The car that was made famous by Back to the Future is coming back in the future. The DeLorean Motor Company will be bringing the iconic car back to life and modernizing its insides for today’s environmentally friendly audience. A DeLorean that runs on electricity will be sold starting in 2013. It also won’t be cheap to be green and retro-stylish. The electric DeLorean will be sold between $90 and $100,000.

The Mobile World Congress was abuzz this week when GSMA announced the possibility of having one standard charger for all mobile types. Instead of having a specific charger for each type of mobile phone, manufacturers can create one type that will charge all devices. This should not be too difficult to achieve since most cellular phones are 5 volt devices.

Benefits of having a universal charger is that it will be very convenient for consumers as well as create less waste for the environment. The organization Green Plug feels that this goal is not only attainable with mobile phones, but other electronic devices as well. The company has proposed a universal plug that will power not only mobile phones, but other devices like notebook PCs, printers, game controllers, power tools, portable DVD players, wireless routers that run off of different voltage. Their device converts the power source and communicates with the device in order to provide function without wasting energy.

If the Powermat wireless charging system lives up to its claims, Powermat is going to be huge. The idea is simple, just place a device like a phone on a Powermat and your phone is charged. There is no need for lots of wires or numerous power adapters; you just need a mat and a device. We’ve got a huge photo gallery on this one.

The walk through of the product was fantastic. Powermat had actual working versions of their product. The first thing to see was the iPhone in a sleek case atop a white mat.

It looks like the MINI will be the next automobile to go green here in the US. Thanks to some recent statements from MINI USA VP Jim McDowell it looks like they will be launching an electric MINI during the summer of 2009. Of course at this time the details are still very light, and more »

To combat air pollution, noise pollution, and the constant rise of gas and oil prices everywhere, a little-known company called Pipistrel started work on possibly the world’s first commercial electric powered light aircraft, and they’re calling it the Taurus Electro. It’s a kick-butt two-seat ultralight aircraft with a 15 meter wing-span and is also intended for glider pilots. Right now, they’re still few steps behind completing the project but if they keep on it, the Taurus Electro just might start hitting runways everywhere by the end of 2008.

Tine Tomazic, the company’s test pilot, has confirmed that Pipistrel indeed has the technology to create such a thing already in their hands. And according to Pipistrel CEO Ivo Boscarol, the Taurus Electro’s battery pack recharges (yes, it’s rechargeable) at about the same time that it takes a cellphone to charge, and works just as efficient as its gasoline-powered counterpart.

All in all, the technology behind the Taurus Electro seems simple. It uses a lithium-polymer battery pack weighing 101 pounds for power, and with a wingspan of about 15 meters it achieves enough power to climb up to 6,000 feet up into the air, at a rate of 560 feet per minute. Pipistrel says that this still unpatented electric aircraft technology is costing them almost 1 Million EUR now, but once the final product comes out, you’ll be able to bag one of these babies for yourself at only $100,000 a piece (give or take a couple thousand). Continue reading for a video of the Taurus Electro in action.