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Vehicles

Nissan’s Next Electric Car Will Sound Like Bladerunner

3:20AM Danny Allen | Electric cars might be beautifully quiet, but they lack the aural balls of a V8 and pose a safety risk to pedestrians. That’s why next year’s Nissan Leaf will have a whirring sound reminiscent of a Bladerunner Police spinner. More »
Gadgets

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

4:35AM Jason Chen | This week at TreeHugger: Say hello to the “Cuter Scooter,” the latest electric, foldable, affordable scooter from the brain maniacs at MIT. The Danish city of GrenĂ‚ is putting RFID to work for the green good with a pretty slick idea involving bikes, traffic and keeping the two from running in to each other. Get the real story on how much vampire power your Wii is sucking down from “the count” himself (bwa ha ha). Lastly, an electric eel powering a Christmas tree? Only in Japan… More »
Gadgets

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

2:02AM Jason Chen | This week at TreeHugger: Across the pond, the Brits are planning to build 7,000 new wind turbines off Britain’s coast by 2020, effectively producing enough electricity — 33 gigawatts — to power all of the country’s homes. Want a real hydrogen fuel cell car? More »