hybrids

This morning's commute to work: 92.1 mpg. I'll probably surpass 90 mpg only a few times this summer, but getting in the 80s is pretty standard this time of year for me. It is possible only on trips where I do not, or at least only rarely, have to apply the brake pedal. The idea that hybrids...

http://archive.greenpeace.org/geneng/reports/pat/PATENTNov3.PDF (PDF) The patent covers a “method of producing a non-human chimeric animal”, by mixing human and animal embryonic cells: human stem cells are integrated into animal embryos. As a result the created chimeras are non-human but they...

Last week, Toyota made a big deal about how cheaply they could produce hybrid vehicles. So now General Motors has to put its word in, claiming that hydrogen fuel cells vehilces will win out over gas/electric hybrids in the end...