The SingularityU Summit kicked off on schedule in Christchurch this afternoon.

Research to find new Earth-like planets, clean up our waterways and boost our health have just received $65 million from the Marsden Fund. We look at 10 of the best.

Making an electric car is easy. We've been doing it for more than a century. Charging them, however, is tough.

Waste Management will trial electric trucks as the EV revolution moves to heavier vehicles.

Elon Musk's latest admonition to Tesla employees -- produce more, spend less -- is no simple belt-tightening before he asks investors for more cash. It also reflects Wall Street's schism about the health of the electric-car maker.

Elon Musk portrays himself as a visionary on a mission to rescue humankind from global warming with solar technology.

Ford says its vision of a driverless Uber is only five years away.

Transport represents 26 per cent of America's total greenhouse gas emissions.

I knew Tesla had a problem when everyone started telling me to "be safe."

Mevo, a car sharing app which uses luxury electric vehicles, wants to drive competition to cleaner cites, says CEO Erik Zydervelt.

It will take more than Tesla alone to green the global transportation sector.

Volkswagen is using this week's Consumer Electronics Show to hark back to happier times.

There are now nearly 70,000 electric vehicles in Norway. In New Zealand there are only 800. Is it time to follow Norway's lead?

Labour leader David Cunliffe's final stop during a day of campaigning saw him harangued in te reo by a man angry at his stance of ruling out some parties after the election.

A Labour Government would establish a sovereign wealth fund to fund clean energy projects.

New Zealand-founded bio-fuels innovator LanzaTech has attracted US$60 million in its latest capital-raising round,

Fisker Automotive, whose high-end electric cars caught the eye of Justin Bieber and other celebrities, has filed for bankruptcy protection.

Auckland bio-fuels pioneer Lanzatech has been named the second "hottest" bio-technology company in the world and 4th hottest for bio-chemicals.

New Zealand cleantech guru Duncan Stewart reports from the Global Green Growth Institute Summit in Korea