Elio Motors Unveils Three-Wheeled 84 MPG Car That Costs Only $6,800

A brand new car that gets 84 MPG and costs less than $7,000 sounds too good to be true, but Elio Motors just unveiled a new three-wheeled vehicle that hits all those marks. The affordable two-seater Elio gets amazing mileage, and it’s small enough for a congested urban environment. Read the rest of Elio Motors Unveils Three-Wheeled 84 MPG Car That Costs Only $6,800 Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Elio , Elio car , Elio green car , Elio Motors , green car , green transportation , personal transportation , three-wheeled car        

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The World’s First Flat-Pack Truck Can Be Assembled in Just 12 Hours

Flat-pack goods typically make more efficient use of materials and have lower shipping costs, and in recent years companies have designed everything from flat-pack beds and dressers to flat-pack lamps and even houses . Now, British philanthropist Sir Torquil Norman’s Global Vehicle Trust has developed the OX, the world’s first flat-pack truck . The inexpensive vehicle, which is intended for use in developing countries, can reportedly be assembled in just 12 hours by three people using basic tools, and it can be taken apart again in less than six hours. Read the rest of The World’s First Flat-Pack Truck Can Be Assembled in Just 12 Hours Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: “flat pack” , Africar , flat pack vehicle , Flat-pack truck , Flatpack , flatpack truck , flatpack vehicle , Global Vehicle Trust , green transportation , green vehicles , Ox , Sir Torquil Norman , trucks        

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Mod Cott is a Low-Energy Guest House on Lake Buchanan in Texas

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America’s First Climate Refugees are Native Alaskan Communities

Alaska Glacier photo from Shutterstock For many years, climate change has displaced millions in the developing world – and now America is seeing its first climate refugees . Over 180 native communities in Alaska are under threat as ice melt, rising seas, and erosion threatens their traditional way of life. A new report by the US Army Corps of Engineers predicts that Alaskan villages such as Newtok (located on the western coast of Alaska and 400 miles south of the Bering Strait) could be completely underwater as soon as 2017. Read the rest of America’s First Climate Refugees are Native Alaskan Communities Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: alaska , Arctic Council , bering strait , Climate Change , climate refugees , erosion , glacial melt , global warming , newtok , ninglick river , obama administration , us army corps of engineers , water issues        

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TEST DRIVE: Inhabitat Takes the 2013 Ford Fusion Energi for a Spin in NYC

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Silos and Shipping Containers Make up a Crazy Urban Diving and Skydiving Center in Poland

MOKO Architects has designed a diving and skydiving center constructed out of two abandoned silos and a series of staggered shipping containers . The ten story multi-purpose recreation center will be built out of existing silos located in the ?era? industrial area just 12 km outside of Warsaw’s nucleus. Read the rest of Silos and Shipping Containers Make up a Crazy Urban Diving and Skydiving Center in Poland Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: adaptive reuse projects , eco design , green design , MOKO Architects , Poland skydiving center , repurposed silos , shipping containers , sustainable design , Urban design , urban diving and skydiving center in Warsaw        

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Naval Research Laboratory Flies Their Hydrogen-Powered Ion Tiger UAV for Over 48 Hours

A team from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have broken their own record after flying their hydrogen fuel cell powered- Ion Tiger UAV for an astonishing 48 hours and 1 minute last month. The UAV , which used liquid hydrogen fuel in its  new, NRL-developed, cryogenic fuel storage tank and delivery system, broke its previous record of 26 hours and 2 minutes which it set in 2009. Read the rest of Naval Research Laboratory Flies Their Hydrogen-Powered Ion Tiger UAV for Over 48 Hours Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: fuel cell , hydrogen , hydrogen fuel cell , hydrogen power , Ion Tiger UAV , liquid hydrogen , Naval Research Laboratory , NRL , UAV        

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The Carma Project Makes a New Bike From Old Car Parts

Two Lisbon-based entrepreneurs have devised a way to build a new bike from discarded car parts – and they’re planning to ride it the same number of miles that the original vehicle drove to compensate for its air-polluting past. The initiative is called the Carma Project , and it was organized by Leo Burnett Lisbon and B-Bicycle Culture Magazine to raise awareness and provoke constructive debate about urban mobility and alternative modes of transportation . Read the rest of The Carma Project Makes a New Bike From Old Car Parts Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: B-Bicycle Culture Magazine , bicycle design , bicycle sharing , bike out of car parts , CARMA bicycle , green bicycle design , green design , green transportation , Leo Burnett Lisbon , Rcicla Bicletas , recycled car parts , Recycled Materials , recycling , shared bicycles lisbon , urban cycling        

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Loopwheel Reinvents the Bike Wheel With a Suspension System Built Into the Rims

A UK company called Jelly Products just unveiled the Loopwheel – a safe, beautiful bike wheel with a built-in suspension system that could revolutionize the compact bicycle industry. The Loopwheel is compatible with just about any small-frame bicycle and has already busted through its Kickstarter goal – so it may be headed to a bike shop near you very soon. Read the rest of Loopwheel Reinvents the Bike Wheel With a Suspension System Built Into the Rims Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: alternative transportation , bike commuting , bike design , bikes , compact bikes , folding bikes , Loopwheels , tires , UK , wheels        

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TEST DRIVE: We Take the 2013 Ford Fusion Energi for a Spin in NYC

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