Video: A closer look at Ford's EV+ hybrid vehicle tech

Ford recently introduced a new feature that allows drivers of plug-in hybrid vehicles to achieve more electric-only driving distance.

Making green waves in the desert

By all accounts, when it comes to green, Abu Dhabi has got it going on.

Ford C-Max Energi hits 100 MPGe combined efficiency rating

Ford has confirmed that its new 2013 C-Max Energi has received an official EPA certified fuel efficiency rating of 108 MPGe in the city and 92 MPGe on the highway - for a combined rating of 100 MPGe.

Cutting military biofuel programs could cost 14,000 Jobs

Here’s something I’ll bet you didn’t know.

Most marine species 'will be discovered this century'

As many as two thirds of the species living in our oceans may still be unknown to science, say researchers, despite the fact that their calculations indicate that there are many fewer species than previously thought.

Austin eyes aerial mass transit

Close your eyes and think back to when you were a kid. How did you imagine the City of the Future? Were there jet-packs and freeze-dried food? A bubble protecting a thriving Martian metropolis?

Distinction between offshore wind and oil drilling confuses republicans

Here’s one you might not believe.

Rust and sunshine could replace fossil fuels

Using sunlight and ultrathin films of iron oxide, or rust, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers have found a new way to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen.

Ford C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid buzz powers up

Ford is gearing up for the full release of its 2013 C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid, which was recently rated by the EPA at a 108 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) in the city and a combined rating of 100 MPGe.

Toyota the juggernaut of hybrids with 4.6 million sold

Toyota, focused mostly on a green car strategy that favors hybrids over electric cars, has without a doubt become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the hybrid world with vehicles like the Prius.

Antarctic sea ice increase caused by winds

In support of their views, climate change skeptics have long pointed to the fact that Antarctic sea ice - unlike that in the Arctic - is actually growing.

Bigfoot Monster Truck goes electric, Leaf EVs tremble in fear

Of all the years of coverage of green transportation we’ve done here, we never expected to see a monster truck go electric.

3D-printed home of the future resembles a cave dwelling

Sure, 3D printing tech can be used to fabricate familiar everyday objects, and even whole rooms. But why use an infinitely flexible and creative medium to reproduce existing architectural forms?

A staggering 112 MPG on a Jaguar? If it’s a hybrid, yes

Jaguar recently entered its XJ_e experimental plug-in hybrid into a competition in the United Kingdom known as the RAC (Royal Automobile Club) Future Car Challenge.

Molecular sieve pulls CO2 from the air

Scientists at the University of Melbourne have developed a new way of capturing carbon dioxide that should reduce the cost of separating and storing the gas.

Is CO2 protecting us from an ice age?

Far from dooming us to runaway global warming, manmade carbon emissions may be saving us from an ice age fueled by carbon sequestration in peatland.

Opinion: Obama re-election keeps clean energy hope alive

Trying to figure out exactly what Barack Obama’s victory in Tuesday’s election will mean for the clean energy movement in the United States is a bit of a fool’s errand on two counts.

Water-soluble circuit boards could revolutionize e-waste recycling

Things labeled "just add water" are usually highly-processed foods and novelty bath tub toys, but new research from the UK’s National Physical Laboratory may change all of that.

Carbon trapped in soil can re-emerge

It's known that erosion can bury carbon in the soil, acting as a carbon sink - but it now seems that a large part of that sink is only temporary.

Compressed air motorcycle breaks 80 MPH

Powered by nothing by a scuba tank full of compressed air, the O2 Pursuit motorcycle achieve speeds usually reserved for combustion engines without the emissions.