Energy giants E.ON are currently launching their new crowdsourcing project, E.ON Innovation, in a bid to find the next generation of energy products and services. The project coincides the new Channel 4 series ‘Home of the Future’ which follows a Sheffield based family as their house is turned into a power saving tech gadget heaven! The E.ON team will also [...]

In the last couple of days, world leading sports brand Nike has been unveiling some of its latest technology, with the theme very much around lightweight and sustainable technology. At the centre of this launch is the new Nike Flynit technology, using ‘yarn’ which covers the foot in variations of knit and strength to provide support where it is most [...]

Sometimes an invention comes along that is so simple, you just sit back and say ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’. Well the BioLite Camping Stove and Home Stoves are just that. And not only are they great products, they were thought of by what seems amazing guys as well! After two years in making and testing, we are pleased [...]

It seems Audi are giving us a glimpse in what to expect from the A3 in the coming years. First they launched the saloon concept a few weeks ago, and this morning they launched the new Audi A3 E-tron concept at the 2011 Shanghai motor show. BMW were the first to give their ‘hatch the boot’ with the 1 series [...]

5 years ago when you thought of a quad, you thought off-road or farmer, now when we think of quads we think of random people who drive through them town centre’s completely legally but making a hell of a racket! Well how about in a few years when we think of quads we think of harmony and environmentally friendly? Well [...]

With the Geneva Motor Show just around the corner all kinds of new cars and concepts are finding their way into our inbox. We don’t want to bore you with all, but there are a few new cool and quirkies you might like! Here we have the Smart Forspeed Concept, we are assured this is full size, although it looks [...]

It has been a long time coming, but finally the boys and girls over at Land Rover have released details of it’s new eco Range Rover, the Range_e. The flagship model from Land Rover will be running a diesel hybrid and will be in the flesh at the Geneva Motorshow which starts next week. Expect the standard 3 L turbodiesel [...]

WOW! If I could sum up this car so far, that would be where I would start. Yeah it’s French, which is rather crap but we can always debadge it ;-) The Renault DeZir is like no other, it is the first car to designed by Renault’s new head of design, Laurens van den Acker and for me, he is [...]

Now I am not a big fan of scooters, and to be fair I am not a big fan of Mini’s, so for me this is hard to write! However, many of you are fan’s of one or both and for you, your dreams may have just come true. Welcome the MINI E Scooter Concept, a plug in electric scooter [...]

BMW have been working behind closed doors on a new sports car that runs via electric and petrol power. Well now everything is out in the open, but not quite how you would expect… Rather than leaked pictures appearing around the net, BMW have had the great idea of actually allowing people to follow the project through to its conclusion. [...]

Supermarket Sainsbury’s is rolling out new eco-friendly milk bags and jugs across its entire product range in a bid to reduce the carbon footprint of Milk consumption in the UK. The partnership with Dairy Crest, means that from today, Sainbury’s will stock whole and semi-skimmed milk ‘bags’ in all of it’s stores. During a trial of semi-skimmed milk bags, stores [...]

This huge new bus is part of China’s new plan to reduce congestion in it’s crowded cities. It is over 18 feet tall and straddles two road lanes under it’s body. With a capacity of around 300 passengers and running by electric motors and solar power, it will be the greener way to travel. It is hoped these new ‘city [...]

Ok it is now pretty official, the new Porsche 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid is officially headed for production. Originally a wild concept unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, you can expect the Spyder to be powered by a 500-horsepower V8, coupled with a pair of 109-horsepower electric motors. This will give you a combined Mile Per Gallon of 78 (yeah [...]

Could this be the future? Chris Boardman and techies everywhere seem to think it possibly could be… The bike of the future is the brainchild of olympic gold medalist Chris Boardman who has designed a concept bike that takes all of it’s features from current technology. Chris is currently looking for a backer to take this potential to market and [...]

Last week BMW confirmed it would be showing a eco sports car concept at this years Frankfurt Motor Show. BMW director, Klaus Draeger, “Sustainability is becoming increasingly important,” said Draeger. You will see a product of sustainable development at the IAA in Frankfurt in a few weeks in the form of a concept car. The BMW EfficientDynamics Vision will demonstrate [...]