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Net Zero Design Offers Example for Sustainable Living

It’s been two years since the November 2013 completion of Walgreens Net Zero energy store in Evanston just north of Chicago and the building has achieved many accolades including platinum LEED certification in addition to...

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Taking the High Road with Electric Cars

One company, Tesla, has consistently got it right while other companies lag woefully behind. The electric car has emerged as a reality and an option for most people over the past year with several of the major players following...

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Three Potentially Lucrative Future Business Models for Electric Cars

While electric cars have been available as a mass market item since 2011, they still represent less then 1 percent of the vehicles sold nationally. As the market share for electric cars grows and they become more fully mainstre...

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Roborace Reveals World’s First Electric Self-Driving Racecar

Designed by Daniel Simon, the same man who designed the futuristic cars for Tron: Legacy, Roborace is an electric autonomous racecar set to hit the track later this year. The design of Roborace goes in a different direction tha...

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Aptera Comes Back from The Dead

One of the more intriguing and aesthetic car designs in recent years was the Aptera 2e delivered by the fledgling California based electric car company, Aptera. Seeming to bear more in common with a helicopter or small aircraft...

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The Single-Person Commuter Car of the Future

The Electra Meccanica SOLO is believed to be the car of the future. The car resembles your everyday vehicle, but sliced in half right down the middle. This electric one-person vehicle is believed to be the vehicle of the future...

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