Green Education: Energy

For electric car racing fans, the upcoming Formula E series is something worth getting excited about. With some of the biggest names in Formula One racing pledging to participate in this fledgling series, Formula E could be the series that gets young people excited about electric cars. With Italy’s Dallara Automobili now committed to building the official Formula E racing chassis, we can start visualizing the future of electric motorsports. The post Dallara Building Official Chassis For Formula E Series appeared first on Gas 2.

Ideally, electric vehicles will one day provide the common man with cheap, reliable, and clean transportation. For now though, the few “affordable” EVs on the market are having a hard time appealing to cost-conscious consumers. For the ultra-wealthy though, electric vehicles offer a new money sink, and the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive is a chief contender wealthy EV enthusiasts. The post More Details of Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive Revealed appeared first on Gas 2.

Electric supercars have suddenly become quite popular with the well-heeled elite, and companies with almost no automotive experience are designing performance EVs to tap into this emerging market. Spanish industrial firm Applus Idiada just unveiled the Volar-e, an all-electric supercar they claim has a peak output of 1,000 horsepower. The post Video: Volar-E Electric Race Car Boasts 1,000 Horsepower appeared first on Gas 2.

The Vauxhall Ampera, which is the European version of the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, is going to be incorporated into the emergency fleet of the United Kingdom's NHS Trust. The United Kingdom's Yorkshire ambulance service would like to see how vehicles like this could be incorporated into such a fleet and reduce its carbon footprint and fuel expenditure by 30% by 2015. The post Vauxhall Ampera Tries its Luck as an Ambulance Apprentice appeared first on Gas 2.

An article recently appeared on Plugincar.com arguing that the public and free electric vehicle (EV) charger trend is not sustainable, and that EVs will have a brighter future if charging stations owners can make revenue from their charging operation. And they might have a point. The post The Issue of the Public, and Free, Electric Vehicle Chargers appeared first on Gas 2.

There is a land speed record for just about everything, from unicycles to semi-trucks, though “speed” is a relative term. Gasification, a method of powering vehicles using superheated biomass to create hydrogen fuel, has a land speed record category, and a bunch of Brits have broken their own record with a coffee-powered pickup truck. The post Video: Coffee-Powered Pickup Sets New Speed Record appeared first on Gas 2.

When we hear the name Sbarro, we automatically think about those pizza places in the mall that sell huge slices of stuffed pizzas. But the Espera Sbarro Montbéliard School of Design is actually a well-regarded car studio, and their latest concept, the Réact' E.V., is actually a sporty plug-in hybrid that we’d love to see brought to life. The post Sbarro Réact’ E.V. Is Actually A Plug-In Hybrid appeared first on Gas 2.

Some days it is hard not to marvel at the technology surrounding us on a daily basis. Smartphones, tablets, and electric cars are all in their beginning stages, and a team of U.K. researchers wants to integrate self-driving car technology into the Apple iPad. The result is a low-cost, self-driving Nissan Leaf that could pave the way for true “auto” mobiles. The post Video: A Self-Driving Nissan Leaf Guided By Cameras And An iPad appeared first on Gas 2.

Yo Auto has postponed the first Russian hybrid car, the Yo Mobil until 2015. The Yo Mobil is a Russian made hybrid vehicle with a reported sticker price of $10,000. The post Russian Hybrid Car Backed Off Until 2015 appeared first on Gas 2.

Researchers at the University of California are developing graphene supercapacitors that can charge and discharge in a couple of minutes. The ability to discharge in a couple of minutes means that they are extremely powerful. More importantly though, these researchers developed a technique for printing graphene supercapacitors using a DVD burner. The post Graphene Supercapacitors Offer Blistering Performance and Charge in a Couple of Minutes appeared first on Gas 2.

Nissan has – finally – introduced a new, proprietary hybrid system for its mainstream, front-wheel-drive vehicle platforms. Based on the video they’ve provided explaining the new Nissan hybrid package, it seems genuinely innovative! The post Nissan Announces All-new Hybrid System (w/ video) appeared first on Gas 2.

The new McLaren hybrid exotic got its share of press last week, but the real star of next month’s Geneva motor show is sure to be the new-for-2013 (MY 2014) hybrid Ferrari F150 supercar … and this is, I think, the best guess yet as to what it’s going to look like The post 2014 Ferrari F150 Hypercar Revealed! (kinda) appeared first on Gas 2.

The Pagani Zonda, using a big, Mercedes-derived V12 engine, is hardly a model of (what we might call) efficiency … but this latest Pagani is nearly perfect, being lightweight, 100% recyclable, and offering all the sexy looks of the Zonda with ZERO of the standard version’s harmful carbon emissions! The post This Papercraft Pagani Zonda is 100% Recyclable appeared first on Gas 2.

We don't often think of diesel engines as being performance powerhouses, but Volkswagen has always been an exception to this rule. Continuing a tradition that goes back over 30 years, the new Volkswagen Golf GTD is a diesel version of the hot hatchback known as the GTI. The post The New Volkswagen Golf GTD is the GTI of Diesels appeared first on Gas 2.