumer market. This green vehicle features room for five with five doors, and is powered by Honda’s Integrated Motor Assist. The Integrated Motor Assist system couples a 1.3 [...]
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