A bucket wheel excavator mines coal at the Garzweiler open-cast coalmine, with wind mills in the background, in Luetzerath, Germany. In the background is the coal-fired power plant Niederaussem. (AP)   SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — The world’s burning of coal, oil and natural gas this year is putting 1% more heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the

In the early 1970s, the gods of crash test dummies at GM created the Hybrid I, designed to represent the average male in height, weight, and proportions. When engineers needed dummies to represent women, children, and infants, the gods of the dummies resized Hybrid I instead of creating the average forms of other human genders

If an automaker — Tesla, for example — wanted to install a video conferencing application into its vehicles, the obvious choice for a software partner would be a company named Zoom, no? That concept has come to fruition, according to an announcement earlier this week by a Zoom executive at a Zoom event. The app, which

Porsche confirmed to the world earlier this year that the 718 Boxster and Cayman are going electric by the middle of this decade. Today, we present to you the first spy shot proof of such transition in the form of an electric Boxster prototype. Our spy shooters say they caught the electric Boxster on a

Want the ultimate two-wheeled companion to your new GMC Hummer EV, or maybe you just want something electric and all-wheel drive without the Hummer’s price tag? Recon Power Bikes has you covered with its new Hummer EV e-bike. Not convinced? Well, hear the specs before you bail. You might be surprised.  Recon’s new offering is