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Eltek ASA today announced the launch of its new Chameleon family of DC power systems, designed to support the new generation of small cell wireless telecom base stations. Telecom carriers will install millions of small cells during the coming years to meet the exponential growth in demand for mobile data capacity in high-density and rural areas. In addition, these low-cost

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Intersil Corporation today announced the ISL8240M, a dual 20A/single 40A step-down power module that sets a new standard for efficiency and power density in infrastructure and embedded computing applications. Capable of delivering up to 100W of output power in a 2.9 cm² footprint, greater than 90 percent power efficiency, and industry-leading thermal performance, the ISL8240M provides designers with a turnkey

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The far-out idea of replacing America’s asphalt roads with solar panels apparently has plenty of appeal. The Solar Roadways IndieGoGo campaign has raised some $1.5 million to use towards research and development of this cutting-edge solution to our world’s environmental woes. Designed by Scott and Julie Brusaw’, the IndieGoGo page has undergone a radical transformation since its debut over a

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Mitsubishi is looking to get back into the compact truck market with a sleek and efficient new design based off of the GR-HEV concept. Though it might not have the same radical look of drivetrain, but it could shake-up a truck market long dominated by big American trucks. Only recently has GM recommitted to the idea of a smaller truck,

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When it comes to electric cars, men and women take different approaches towards the same goal of zero emissions driving, says a new report. While women are most interested in saving money and not getting stuck, men approach electric cars in a more scientific and some might even say, daring way. A study conducted by the University of California Davis

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This is probably not the car you’ll be whisked around cities in, in the future. Which is either a good or bad thing, depending on how much you like cars that look like koala bears on a substance recently legalized in Colorado. But it is Google’s latest, dedicated test vehicle for its autonomous car technology–an electric, steering-wheel and brake-less pod set

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Electric cars enjoy many incentives, from tax credits and purchase rebates through carpool-lane access, to encourage buyers to give them a try. But the range-extended model of the BMW i3 electric car turns out not to qualify for a state exemption from New Jersey’s new-car sales tax–despite at least some assurances to BMW dealers and buyers by the company that

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Today on Green Car Reports: Solar Roadways exceeds its crowdfunding target, a newbie drives the 2014 Nissan Leaf electric car, and Google shows an electric, autonomous test car. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Google’s electric, autonomous test car takes human drivers completely out of the loop by foregoing a steering wheel. Learn why CVTs won–and direct-shift gearboxes

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Ever since we started the Google self-driving car project, we’ve been working toward the goal of vehicles that can shoulder the entire burden of driving. Just imagine: You can take a trip downtown at lunchtime without a 20-minute buffer to find parking. Seniors can keep their freedom even if they can’t keep their car keys. And drunk and distracted driving?

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The BYD Electric Bus is first 40-foot electric bus to complete the Federal Transit Administration’s sponsored testing. Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA: The Altoona Bus Research and Testing Center under the Larson Institute and sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), last week completed the FTA’s “new model bus testing program” of the first 40-foot, all-electric bus. The BYD Electric Bus has

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