Tony Bosworth
Latest Stories from Tony Bosworth
-
Fuel-Cell Powered Aircraft Ready For Take Off
A European research project, led by Turin Polytechnic University, is designing a fuel-cell powered, manned inter-city aircraft.
-
Electric Car Revolution Only Three Years Away (Maybe)
We could all be driving electric powered cars sooner than we thought possible as new developments in battery technology gather pace, new companies
-
GE's Hybrid Locomotive Prototype On Track
GE unveiled a prototype hybrid locomotive at its Ecomagination event in Los Angeles last week. The 4,000 hp locomotive uses a set of sodium nickel chloride (Na-NiCl2) batteries to capture and store energy dissipated during dynamic braking, as well as
-
Toyota Drives Ultimate Eco-car a Step Closer
Toyota has brought what it claims – with some justification, if it works –the ultimate eco-car a step closer to reality. The fuel cell hybrid vehicle (FCHV) was seen by Treehuggers last year following our report on testing of the vehicle in
-
Pressure For Change from Air Car
India’s largest automaker is set to start producing the world’s first commercial air-powered vehicle. The Air Car, developed by ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre for Luxembourg-based MDI, uses
-
Tesla Electric Sports Car Plugged In
The California Air Resources Board and California Energy Commission has given Tesla Motors $561,000 for the development of a 16 kw public commercial charging station as part of almost $25
-
Climb Aboard For 90 Percent Less CO2
Sweden's Scania has produced a standard-sized low-floor city bus that cuts CO2 emissions by up to 90 percent when fuelled with ethanol and saves at least 25 percent fuel, compared with a bus running on conventional petrol or diesel.
-
Hybrid Citaro Bus On The Move
The Citaro hybrid uses a downsized diesel engine to provide power for a lithium-ion battery pack on
-
People-Power To Hybrid Power
Can people-power move the world's automakers over to hybrid power? If the results of a campaign being run by the Hybrid Center.org are anything to go by, it looks like it just could.
-
Aluminium To Kick-Start Hydrogen Cars
Pellets made out of aluminum and gallium can produce pure hydrogen when water is poured on them, offering a possible alternative to petrol-powered engines, US scientists have
-
On Yer Hydrogen Bike
Developed by UK-based Valeswood Environmental Technology Development (VETD), the Hydrocell Bike is on sale
-
Honda and Toyota get Green Vote
A report just released by the Union of Concerned Scientists gives Honda and Toyota the thumbs up in the who-is-the-greenest-auto-maker-of-them-all sweepstakes, while ranking Daimler Chrysler bottom of the league.
-
ZAP Reinvents the Wheel
We’ve reported before on US electric car maker ZAP’s soon-to-be launch of their crossover SUV, the ZAP-X powered by an electric motor in each of its four wheels and built by Lotus.
-
TreeHugger Welcomes Writer Tony Bosworth
Tony Bosworth is a journalist, lecturer in media law, media consultant and green car nut. He’s written for UK newspapers The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, Daily Star, Investors Chronicle, and Australia’s news weekly, The
