Researchers Study Impact of Polluted Air on Cognition
Breathing polluted air impairs brain function. Scientists have known for a while that reduced lung function can have harmful effects on our brains, and they’ve thought that pollution hinders our cognitive response through this lung connection. What’s interesting about this latest study, which comes from a coalition of German and…
Toyota Continues to Run Away From Electric Vehicles
Toyota has a decisive strategy in place in terms of alternative power trains. Rather than focusing on all-electric vehicles, the company continues to focus on hydrogen fuel cells. At the Los Angeles auto show, Toyota executives planned to elaborate on the company’s deepening investments in fuel-cell vehicles, after a weekend…
Sales of Electric Vehicles Soaring in US
More and more American consumers are plugged in to the green movement than ever before! Last month, plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) made up the highest percentage ever tallied of total vehicles sold in the United States. This is news for optimism. For an environmental group like the Sierra Club, it…
2016 Mercedes-Benz S550 Plug-In Hybrid Arriving in U.S. Next Spring
The team at Green Car Reports has driven a prototype of the U.S.-spec car, reporting that is is quiet, luxurious, and likely to carry a six-figure price tag. And it will be followed within a year by two more plug-in hybrids using the same powertrain: a smaller C-Class sedan, and…