Newest trend? Electric cigarettes - ScrippsNews
The last time Frank Meglio smoked a cigarette he had to plug it in and charge it. Then the 38-year-old Providence man inhaled through the white plastic cigarette-like tube, which activated a little lithium battery inside that produced a flame-like

Frost & Sullivan - Electric Vehicle Subsidy in the UK: Good Intentions - PR Newswire
LONDON, April 17 /PRNewswire/ — The UK government subsidies to boost low-carbon transport will not be a significant cost for the Treasury, but at the same time they will not improve the UK’s carbon footprint in the first few years of its roll out

Challenges to grow with electric cars’ sales: Aging grid needs to - PhysOrg
President Barack Obama and others are calling for a boom in electric vehicle production, which seems simple enough on the surface: Build the cars and plug them in. If only it were that easy. When a Chevrolet Volt is plugged into a 240-volt outlet, it

U.S. ready to use Clean Air Act against cars, factories - Detroit Free Press
WASHINGTON— Cars, power plants and factories could all soon face much tougher pollution limits. The government took a major step in that direction today, concluding that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases “endanger public health and

Give Electric Cars A Market - Forbes
Governments are getting confident about their ability to stimulate industries, but the U.K. may want to think twice about its latest move to get more Brits buying electric cars. Not long after Germany’s auto trade-in program was found to be a roaring

Poll: Electric cars - Manchester Evening News
I’m intrigued. How long do these things take to charge up? At present, apart from around the city or at fun parks perhaps, they seem useless to the average car user. So back to the electric charging rate: A petrol or diesel car takes only a minute or

New pollution limits seen for cars, big plants - Lexington Herald-Leader
WASHINGTON — Cars, power plants and factories could all soon face much tougher pollution limits after a government declaration Friday setting the stage for the first federal regulation of gases blamed for global warming. The Environmental Protection

Balch Springs man comes up with water wheel-inspired design to power - Dallas Morning News
Balch Springs man comes up with water wheel-inspired design to power electric cars 10:21 PM CDT on Friday, April 10, 2009 By TERRY BOX / The Dallas Morning News tbox@dallasnews.com The spark for Tony Thompson’s electric car came to him three years

China Outlines Plans for Electric Cars - New York Times
BEIJING — Senior Chinese officials on Friday outlined how they aimed to turn their country into the world’s largest producer of electric cars, including a focus on consumer choice rather than corporate subsidies. Speaking at a conference at the

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Cars, power plants and factories could all soon face much tougher pollution limits. The government took a major step in that direction Friday, concluding that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases “endanger public health and welfare” under