Eco Factor: Zero-emission vehicle will be powered by electricity. Takayanagi Co., a small Japanese automaker, has come up a retro-themed open-top, custom-made electric vehicle that hints at an unexpected luxuriousness in the same category as...

Eco Factor: Hybrid vessel powered by renewable energy. Statue Cruises has announced the launch date for the revolutionary hydrogen hybrid vessel, which will provide ferry services to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The 1400-horsepower New...

Eco Factor: Zero-emission electric vehicle will be powered by solar energy. Pope Benedict XVI has made a point to preach sustainable energy, which he backed up with photovoltaic cells installed on the roof of a Vatican auditorium and solar cooling...

Eco Factor: Renewable energy generating system uses ocean swells for power. A team of researchers at the Florida Institute of Technology’s College of Engineering have conceptualized Wing Waves – a pair of eight-foot-tall metal wings that flap to...

Eco Factor: Zero-emission electric aircraft hits top speed of 162mph. A French aviation company has set a new speed record by flying its Cri-Cri all-electric airplane at a top speed of 162mph, beating the previous record of 155mph set by an Italian...

Eco Factor: House made from eco-friendly materials is powered by solar energy. In an effort to reduce his living expenditures in a city like Beijing, Daihai Fei, a 24-year-old Chinese student, has started living in a house that he crafted on a...

Eco Factor: Zero-emission concept car to be powered by an electric engine. The latest from the design house of Swiss car visionary Frank M. Rinderknecht is the BamBoo concept, which is just as unique as the company’s other concepts that are...

Eco Factor: 7500sqm of solar panels to be used to charge batteries of electric cars. Audi has announced that the company will be expanding its solar capacity on the roof of its main plant in Ingolstadt in Germany, which will be used to charge the...

Eco Factor: Low energy tablet PC needs no external power supply. For over 100 million school children in India, computers are a far-fetched dream, as they don’t have electricity in their schools. The scenario might soon change as researchers at...

Eco Factor: Methane gas powered generators to produce renewable electricity using cow dung. Huishan Dairy in northeast China is planning to build the world’s largest system for generating electricity using methane gas emitted by fermenting cow...