Alternative Fuels
Steam-Powered Cars: California's 1970s Smog Solution
Steam-powered cars may sound like a shout-out to the early 1900s, but in 1970s California the idea was building up a real head of, umm, steam.
Electric Cars: Great Promise, Potential Potholes
The promise of electric vehicles is enormous, but so are the challenges standing in the way of large-scale adaptation of this new technology.
In Praise of the Electric Car
Energy researcher Jonathan Dorn says he backs electric cars, dismisses natural gas as our savior and reluctantly supports a Big Three bailout.