Mitsubishi i-Miev in the city

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Mitsubishi’s i-Miev electric car comes to the U.S. in fall of 2011. We got an early taste of life with an electric car.
The Chevy Volt races to market. (Credit: GM) For the price of the Volt, you could buy almost two hybrids from competitors. But in these early days of electric vehicles, a cold economic analysis doesn’t really apply
The Dell Inspiron M101z has now made an appearance online, where it will see off the Inspiron 11z which is an 11.6” ultraportable laptop.
What if you could recharge batteries simply by shaking them? Japan’s Brother Industries thinks its prototype rechargeable batteries could shake up the gadget market
If you’re a heavy user of your HTC EVO 4G , you might be frustrated that the stock 1,500mAh might not provide enough juice for you to fully enjoy the device. The folks over at Mugen Power Batteries might have the solution for you, as the company has announced its HLI-A9292XL 3,200mAh battery for the EVO 4G, which should give it a significant amount of juice, more than double that of the stock EVO 4G battery. This battery is already available for order from the Mugen Power website for $97, and will begin to ship in August
By Poornima Gupta PALO ALTO | Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:37pm EDT PALO ALTO California (Reuters) – Volkswagen plans to launch all-electric vehicles in 2013 and expects these zero-emission vehicles to account for 3 percent of its sales by 2018, Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn said on Monday. “We aim to boost the share of E-vehicles in our annual sales to 3 percent by 2018,” he told reporters ahead of an event showcasing the redesigned Jetta sedan
Three has recently launched the new MiFi E585 Wi-Fi modem, replacing the E5830 as iPad users’ must-have accessory. MiFi devices take a 3G signal in and share it through their own Wi-Fi network, allowing phones and laptops to share a single connection.
Instead of purchasing an eco-friendly water powered calculator and tossing out your old one, only for it to slowly rot in a landfill, you could make your own. It seems to be a whole lot more eco-friendly to convert your current items into something eco-friendly rather than replacing the gadgets you already own. Thanks to a tutorial, you could easily make your own earth friendly calculator. The tools you’ll need include a calculator, carbon or copper rod, a 1 by 1 inch piece of aluminum foil, a small cylindrical container, two 3 inch wires, multipurpose pliers and a glue gun. The materials are pretty basic, nothing you couldn’t get from your local hardware store. I imagine this will work like any other calculator powered by water. You just need to make sure to refill the battery with water when it’s needed.
Toshiba will be working closely with Mitsubishi Motors to offer the SCiB battery to electric vehicles (EV) in the near future, and we can only presume that this will happen in Japan first before any other country. The SCiB has been touted to be Toshiba’s breakthrough rechargeable lithium-ion battery, where it brings together high levels of safety with a long life and rapid recharging
Microsoft is now just about software, as they are also into hardware with a new battery technology known as InstaLoad being in the works. InstaLoad will target those who are easily flustered by the process of inserting power cells correctly into various electronic devices including digital cameras, tape recorders and TV remotes