Local Motors builds the world’s first 3D printed electric car
The Local Motors Strati’s entire chassis has been 3D printed using carbon fiber reinforced ABS plastic. Antuan Goodwin/CNET The Local Motors Strati started with an idea. The crew…
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F-35C Completes First Arrested Landing
The Navy made aviation history Nov. 3 as an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter conducted its first arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier off the…
World’s Top Sustainable Solution: Pedal-Powered Recycling
Tonight in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sustainia, a Scandinavian think tank working to scale the deployment of innovative solutions, announced the winner of its 2014 Sustainia Award to the Nigerian initiative Wecyclers. “The threats from…
Improving School Lunches
Dear EarthTalk: I hear that many school cafeterias have nutrition standards no better—even worse—than those of fast food chains. What can be done about this? — Betsy Edison,…
Corvette to Cave: Chevy Byproducts Give Homes to Bats
An adhesive used in production of the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray may help preserve a threatened bat species in North America. General Motors found that when processed, the…
Developing Countries Invest in Renewables Twice the Pace of Industrialized Nations
A popular narrative among climate deniers and green energy pooh-poohers is that addressing greenhouse gas emissions and climate change by promoting clean energy sources is a burden on…
Incentivizing Consumers to Buy Electric Vehicles
My interest in cars has been called atypical. Growing up, my father worked as a mechanic for a Chrysler dealership on Chicago’s south side and later as a…