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Green Cab all-electric concept taxi helps keep highways clean

Green Cab all-electric concept taxi helps keep highways clean

Eco Factor: Concept electric car powered by solar and kinetic energy.

The rise in pollution levels on highways has served as a catalyst in the development of clean electric vehicles. Taking advantage of the changing trends, industrial designers have come up with concept vehicles that can be pow [Read More…]

Amtrak orders 70 new electric locomotives for greener transport

Amtrak orders 70 new electric locomotives for greener transport

Eco Factor: New electric trains to offer a peak power of 10,000 horsepower and draw over 5 megawatts.

Amtrak is preparing to add as many as 70 electric locomotives to its already existing cluster of trains from 2013 to 2019. The government-owned corporation has plans to buy these new trains for [Read More…]

Nissan reveals Twizy-based electric car for future urbanities

Nissan reveals Twizy-based electric car for future urbanities

Eco Factor: Zero-emission concept car powered by electric motors.

Nissan has announced a proposal for new mobility in a sustainable zero-emission society by revealing its new concept car dubbed the New Mobility Concept. The company is continuing to envision new possibilities realized by EVs and [Read More…]

Flying saucer–like Mongolian yurt is a visitor’s paradise

Flying saucer–like Mongolian yurt is a visitor’s paradise

Eco Factor: Wooden circular yurt with wood-burning hot tub and sauna.

The flying saucer–like structures sitting in the beautiful landscape of New York’s Adirondack Mountains are one-of-a-kind spaces that create an ideal environment for group interactions, bringing people face to face. The yurts [Read More…]

YeZ concept car to inhale CO2 and exhale oxygen into the atmosphere

YeZ concept car to inhale CO2 and exhale oxygen into the atmosphere

This amazing all electric concept car is christened as YeZ and is a joint venture of SAIC and GM. Yez is a Chinese dream of eco-friendly cars that is to be used in 2030. As the car has been designed with environment in focus, it will get power from the natural sources of energy. The rooftop of th [Read More…]

BMW’s Green Sports Car Fantasy

BMW’s Green Sports Car Fantasy

“It’s the sports car of the future, the way BMW imagines it.” That’s how Adrian van Hooydonk, director of BMW’s group design, describes the “BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics” two-door concept vehicle to be unveiled at the upcoming Frankfurt Auto Show. Think of it as a showcase of the many fuel-effic [Read More…]